“That’s it young lady, your grounded!

No TV!
No Computer!
No Ipod!
No Mobile Phone!”

“But mum I can’t live without those things”

If this conversation sounds familiar to you then you’ll know how it feels to think
that you are left with ‘nothing’.
Well I believe that this is not entirely true.
Good morning/afternoon Mrs Low and fellow classmates.
The topic I have chosen to talk about is today’s youth ‘has it made’.
I will be talking about 3 main points.
#1- Today’s youth spends too much time with technology.
#2- Choices.
#3- They should consider themselves lucky.

Point #1: Today’s youth spends too much time with technology.
When you get home from school what do you do?
Go over to your friend’s house and ride bikes until the sun goes down?
Or come home, go straight to the TV or computer and stay on until your eyes
start to water.
In the last 20 years technology has come very far and has become even more
popular to the youth of today.
Instead of riding bikes, going for walks, getting fresh air or spending time with
the family they would rather waste the day on the computer, in front of the TV
or having a phone stuck to their ear. Approx. 90% of youth use computers,
59% of them are online.
Some might call this an addiction. As technology grows, so does the addiction
to use every new available piece. But do they rely on technology too much?
Locked in a bedroom listening to an ipod all afternoon, sounds great doesn’t
it? But day in, day out, how boring!
With the world at their finger tips the youth of today have it made.
This brings me to Point #2: Choices.
The youth of today have many choices. Through these choices they pave their
futures. With so much available to them, how lucky they are.
Imagine being able to come home, have a bike ride to the river or local park,
and then come home to speak to a friend in England via the internet.
20 years ago this would have been unimaginable.

This leaves me with Point #3: They should consider themselves lucky.
Today’s youth should consider themselves lucky. They have the best of both
worlds at this time and with a good balance of technology, work and old
fashion fun, yes, I do think the youth of today has it made.

Thankyou for listening!

 English assessment
Speech
Today’s youth ‘has it made’
Naomi Verrell

“That’s it young lady, your grounded!

No TV!
No Computer!
No Ipod!
No Mobile Phone!”

“But mum I can’t live without those things”

If this conversation sounds familiar to you then you’ll know how it feels to think
that you are left with ‘nothing’.
Well I believe that this is not entirely true.
Good morning/afternoon Mrs Low and fellow classmates.
The topic I have chosen to talk about is today’s youth ‘has it made’.
I will be talking about 3 main points.
#1- Today’s youth spends too much time with technology.
#2- Choices.
#3- They should consider themselves lucky.

Point #1: Today’s youth spends too much time with technology.
When you get home from school what do you do?
Go over to your friend’s house and ride bikes until the sun goes down?
Or come home, go straight to the TV or computer and stay on until your eyes
start to water.
In the last 20 years technology has come very far and has become even more
popular to the youth of today.
Instead of riding bikes, going for walks, getting fresh air or spending time with the
family they would rather waste the day on the computer, in front of the TV or
having a phone stuck to their ear. Approx. 90% of youth use computers, 59% of
them are online.
Some might call this an addiction. As technology grows, so does the addiction to
use every new available piece. But do they rely on technology too much?
Locked in a bedroom listening to an ipod all afternoon, sounds great doesn’t it?
But day in, day out, how boring!
With the world at their finger tips the youth of today have it made.

This brings me to Point #2: Choices.

The youth of today have many choices. Through these choices they pave their
futures. With so much available to them, how lucky they are.
Imagine being able to come home, have a bike ride to the river or local park, and
then come home to speak to a friend in England via the internet.
20 years ago this would have been unimaginable.

This leaves me with Point #3: They should consider themselves lucky.
Today’s youth should consider themselves lucky. They have the best of both
worlds at this time and with a good balance of technology, work and old fashion
fun, yes, I do think the youth of today has it made.