How historically accurate is the film "Swing Kids" in its portrayal of the actual "Swing Kids" and other elements of Nazi youth? ... Thanks to modern historians and Disney productions, their story is still alive today in the form of film. ... The Attitudes of the swing kids and other Nazi youth towards the Nazi's in the film "Swing Kids," is reasonably historically accurate in its portrayal of the real swing kids and other elements of Nazi youth. Sources tell us that many of the Swing Kids despised the Nazis but were forced in to the compulsory Hitler Youth anyway. ... Swing Kids were ...

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Kurt Cobain For our modern day hero we used th... Kurt Cobain For our modern day hero we used the singer and songwriter Kurt Cobain from the band Nirvana. ... He is a hero for many of today's troubled youth because his music influences how these troubled kids feel. ... Every modern alternative song has a tint of "Nirvanaism" in it. ... His words and music make him a modern day hero. ...

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This paper gives a review of what is occurring with cell phones also, what is the effect of using cell phones on youth. ... Advancement of Mobile Technology has great impacts on us because our era of youth is the most eager clients of this innovative medium. ... In a globalizing modern world, the new society has a more propelled premise in which we fuel ourselves. ... Innovative medium incorporate mobile media, the primary staple of youth society, utilized as a part of ordinary life of a great many people in postmodern social orders inundated in the mechanical transformation and by the mechani...

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This phenomena is exemplified in Alice Munro's "Friend of My Youth" with the relationship between the narrator and her mother. ... Friedrich Neitzsche describes the faith of modern humanity as follows: "Modern men, with their obtuseness to all Christian nomenclature, no longer sense the gruesome superlative which lay for an antique taste in the paradoxical formula `God on the cross`." ... Technology is a loose term that people apply to any modern advancement. ... Alice Munro's "Friend of My Youth" depicts a culture which has resisted the changes examined in this essay and has remaine...

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Socrates gained numerous enemies from his conversations, yet he also gained a following mostly comprised of youths (I imagine they found it entertaining that Socrates made fools of the high-class individuals.). ... Supposedly, the way Socrates corrupted the youth is he made them disbelieve in the gods: " They repeat stock charges against all philosophers, and say that they investigates things in the air and under the earth, and that [Socrates] teaches people to disbelieve in the gods, and to make the worse argument appear the stronger" (Plato, Apology, line 23D-E). ... The culture of Ancient G...

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Introduction Nowadays the nature of youth culture in the UK is constantly changing owing to various factors. ... For instance, modern generation believes that it is normal to take pills in nightclubs. ... The majority of revellers seemed to have a tremendous cultural catalyst of youth. ... They have not only shifted the youth generation of 20th century, but also influence modern generations owing to a widespread of drugs in the nightclubs. ... " Thus, there are only inevitable consequences that are left and addressed towards modern generation. ...

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THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF MUSIC ON YOUTHS Many youths get easily influenced during adolescence. Music is highly influential can create negative impacts on youths. ... However, disturbing lyrics and the amount of violence portrayed in some modern music are becoming a great concern to many adults. ... The media can also be put on blame for this outburst of youth violence. ... Therefore, music does create an impact on youths. ...

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The Pressures of Today's Youth Many young people in this day and age are tying to look act, and overall seem older. Youths face many dilemmas in their trek to adulthood yet, they still try to obtain adulthood earlier by going through the "proper" rites of passage. ... He encounters some of the many rites of passage (dilemmas) in the modern society;smoking, drinking, and violence. ... Adult pressure is by far the worst creating many problems with youths today. peer pressure may also create problems yet they are easier to deal with. ...

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Chris McCandless was a passionate youth searching for something. His humdrum existence, Krakauer suggests, encouraged McCandless's entry into the wild--- not just to escape from civilization but to discover himself. Of his readings, McCandless enjoyed Tolstoy, London, and Thoreau so much that he ...

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Opening up new avenues in this day and age is one of the biggest challenges facing the modern church. While more and more youth continue to leave the church at a critical age, church leaders are scrambling to come up with ways to make Christianity more personal. Now I don't mean to say that hip-hop is the only way to connect with youth. ... In doing so, they can draw in more youth, hopefully before it becomes too late. ... The sooner the modern church realizes this, the sooner it can begin to become more appealing to youth. ...

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America politics have come along way for the time of its youth. ... In the time of Americas" youth there were those who challenge Democracy, and did not understand its importance. ... Another ancient thinker would take a step in the direction of a modern political way of thought. ... The major difference in the ancient and modern thinking is where the law originates. In modern theory, we the people originate the rules and enforce them. ...

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A social genius who rubbed shoulders with the rich and famous of two continents. a natural athlete, a painter of considerable talent, a generous, gregarious man with an ego the size of a ballroom who helped promote the careers of other musicians such as Vernon Duke, and Oscar Levant, George was your modern "rock star." ... Gershwin was a typical trouble-making youth; stealing pretzels and bagels, getting into fights, and even posing as a homeless youth so people would give him money! ...

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Athenian philosopher, Socrates has emerged as one of the most influential individuals of modern thought and has played a large role in molding the way that many societies view a majority of the established principles of modern life. ... He tells the youths to question the things in their lives. ... Today, many charismatic thinkers are embraced for stirring up thought and producing creativity in the youth. In many aspects Socrates has contributed to the way that several modern societies think, feel, and behave. ... From the view of modern society Socrates may have been found guilty of under...

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How come there are such changes in the youth culture? ... In the past, local films and music dominated the youth market. ... All these songs have a positive influence on the youth. ... It is an American TV drama which talks about the life and sexual attitude of modern yuppies in the U.S.. ... It is always said that youth are easily affected by their peer. ...

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Contrary to the innocence often portrayed through youth characters, Mark Haddon painted the main character of his award-winning novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Christopher Boone, as an autistic young adult faced with challenges in his life, including the discovery of the murder of his neighbor's dog. ... Haddon individualizes Christopher as a youth with impressive cognitive and social abilities, from his math to effectually speaking with neighbors and community members, which could very easily be the effect of much "practice" of being normal on his part ...

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Rock and Roll music greatly influenced the youth of America. ... The youth at this time was taught to obey authority and to ask no questions. ... It was looked at as something that corrupted America's youth when in reality the youth was already corrupt by being forced to believe that conformity is the best thing possible. ... The Beatles revolutionized rock and roll and helped to continue pushing it well into modern day America. No other rock band has affected the youth of America the way that The Beatles have. ...

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The main concepts considered are of vanity, selfishness and the value of beauty and youth. ... Another concept and reflection of today's modern society seen by Dorian Gray is the devotion to self-bettering and selfishness. ... The last concept that is used in Dorian Gray and is a modern-day issue is that of the value of beauty and youth. ... In conclusion, The Picture of Dorian Gray, although old, is a very respectable story with important, realistic and modern morals and concepts. ... Overall the book is a very accurate representation of contemporary society's fixation with beauty...

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If the area of the European Union does not expand, if it remains closed for the other regional societies, they will lag behind, and this in turn will affect the wider region, which would be a tragedy in the modern era. ... According to me, an enlarged European Union is a benefit to the modern time, it is the new internationalism that corresponds with the global society and provides a new culture of euro-nationalism, a new way of thinking for a better common future. ... I strongly believe that the enlargement of the E.U. is not just a desired modern world. ... In the future, the E.U. will be ...

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Television-One of the worst inventions of modern times The majority of people feel that television is useful tool to improve knowledge and keep in touch with current events in day-to-day life. Unfortunately, It has proved to be one of the worst inventions of modern times in many ways. ... Due to changes in modern life, the producers changed tactics in making shows to attract the audience. ... These shows in particular attract youth and made them to go in wrong direction. ... Even though, TV helps humans in many ways, it may affects children and youth in long run. ...

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The rise of a divisive mainstream media, the slow degradation of constitutional rights, and the reduced separation of branch powers are compounded by the shrugs of apathetic youth - and in all likelihood, will result in a long-term collapse of individual liberty, economic well-being and societal prosperity. Media Division While it may not be the only source of national youth apathy, the modern mainstream media is definitely an amplifying factor. Bombarded by worthless news articles, trivial celebrity gossip and reality TV, many of today's youth care little to nothing about politics and ...

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One can make this analogy relevant to modern times. ... Distractions that come with youth are deterrents to education because the person is not able to concentrate on the subject he is studying. ... In modern times, this concept would compare to placing a fourteen-year-old person in medical school. Present society would see this action as absurd because the youth has taken no classes crucial to becoming a doctor. ... This makes females an indispensable factor contributing to processes of education in modern civilization. ...

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Imprisonment is the modern day form of slavery. ... Also the emergence of community-based rehabilitation programs has emerged nationwide to prevent youth from being incarcerated and to help former child inmates to entering the jail system again. ...

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The original, 78RPM records had a playing time of three to five minutes, a time frame that most modern popular music still fits into. ... This global homogenisation of music was illustrated in a recent Reuters article ion which South African musicologist Andrew Tracey said that, " Globalisation is a big threat to traditional African Music-3 and that, " in cities and the more developed regions such as South Africa, modern music and imported culture are overwhelming tradition. ... As a result of music videos being so short it can also be seen as promoting "youth labelling" and stereotypes. ...

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It's not fiction with modern electronics. Most of today's modern electronic discoveries have their roots in the writings and patents of one genius who very few people know. ... In his youth he studied in Croatia where he learned of the great Niagara Falls, and imagined great things that could come of it. ... Tesla now turned to the dream of his youth, to harness the power of the great Niagara Falls. ... Tesla went on later to invent the Tesla coil, Radio, Remote controls and other modern technological devices. ...

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Kramer further cites the tendency of today's juvenile courts to focus largely on minute technicalities rather than the youths" delinquent behavior as key to the decline of the juvenile justice system today. ... Kramer, in her critique of the Juvenile Justice System, suggests in her statement that it costs $85,000 to incarcerate a youth that long term rehabilitation. ... In the last years I have come to know several juveniles acquainted with the correctional process who describe detention in modern juvenile correctional facilities as anything but easy. ...

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