Growing Up in a Challenging World
PROPOSAL
For an International Celebration of world Youth Week in Dec, 2011
“Growing up in a challenging world”
This proposal is suggesting that “Growing up in a challenging world” is a suitable theme for International Celebration of world Youth Week which will be held in Dec, 2011. The proposal comprises two parts; the former part introduces the strength of this theme, in regards to its relevance to Hong Kong and the latter part covers the details in the week, including the issues that can be explored during it and the ways that the selected issue can be addressed.
“Growing up in a challenging world” is a perfect theme for the week as it is process high relevance to Hong Kong as Hong Kong itself is already a city saturated in challenges which measures youths’ ability on different areas, majorly educational, cognitive and social. It has been agreed for some years that “Hong Kong children were born in a competition about survival”, youngsters have to strive for excellence trough out their entire youth in order to survive after they graduate, which means to get a good job with good salary. The most popular type of challenge Hong Kong youngsters have to face is the educational ones. Every youth in Hong Kong have to take is the public exams in order to permit them climbing along the ladder to occupy a seat for higher education. These exams were always described as fateful towards a youngster’s life as different labels; representing different level of ability youths have achieved on educational ground will be stigmatized on every youth through certs and exam report cards, which will last throughout one’s life. The competition is keen as everyone taking this challenge is at risk to ruin their whole life. As every youth in Hong Kong are destined to face this keen, “fatal” challenge in their life, the theme “Growing up in a challenging world” will draw every Hong Kong youth’s attention as it coheres with the environment they were born in.
Considering the
For an International Celebration of world Youth Week in Dec, 2011
“Growing up in a challenging world”
This proposal is suggesting that “Growing up in a challenging world” is a suitable theme for International Celebration of world Youth Week which will be held in Dec, 2011. The proposal comprises two parts; the former part introduces the strength of this theme, in regards to its relevance to Hong Kong and the latter part covers the details in the week, including the issues that can be explored during it and the ways that the selected issue can be addressed.
“Growing up in a challenging world” is a perfect theme for the week as it is process high relevance to Hong Kong as Hong Kong itself is already a city saturated in challenges which measures youths’ ability on different areas, majorly educational, cognitive and social. It has been agreed for some years that “Hong Kong children were born in a competition about survival”, youngsters have to strive for excellence trough out their entire youth in order to survive after they graduate, which means to get a good job with good salary. The most popular type of challenge Hong Kong youngsters have to face is the educational ones. Every youth in Hong Kong have to take is the public exams in order to permit them climbing along the ladder to occupy a seat for higher education. These exams were always described as fateful towards a youngster’s life as different labels; representing different level of ability youths have achieved on educational ground will be stigmatized on every youth through certs and exam report cards, which will last throughout one’s life. The competition is keen as everyone taking this challenge is at risk to ruin their whole life. As every youth in Hong Kong are destined to face this keen, “fatal” challenge in their life, the theme “Growing up in a challenging world” will draw every Hong Kong youth’s attention as it coheres with the environment they were born in.
Considering the