Curious Little People

The sight of one's dream:

Imagining and Hallucinating

Has an intrepid mind,

a colorful tongue.

Loved by group,

Sits in and talk with wonder,

Overjoys the unison

and harmonious songs.

Crumples the pain,

Cooped up inside.

Dilated and imitates

Updated and Urban

Interests fills them

Eyes closed with dreams.

- Thea Stephanie V. Rimas

YOUTH POEM By: Samuel Ullman

Youth is not a time of life - it is a state of mind, it is a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over love of ease. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair - these are the long, long years that bow the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust. Whether they are sixteen or seventy, there is in every being's heart the love of wonder, the sweet amazement at the stars and starlike things and thoughts, the undaunted challenge of events, the unfailing childlike appetite for what is to come next, and the joy and the game of life. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear, as young as your hope, as old as your despair. When the wires are all down and all the innermost core of your heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then you are grown old indeed. But so long as your heart receives messages of beauty, cheer, courage, grandeur and power from the earth, from man and from the Infinite, so long you are young.

Message of the poem: This is the way Samuel Ullman describes the definition of youth. Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life. Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite, for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of sixty more than a body of twenty. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust. Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonder, the unfailing child-like appetite of what's next, and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the Infinite, so long are you young. When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old, even at twenty, but as long as your aerials are up, to catch the waves of optimism, there is hope you may die young at eighty.

-Ervin Jon A. Dagus

A Tribute

Yeah, they are more than teachers
Their eyes see you as the future of the world
Encouraging you
Believing in your abilities
Their hands are mold to you
For you to become a beautiful handiwork
Preparing you for what is to come
Their backs at no time will turn from you
Always there to guide you
Nurturing you with knowledge
Their hearts full of compassion and encouragement
To help you see hope and chance
Their arms to share with parents
The burden of raising you
Yeah, they are more than teachers
I call them my Polaris
The guiding North Star

-Arianne Nicole S. Padua

The Life of the Youth

Suddenly life becomes difficult
So many changes happening all together
More responsibilities
Expectations are growing
More things to think about
You learn to worry
Lots of uncertainties
The meaning of trust becomes important
It's not going to end
The ball has just started rolling
Stand firm
Just believe in yourself

-Arianne Nicole S. Padua

My Friend, My Soul, My Sister.

You are the moonlight in my starry night,

You are the shining star I see that makes great light.

You are the rose i smile at,

You are the one that conjures jubilance even when I'm flat. 

You are the individual who stopped my inside brat.

How not to argue, and showed precious dialogues.

You are the lyrics in my sweet melody,

You are my laughter, my joy, the strangeness' that dwells in my body. 

You are the unique sister who feels my sorrow,

You have the caring heart that carries on for tomorrow.

You are the friend who distinguishes me perfectly,

When the time shows our moods brilliantly.

You are the dearest who has encouraged me to have a flare of ambition,

You listen my soul and you have my attention. 

Bashful for life but searching for affection,

I'm fortunate that the Lord appointed you to me,

You are my dearest companion, my love that dwells in me, and my essence of friendship

You are the most noble fellow I know.

You are the expression of my hymn.

You are my love, my soul, my Friend.

Credits to the Owner of this Poem: By Alesha

Born 2001, F, from London, United Kingdom  http://storystar.com/php/read_story.php?story_id=6222

- Haziel Jan S. Tamayo

The Youth's Ride of Life

Here we are on our teenage years

Experiencing our laughter’s and tears

Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, Sixteen

We are being called youths until Nineteen.

Energy here and there,

Sometimes we put our hands up in the air

That is youth full of Joy,

But sometimes full of sorrow.

Youths sometimes had their self-distrust, fears, and Doubts,

In doing and trying all the “In and Outs”

But whatever is in the innermost core of their hearts,

I’m sure they’ll make it cause that the art of Perseverance.

Childhood, Teens, and Youths

Give all your best as much as you could.

Life is like a Rollercoaster,

That is Youth full of Imagination, Twists, Ups, and Downs. 

So don't give up till the end of your ride.

- Eric Michael J. Montejo

The Philippine School-Oman Youths Today

The P.S. Youth Today

Intelligent, active, energetic and knowledge starving—that is how I figure it out the Philippines School Youth of today.

 It was not that long ago that youth of earlier generations were more inclined to work and were thinking of income generating schemes, Thanks to our parents and grand parents, we can now concentrate on more personality building and career molding environment.

Yes, the youth of today are more self-centered, but it does not mean that we are egoistic; it just only means that we have more time to dedicate, devote, introspect and learn who we really are.

The high school students before were hooked up on books and were further exposed to competitions such as declamation, poem reciting, debate, story telling, and other competitions that can enrich the ability, skills and talents of the students.   

I remembered when I first came here I was in 4^th grade (SY2009) back then. In my observation during my intermediate days, the High school students were more exposed to books and other reading materials, and these books can help us widen our knowledge and vocabulary skills. There were also competitions that enhance skills in developing self-confidence and individual talents. It was exciting to watch them perform and listen on how they speak the words clearly and how they express their selves well in front of many people.

As time passes by and technology begins to rule the world,  the youths of today are at the same time accompanied by their best friend..always on their side.. their gadgets. This little best friend became their companion on a daily basis. Wherever they are. Unlike before the youths then were simply having fun and enjoying with their physical friends.

                          

PS youths of today are more into electronic gadgets such as tablets, smart phones, mp3, computer and many more, and these gadgets are slowly eating up our time. The social lifestyles of teens of today are more concentrated in the e-technology or I may say online generation.  Unlike before teens are more active in their social life and you can see that teens before were having fun while playing with simple things. As the economy rises as well as our entertainment needs. We are no longer happy in playing simple things like playing with marbles, scrabble, and many more. Majority of youths today have electronic gadgets even small kids has one. We often see teens today playing or chatting with their friends on their phones when they get bored. This gadget causes the teens today to be lazier and laziness causes obesity…in some part.

Music trends affects the lifestyle of the youths today, most of the youth today idolized bands, groups and singers, they prefer different genera of musics, some prefer pop, rock, R&B, ballads and most importantly my favorite…Kpop! Whatever is inn… definitely the youth of today will surely love it. All these are on installed on their gadget.

The P.S. youth today are more inclined into music and in creating artistic works. Some High school students say that “music is our Life” and they “can’t live without music” but I don’t know whether this is true or they are just fanatics about it. I am certain that some of the High school students from P. S. O are more inclined to music because they are getting satisfaction and camaraderie into music, in fact they joins them selves in Battle of the bands during our school fun day. That was last Feb. 2013, that there is lot of participant joins the battle of the band. I can say that they are excellent and superb on their craft; they are more inspired and amusing. They’re really innovative and fascinating to artistic works. Others, joins in the competitions such as drawing, literary and related competitions that require artistic thinking.  With all these activities at hand and pre-occupations, some has issues in managing their time for a quality study but despite of handful of activities life of being a youth and a student still GOES ON and coping up is a MUST!

In conclusion the youths of today should not just ruled by the gadgets and carried away by all its applications but however let these technology be use on a positive way and to streamline a long queue of process like those from the past practices of the youths of yesterday. 

Advantages and Disadvantages of the Youth

     We all know that Youth is the period between childhood and adult age. It is the state or quality of being young. But do you know the advantages and disadvantages of being a youth?

     Your grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles have experienced being young and being a youth. Your teachers have also experienced being young. Even strangers older than you experienced being called a youth. This just means that every person on Earth has his or her stage in life where he or she experiences being called a youth. Being a youth or being young has many advantages. While you’re still young, you have fewer responsibilities and problems. This is because, you still have your parents that are always there to guide you and provide you all the things you need. The only thing that you’ll have to worry about is your studies. You won’t have to worry on how to earn money, how to raise your children and all other problems that your parents experience.  

     Another good thing about being young is that you still have a healthy and strong body. You can do anything you want because your body can still handle activities that need a healthy and strong resistance. You can join running events because your knees are still strong but when you get old, you won’t be able to do these things anymore because getting old also means getting different diseases that can affect the different parts of your body.

     Having the luxury of time is also a good thing about being young. You still have the time in socializing. You can still bond with your friends, rest and relax anytime and how long you want but when you grow old, you can’t anymore do these things because you’ll be busy with your work and if you already have your own family, you’ll be busy with your kids.

     Let’s not also forget that it is in this stage of a person’s life where he or she experiences the ‘firsts’. Many people say that this stage of life is the most memorable one. It is where one experiences his or her first love, first relationship, first kiss, first dance, first heartbreak and other ‘first’ happenings. It is where one’s character is molded because of the different challenges and both happy & sad memories happened.

     Another advantage of being young is that you still can still decide for your own future. You can choose where to study college after you graduate from high school and what course will you take. When you get older, you can’t anymore choose where will you study college and what course will you take because perhaps, you already have a family of your own and you will probably choose where to work.

     Unfortunately, being young has also disadvantages. Youth being weak at times is one of the disadvantages of being young. If a youngster has problems in school, they tend to think that they’ll not overcome that problem. They will just leave it there and do nothing. They usually just flee from their problems which is not good because one should always overcome that problem of his or hers and think that problems will never become bigger than people.

     The youth is also gullible sometimes which is not good. They are easy to be fooled especially when it comes to love. When someone says, “I love you.” to them, they will immediately believe it and will allow him or her to be his or her boyfriend or girlfriend even if the person that said that is not really sincere. The youth doesn't think before they say or do something which makes them be fooled easily.

     Youngsters are also influenced easily. Whenever their friends do something, they will imitate it and they don’t care if what their friend’s doings are bad or not. They always think that what their friends do is good and they always think that their friend’s doings are in or it’s a trend. For example, when a youngster has a friend that says bad words, he or she will imitate that friend of his or hers and he or she will also say bad words.

     I therefore conclude that the youth today has different advantage and disadvantages.

Some of these advantages are: the youth has fewer responsibilities, has healthy and strong body, has the luxury of time in doing activities, experiences the most memorable stage of life and has the time of making decisions for their future. Some disadvantages of being young are: being weak at times, being gullible, and influenced easily.

- Jilliane G. Salayog