Tuesday, December 20, 2011
ENSURE THEY ARE SAFE FOR A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!
You do not have to run after them, here and there. YOU DO NOT have to threaten them by pridicting misfortunes if they don't listen to your caution. YOU DO NOT even have to please them by thinking your words of guidance will disrupt thier peace and affect thier Christmas.
BUT have some time with them,
Be a father, be a mother, be an aunt, be a sister, be a brother, be a grandi and be A FRIEND. create a platfoam for dialogue, establish a forum with them and relaese that wisdom from your brain to thiers. They will built perimeter walls in thier heart. they will guide thier foot steps, they will look after each other and THEY WILL TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES. YOU DONT WANT TO MISS CELEBRATING THIS. They don't need alot BUT A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING! THE TEENS ARE GOOD, NOT THE WAY YOU THINK!
THANKS for taking care of them, breading them, sheltering them, providing medical care, educating them, protecting them and above all FORGIVING THEM IN ALL THEY DID, WHICH WAS NOT PLEASING TO YOU. IF YOU HAVE NOT FORGIVEN ANY, please! please! it is not too late, allow blessings to follow him/her in the comming 2012 by releasing him/her from your heart. AND IF YOU DO THAT, PLEASE let him or her know it, and let him or her know how he can not do that again! I LOVE THE TEENS!
FROM THE ENTIRE COMPOUND,of TEENS MEDIA GROUP,
TO YOU THE TEENS AND EVERY ONE WHO DID EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO LIFT THE TEENS TO THE NEXT LEVEL IN THIS YEAR 2011 ENDING (PARENTS, GUDIANTS, TEACHERS, PARTNERS, SUPPORTERS AND FRIENDS)
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A FRUITFUL 2012!
GIRA EMMANUEL
TEAM LEADER
Friday, December 16, 2011
THE STEROTYPES. THe teens speak out!
Sadhia Khan, 17
A-LEVEL STUDENT FROM NORWOOD GREEN, MIDDLESEX
"It's very unfair to group teenagers as 'problematic' for society. Most of us just aren't like that. I have so many extra-curricular hobbies; I have been in a debating society, I play tennis and badminton and the piano. I don't tend to meet my friends on the street but go shopping with them or meet for meals. The media's image of teenagers and these negative reports that have recently been published tend to focus on the idea that young people misbehave and just hang around doing nothing. That's not true for many of us. We have a lot of pressures in our lives, socially and academically. I've applied to do medicine at university like my sister, and many of us are hoping to achieve in life and make a positive impact in society, yet that is an image that rarely comes across in debates on teenage life. My group of friends is highly motivated. Every time I pick up a newspaper or hear another TV report about teenagers, it is always demonising us, rather than reflecting the reality for most of us. At the end of a schoolday, when we sometimes go shopping together, we're looked at suspiciously because we are taking up so much space. People are quite judgmental about teenagers, how we look, where we go, and I think it's a shame that middle-class children are treated with more respect than maybe someone who's wearing a hoodie."
JUSTIN BIEBER-A TEENAGER WHO INSPIRES THE TEENS
Ed Chapman, 17
A-LEVEL STUDENT FROM NORTH LONDON
"The majority of teenagers are fairly well behaved, and I don't believe there's a higher percentage of teenagers causing trouble than adults, so it is not specifically a teenager problem. Young people are a visible target because for many, their only option is to meet outside the home. I spend time regularly hanging around the estate because that is how we socialise - we can't really have so many friends round to the house - but we don't cause any trouble and we have a good relationship with the residents. The police stop us fairly regularly which I find irritating. Two of my friends were stopped and searched by an officer who was rude and aggressive when they were doing nothing wrong. I have been stopped and searched twice and asked questions four or five times. I'm a Scout leader and help to look after around 50 kids every week, and am responsible for taking them on camps. I plan to go to university and become a barrister."
Jennifer Whitfield, 14
PUPIL AT NORTHALLERTON COLLEGE, NORTH YORKSHIRE
"The perception that people have of all teenagers as troublemakers annoys me. It's just a small section of young people that are out to cause trouble. When I'm shopping with friends, I notice that we're followed around by a shop assistant who stays behind us at all times as if we are going to do something wrong. Of course, there are teenagers who spend time hanging around on street corners but they are not all trying to scare adults, just trying to have a good time with their friends, and they have nowhere else to gather. People tend to assume they are causing trouble when they are actually just standing there. It's wrong to judge teenagers, who in the majority, are not out to harm others but just to have fun. Sometimes I'll go to the park with friends but not often. Most of the time, I play netball and the saxophone in the concert band at college, or go camping with my family in holidays but not everyone can afford to do these things, so maybe that's why some stand on the street, to meet and chat."
Helena Gavrielides, 16
A-LEVEL STUDENT FROM LONDON
"There are so many teenagers who are good citizens. Most teenagers do drink but it depends where they do it. I think it's silly to drink standing on a street, and I understand that can be intimidating for adults. But it's difficult because not everyone's doing this, although people are going to pick up on the worst cases. I go to a liberal comprehensive school. The younger children meet on the street and I've seen police asking them to move although they were not doing anything. Elderly people seem suspicious of young people, even when we are polite, as if they assume we are going to steal their bags.
I've got friends who do charity work so it's not all about us drinking, and drugs and partying. I am busy every night except one with yoga, choir and piano and I've just taken a course to qualify as a swim instructor. With reports on obese teenagers, a lot of young people are really stressed about being overweight. I see so many girls on diets, and I don't think reports on obesity do anything to help their self image."
Monday, December 12, 2011
GULU WINS NATIONAL SCHOOLS DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Sacred Heart S.S Gulu have been crowned the 2011 national schools debate champions following their victory over Mengo .S.S in a thrilling emotional debate finale held in the Parliament Conference Hall on Friday December 9.
The only Girls school to reach the finals for the first time in the history of the debate championships, three students from Sacred Heart passionately defended the role of the United Nations in ensuring observance of civil liberties across the world.
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Hon. Jacob Oulanyah who crowned the debate champions warned the National Debate Council against misguiding the youth to fulfill the agenda of other parties.
“Some of the donors have an agenda of their own. Do not allow them to use the youth as guinea pigs”, Hon.Oulanyah warned.
He told delegates to the debate finale that the unlimited potential of the youths should be harnessed.
“Iam glad Parliament and the National Debate Council have provided a platform where the youth can be inspired. I pledge to support this initiative”, the Speaker confirmed to delegates.
Rt.Hon.Jacob Oulanyah alongside MPs Hanifah Kawooya, Mike Sebalu, Ababiku Jesicca,Karuhanga Gerald, Hood Katuramu,Tinkasimire Barnabas among others faced off with the students in a debate over the role of political party caucuses in eroding the right of speech for legislators.
The students sourced from over 37 schools across the country argued that the party caucuses water down the representative role for an MP. They also warned that their existence erodes the independence of Parliament from the executive.
A panel of seven independent judges appointed by the National Debate Council crowned Tumwesigye Jordan a student of Mbarara S.S the best Speaker of the Championship. The theme for this year’s tournament was Civil Liberties: Our Rights and Responsibilities.
Gira Emmanuel
In Parliament
The only Girls school to reach the finals for the first time in the history of the debate championships, three students from Sacred Heart passionately defended the role of the United Nations in ensuring observance of civil liberties across the world.
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Hon. Jacob Oulanyah who crowned the debate champions warned the National Debate Council against misguiding the youth to fulfill the agenda of other parties.
“Some of the donors have an agenda of their own. Do not allow them to use the youth as guinea pigs”, Hon.Oulanyah warned.
He told delegates to the debate finale that the unlimited potential of the youths should be harnessed.
“Iam glad Parliament and the National Debate Council have provided a platform where the youth can be inspired. I pledge to support this initiative”, the Speaker confirmed to delegates.
Rt.Hon.Jacob Oulanyah alongside MPs Hanifah Kawooya, Mike Sebalu, Ababiku Jesicca,Karuhanga Gerald, Hood Katuramu,Tinkasimire Barnabas among others faced off with the students in a debate over the role of political party caucuses in eroding the right of speech for legislators.
The students sourced from over 37 schools across the country argued that the party caucuses water down the representative role for an MP. They also warned that their existence erodes the independence of Parliament from the executive.
A panel of seven independent judges appointed by the National Debate Council crowned Tumwesigye Jordan a student of Mbarara S.S the best Speaker of the Championship. The theme for this year’s tournament was Civil Liberties: Our Rights and Responsibilities.
Gira Emmanuel
In Parliament
Sunday, December 11, 2011
CAREER GUIDANCE
Esther(Standing second left, carrying the trophy) Likes BUSKETBALL-SHE IS ALWAYS DETEMINED TO EXCEL!
SUPPORT THE YOUNG PEOPLE, DEVELOP AND PROMOTE THIER TALENTS. DON'T IMPOSE ON THEM WHAT YOU THINK IS BEST FOR YOU.ITS WORST FOR THEM!
Gira Emmanuel
TEAM LEADER
SUPPORT THE YOUNG PEOPLE, DEVELOP AND PROMOTE THIER TALENTS. DON'T IMPOSE ON THEM WHAT YOU THINK IS BEST FOR YOU.ITS WORST FOR THEM!
Gira Emmanuel
TEAM LEADER
2012 is here. We have to send them to school. They have done tremndious job for the teens! EMMA AND JANE SET FOR SCHOOL COME 2012
International Students at
New York Film Academy
Emma our Team Leader is interested in pursuing a course like this.
Give him the scholarship or study opportunity at your university and belive me, the teens will have more than the best.
Ms. Susan Elite
Head of Finance and Resource Mobilisation
TEENS MEDIA GROUP
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
HOLIDAY IS HERE!
Hi TEENS,
Welcome back from school and for those of you who sat their final exams at different levels welcome to this long vacation, its a long one which comes with alot of challenges, excitements among other things.
In TEENS MEDIA you are the reason we exist and that makes you part of us in the struggle to have young people who are morally upright and its our cry that stay away from things that will ruin your future, HIV/AIDS is REAL! remain focused because it is only by doing that that we shall manage to be the future generation.
Enjoy your holidays, have fun BUT be responsible young people.
Best whishes from TEENS MEDIA GROUP.
JANE ACOLA-HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS.
Welcome back from school and for those of you who sat their final exams at different levels welcome to this long vacation, its a long one which comes with alot of challenges, excitements among other things.
In TEENS MEDIA you are the reason we exist and that makes you part of us in the struggle to have young people who are morally upright and its our cry that stay away from things that will ruin your future, HIV/AIDS is REAL! remain focused because it is only by doing that that we shall manage to be the future generation.
Enjoy your holidays, have fun BUT be responsible young people.
Best whishes from TEENS MEDIA GROUP.
JANE ACOLA-HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS.
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