вторник, 26 февраля 2013 г.

Do we really know what is going on?


   We live in a dangerous world. The number of murders goes up every year, people are dying of cancer, more people get HIV, teen pregnancies are up, more teens are using drugs and the list goes on and on. You know this because you have heard all the statistics on the news and in the paper. But do you really have an accurate idea what they mean?
   The numbers are going up, but are they in proportion to the growth in population? Are more cases of these diseases being reported because of better testing techniques or are the diseases more prevalent? The fact is that without context pure statistics mean nothing. This growing trend of reporting only part of the whole information is getting more serious.
   The point of this article is that one should be aware of what is and is not being said. When a new fact or number is encountered, one should try to think about relevant information before forming an opinion with only partial truth. If we teenagers are to inherit the world, we had better be able to think critically, and form our own viewpoints, rather than be manipulated by other people.