Is Today's Youth Confused or Confident?

 

 

           Keep true to the dreams of your youth

In this ultra-modern era, with an abundance of opportunities, today's youth is dumbfounded when it comes to choosing a career path, whereas some youngsters are confident about their choices and possess a clear vision and plan for their future but most lack the necessary guidance and confidence.

So, foremost, what do we mean by youth? Expertly, the population that falls within the age group of 15 to 30 is considered as youth. According to statistics  worlds highest youth population resides in India and is around 231 million. According to A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, youth below the age of 25 is the most powerful resource on Earth, and we have to empower them through, education and value.

In the past few years, there has been an inexorable rise in technology which has led to more awareness among youth and has unlatched many opportunities. Gone are the days when there were limited job opportunities and career paths. In the modern-day abundance of opportunities has made the youth more confused than confident and has equally made the competition more fierce. Youths are afraid of failure and are under constant pressure from society. They are reluctant to go against the norm and choose a field that they are interested in, and it is chiefly because their parents are unsupportive of their choice and apart from this they tend to glaze over the negative side and believe it won't bear the desired fruits.

According to statistics, only 20% of youth are confident about their choices and the rest 80% live in a dilemma. And who is to blame for it? Parents, society, or youth itself? 

We all know parents want the best for their children.They have already experienced the worst and the best of life and are trying their best to protect their child from failure and put them in a box of glitter. But in the process, they often forget to consider their child's opinion and tend to impose their decision. As a result, youths find it challenging to discover what they desire and how to establish an appropriate balance between their parent's expectation and their own goals. 

The society that we live in can sometimes be judgemental, which causes youngsters to go down the same road and to kill their own aspirations. Today's youth live under immense pressure, and taking up their own career path is not easy. 

Ultimately, we would like to infer that today's youth is more confused than confident. In order to transform this scenario, we have to first make changes in the modern education system apart from this, parents and teachers need to encourage and guide youngsters for the path they choose.