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Look at the mind map. Together with your partner, discuss what affects young people and their lives in various parts of the world today. Share your knowledge and opinions on as many aspects as you can in the time available. Make sure that during the discussion you both comment on what the other person says.
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| 1 | M7: My opinion about family income is that er even though some people, some families have income differences... I think most families are happy... if their home environment is happy if their children- children aren't abused... the er parents don't drink and so on they have a healthy environment even though they don't get so much money... I think that isn't that big of a deal... if you don't get... lots of money because... like if you have families who get... very much money like doctors and lawyers and stuff they... might not be that happy because they'll- all involved in the money and they don't see each other that much and... |
| 2 | M8: I think love... is the word |
| 3 | M7: Yeah |
| 4 | M8: what keeps family alive. And what makes it stronger. |
| 5 | M7: Yeah the passion and the love the... like... |
| 6 | M8: It don't |
| 7 | M7: Yeah |
| 8 | M8: It //doesn't// |
| 9 | M7: //Right// |
| 10 | M8: really matter how much do you get money- money from the job... if your family's strong and loving |
| 11 | M7: Yes |
| 12 | M8: It can take almost anything |
| 13 | M7: Yeah you're right. |
| 14 | M8: what becomes |
| 15 | M7: Yeah |
| 16 | M8: in the future... Ehm stress, depression... er in children's... can be... in schools and... in freetime, if you don't have any friends and family is no- not loving you can easily get stressed and depressed. |
| 17 | M7: Yeah |
| 18 | M8: I think stress is the er comes first but if the stress keeps going then comes depression |
| 19 | M7: Yeah |
| 20 | M8: and if you get depressions... er it's really hard... |
| 21 | M7: Yeah //er mo-// |
| 22 | M8: //to rise// up again. |
| 23 | M7: Yeah most people doesn't- don't even know how hard- bad depression really is. |
| 24 | M8: Yes |
| 25 | M7: They just think that if they're sad for a day or some they think they are depressed but some people who are really [prd]depressed[/prd] depressed, that's really bad, that's a medical condition it has to be treated and like you said if your family is not caring about you, if you don't have any friends who support you depression can be a very hard thing to deal with. |
| 26 | M8: Yeah. I just watched a document about bullying |
| 27 | M7: Yeah |
| 28 | M8: and... many of the victims were bullied and... the things that bully- bullying cause... is so brutal and... how... the person... changes... //because// |
| 29 | M7: //Yeah// |
| 30 | M8: of bullying. |
| 31 | M7: Yeah they get so insecure //and like er// |
| 32 | M8: //Yeah they get// insecure and er... depressed and... they start to think that the world hates them. |
| 33 | M7: Yeah |
| 34 | M8: And they get suicidal er emotion and... emotions like killing somebody. |
| 35 | M7: Yeah |
| 36 | M8: Killing the bullies... and that's- that's just... it... doesn't have to be like that. |
| 37 | M7: Yeah and it's- it's not treated well. |
| 38 | M8: Yeah |
| 39 | M7: //F- as at least here.// |
| 40 | M8: //School should have-// be more er bullying- anti-bullying. |
| 41 | M7: Yeah //li-// |
| 42 | M8: //In// lower... states. |
| 43 | M7: Yeah |
| 44 | M8: And... stages. |
| 45 | M7: Yeah like there was this [fin]KiVa kiusaaminen- kiusaamisen vastainen[fin] thing |
| 46 | M8: Yeah |
| 47 | M7: in our school but... |
| 48 | M8: Doesn't //work//. |
| 49 | M7: //Like// doesn't work because like nowadays everything people do to each other in school is labelled as |
| 50 | M8: Yeah |
| 51 | M7: school bullying in Finland like if you punch someone, that's bullying, if you steal someone's wallet and take the money that's bullying but er in real life that's crime... and you should be taked to prison for that if you steal someone's money //and like// |
| 52 | M8: //When we had// a [fin]KiVa-tunti[fin] it was just a fun lesson... and... we laughed in it and it was like... er not a normal lesson so it was fun. |
| 53 | M7: Yeah |
| 54 | M8: and... I didn't remember any of the... topics what we talked about in- in it. |
| 55 | M7: Because they weren't important. |
| 56 | M8: //Yeah// |
| 57 | M7: //like// |
| 58 | M8: They weren't important. |
| 59 | M7: Yeah |
| 60 | M8: And that's- that's weird. |
| 61 | M7: Yeah and that leads to educational opportunities like if you- if you're bullied and if you're depressed like you lose your will to live and your will to educate yourself. |
| 62 | M8: And will to be with other persons. |
| 63 | M7: Yeah, yeah... //that's// |
| 64 | M8: //and// |
| 65 | M7: it. |
| 66 | M8: Also family incomes... doesn't really matter... in that case... cause if you're hard working enough... and you want to... get up... get lots of paid... then you can do almost anything. |
| 67 | M7: Yeah |
| 68 | M8: If you- if you just study... and study you can //succeed// |
| 69 | M7: //You can be whatever// you like. |
| 70 | M8: //Yeah// |
| 71 | M7: //Yeah// |
| 72 | M8: It doesn't- doesn't affect how much money your family have if you //have// |
| 73 | M7: //Yeah// |
| 74 | M8: If you have the ambition and the will to study and educate yourself. In Finland we have a great opportunity for that and that is amazing so we have to grab the opportunity... because like half the- half the people in the world doesn't have the opportunity that we have. |
| 75 | M7: I think |
| 76 | M8: so |
| 77 | M7: most of the people don't understand how good our opportunities |
| 78 | M8: Yeah |
| 79 | M7: for studying //are//. |
| 80 | M8: //And our// situations are |
| 81 | M7: Yeah |
| 82 | M8: like free //school// |
| 83 | M7: //Cause if you// |
| 84 | M8: yeah everything |
| 85 | M7: go to Africa |
| 86 | M8: Yeah |
| 87 | M7: there are schools er only for two years and they can- they educate them... //if// |
| 88 | M8: //Yeah// |
| 89 | M7: they don't have money. |
| 90 | M8: Yeah and they have to pay a lot |
| 91 | M7: //Yeah// |
| 92 | M8: //to get// education. |
| 93 | M7: And Ame- America also the good universities er... are really expensive. |
| 94 | M8: Yeah they can cost like a half a million dollars //a year//. |
| 95 | M7: //[laugh] Yeah// |
| 96 | M8: And we have in Finland free universities. |
| 97 | M7: Yeah |
| 98 | M8: Which is like amazing, unbelievable. |
| 99 | M7: And good education. |
| 100 | M8: Yeah. |