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They're everywhere. Teaching the underprivileged, inventing fancy gadgets, rebuilding disaster struck cities, and even automating our daily tasks - it's time you stop labelling teenagers as lazy.
Generation Z has multi-tasking down to an art and evidently goes beyond a mere career. It's the generation of entrepreneurs - the youth today makes things happen. And, it's a win-win for us all. "Involving myself in social campaigns and environmental events gives me an opportunity to shape up my personality, confidence, and gain exposure. We should not limit our thinking to focus only on a single career and mere living," says Adithiyan Rajan, a 15-year-old student at JSS International School, who actively organises donations and environmental campaigns in the city.
CHANGEMAKER: Adithiyan Rajan (extreme right), JSS International School, is involved in community activities
Even language is no constraint. "If you have an idea, keep on trying," beams Vania Constantinou, a 16-year-old student at Dubai American Academy, who started English for All. It's a weekly language class for the bus conductors, who come from countries as far apart as Nepal, Uganda, and Indonesia, that takes place at her school with immense support from the principal and the staff.
Nenad Ranisavljevic, another 15-year-old student at GEMS Wellington International School, adds, "I believe we have the skill and the resources to win whatever we set our minds upon." He led his peers at the F1 in Schools - World Finals in building what they call the 'fastest car in Dubai'. They took six months to manufacture a miniature compressed air-powered wooden F1 car, while they sat for their regular exams too.
Sure, this generation comes across barriers and even gets a bad rep for not being focused enough or conscientious enough or well, just being spoilt brats. But, this doesn't faze the youth at all; they keep experimenting, reinventing, and redefining the labels thrown at them. "Don't quit the game. Change your strategy," shares Jashan Singh, a 17-year-old student at Universal American School in Dubai, who has written a book, A Teenager's Ultimate Guide To Success, to motivate other teens to pull through the challenges they come across and as a guide to defining success for themselves.
Born into the digital age, this is truly the renaissance generation - they relate more to each other across the globe than adults living in their own city. They collaborate, use technology to their advantage, and do have their eyes on an end goal. "I attend musical theatre classes that teach dancing, singing and acting. I also had a vocal coach from New York who would Skype with me for lessons. I decide to finish all my schoolwork by Friday so that I can balance theatre and school," says Camila Comerlato, a 14-year-old student at GEMS Wellington International School.
All the screen time has led to a generation that communicates through blogs, vlogs, Snapchats, and Insta stories, lives and breathes IRL and in VR seamlessly, and is showing all of us that it's okay to flaunt failure as long as we keep on going.
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