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Castlegar Nelson & Area ‘DESTROYING OUR PLANET’ State of world a concern Canadian young people express dismay at the world they're inheriting, particularly the state of the environ- ment, War, on the other id, seems only @ remote possibility. Perhaps most surprising their attitude toward AIDS. c. By STEPHEN NICHOLLS VANCOUVER (CP) — Ceiren Sommi spends a sun-washed Saturday afternoon striding up and down a downtown: sidewalk, handing out pamphlets and chatting up passers-by on the subject of world peace. Brushing back strands of breeze- blown auburn hair, the soft-spoken 15- year-old about a fledgling group she founded called HOPE — Helping Our Precious Earth What we can do about it as studen tsi don’t know,”’ says Sommi, echoing commonly heard sentiment from today’s youth (defined by the United Nations as people aged 15 to 24). ‘We do have a lot of hope, arid I do really believe that up to us because the generation ahead of us has given up hope boasts it’s basically That, 100, is a familiar comment Young people across the country, in interviews with The Canadian Press, expressed their dismay with the world They parents and a rs. But blame their unlike 1 shun any overt they're inheriting Sommi, most « activity. They're more apt to shrug their shoulders or joke about the state of the world FEARWARLESS When comes nuclear war the youth ¢ Much of the credit what they've hear Mikhail Gorbachev and his he 1960s a reforms Gorbache 1 e Sovie d, 17 pert will me goes on SAFE AND SECURE. 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Young peopl: world will be gone by the year 2000. “But,” adds the star of CBC TV's Degrassi Junior High, ‘‘I don’t worry about it ENVIRONMENT ISSUE Environmental issues, on the other nd, seem much more real to today’s The kids today vironment Linda Saul of Group Ltd believe the en is going to kill us,’ says Environics Research In general, I'd have to say the world is not exactly the most reassuring place To look at the future,” says the 17-year-old violin virtuoso Corey Cer sek, picking at a fruit salad in a downtown Toronto restaurant seem Monika Schnar The o} say friends and the good lite are important to them but the future of our world is something they worry about. got me upset. It concerns me that with our technology we can’t avoid such tragedies. FUTURE DISTANT Sheri Schwaerzle 7-year-old from Sardis, worries about ‘‘what kind of future we're going to have with all that (pollution) Most teens are worried, she says “The concern is there, but they don’t do anything about it. To them, it doesn’t mean anything right now.”’ “We know the Earth is warming up and in 10 years, it’s going to be Club Med up here,"’ says Jamie Cohen, 18, of “Malifax. “It just seems all so distant That's for the next generation to worry about,”’ says Gia Gotta, 18, of Bearspaw, Alta AIDS NOT WORRY AIDS is another topic they cite as a problem facing the world, but few seem to be worried about catching it themselves I just don’t think it will ever hap: pen to Joann Chanda Sullivan, a slender 17-year-old from Halifax. “It me,"’ says just seems so foreign to Ironically, a few doors away in the downtown Halifax school guidance counsellor Bob Hill reaches into a desk drawer and pulls out a stan. dard piece of modern school equip: ment — rubber gloves to prevent con: tact with AIDS “Teachers have to have them now (in case of) a fellow with a nosebleed, samé he explains Many experts say schools and the media have not done their job in teaching youths about the dangers of AIDS Richard Young, a counselling psychology at the Univer sity of British Columbia, agrees many adolescents don’t take enough the threat of AIDS. But the tweed-jacketed professor against scare tactics: We want them to hear the problem about AIDS but we also want to allow these young people to develop the sexual sides of their beings “My generation is faced with so much, and then on top of that, when you're just starting to look at-guys, to have that thrown in your professor _of seriously cautions Schnarre agrees: face is very scary _Teens not using condoms +) enough, survey says TORONTO (CP) They come in brand names, package sizes ho names such as me intriguing a, and there’s or the designer sexually transmitte be worn. And that seems to be the har dest part of educating the public Well, yes, people are using them more than before, but not as much as they should," says Connie Clement, a co-ordinator of the AIDS education program for the Toronto Department of Public Health Teenagers, notorious for believing they’re immune to death and disease are the hardest group to Clement says. They know wearing a condom during sex will help protect against the deadly AIDS virus, but they don’t think that means them reach, A national survey of knowledge and attitudes about AIDS indicates that 31 per cent of boys and 21 per cent of girls in Grade 9 said they have had inter By Grade 11, about half the students said they were sexually active course at least once But only 14 per cen’ said they always used condoms They think it’s a disease for the gay guy around the corner, for the people They don't think it’s something that will affect them,’ who go to prostitutes Clement says. continued on page C3 a You may be eligible for A Grant to Cover Most Call TODAY for more information 365-2173 We&t Kootenay Economic Coordinating Group Nees of the Costs EARN MORE!! 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Courses begin in October, on weekends (one monthly) October 4, 1989 Castlegar News c3 Canadian continued from page C1 U,S.,"" says 18-year-old singer Mitk8u of Montreal Although she describes herself as a Quebec nationalist favoring ways to protect French in that°province, she divorces herself from former nationalist ext esses, “I don’t want it to be a war like before,” says the curvy blonde in form-fitting black ensemble. “It was a war, We hated English; and English hated French,” MODERATE VIEWS Quebec nationalism has been tempered with the harsh reality of 1980s ‘economics, ‘says a Quebec sociologist. “Francophone teenagers in Quebec have to be much more realistic these days about ‘both their language and their sense of nationalism than their coun. terparts in the 1960s and 1970s,"’ says Antoine Baby of Laval University “*The reason is that the economic situation in which they find themselves is much tougher and much more in. ternational than during the previous two decades. They don't have the luxury of being radical Quebec nationalists because they might have to work for Americans or English companies from Ontario.”” Nearly three out of four Canadian youths favor Canada as a multicultural mosaic, the youth foundation study suggests. Many young people have a strong sense of their ownethnic heritage ; COMING BACK’ Lewis Point, a 16-year-old native of the Skow-kale reserve near Chilliwack, savors his ancestral culture. He and his cousins have even learned the ceremonial prairie dances, which they perform at special events. I believe that our heritage is coming back to us slowly,”’ says Point, whose raven hair curls about his collar. ‘All the young students are coming back to our heritage . . . the things the old pepole used to teach us.”” That sense of heritage and legacy is not lost on young Gary Holman. “It kind of scares me,’ he says to his friends sitting in a main street cafe in Cochrane, Alta. “If you think back to your great-great-grandma and grandpa, do you know them?’ he asks the others, who shake their heads “I don’t even know who they are shrug.’ ‘I’m sure so many people de They're just totally forgotten, “Lt’s kind of scary thinking that we won't even bé thought of.” he says with a have a clue MARRIAGE PLANS A national survey suggests that teens place a lot of émphasis on friendships. And despite the. rampant breakdown in marraige they see, most plan to marry and raise children “It scares me,”’ admits blue-jeaned Joe Boudreau, 18, of Calgary, who at five saw his father leave home. But Boudreauis intent on not making the same mistakes his parents made. His solution: ‘When there's a problem in the family, talk it out. Have a lot of com: munication in the family.” Karalee Close, 17, of Cultur Lake, witnessed her own parents divorce and believes children learn from the experience think it makes people deeper, ding, more able to cope with problems,”’ says the bubbly teenager with bouncing blond ringlets. But many young people plan to wait to marry later more understan- on “First is my education and my career,” says Scott, the 16-year-old girl from Sherbrooke, Que., echoing a popular teenager view. “I think once I’m totally in dependent, and once I’ve kind of established myself, then I'll think of marriage.’ Children are in the picture for most Canadians, with most leaning to smaller families. For those who decry today’s youth as being too qnaterialistic and live-for-today, this show of heart holds an encouraging note for the future. As for the pursuit of happiness, teenage violinist Corey Cerovsek has some advice: ssentially what makes people happy is always making themselves happy,” says the slightly built vir tuoso. “Fhe point is you can make yourself happy by making other people happy:”” young Success continued from page C1 in short supply, employers are going to have to compete for them. Those entry-level jobs are going to find themselves being upgraded.** However, with the massive layer of baby boomers now in mid-management and likely to remain there for many more years, young people will have to adjust career patter. ns. “In the 1990s, instead of following what we call a linear career path — moving up to the top of an organization — we're going to follow a spiral career path — lateral movements combined with vertical movement,” Foot says Instead of being promoted, an employee is more likely to move from one department to another. Personnel exper- ts say there will be fewer job titles, with experienced em- ployees used as consultants rather than supervisors. For young people, it will mean an emphasis on flexibility. For that reason, educators are urging youths to take liberal arts programs to develop problem-solving skills “Broad, generalist thinking and generalist training rather than specialist training are going to be far more im- portant in the 1990s,"” says Foot Companies, too, will have to adjust to the new demographics and a new working generation “They are not enamored of working and they are not going to give the same kind of commitment to the job which we have seen in the past,’’ says Linda Saul of Environics Research Group Ltd. in Toronto. **It’s going to be very hard in future for employers to keep them motivated.” The ones who will succeed will be those who work hard, says teacher Herb Voth of Chilliwack “I think the students who have learned to apply them: selves in high school and know they have to work in order to get what they want, they'll make it Condom continued from poge C2 Even if they realize that sexual inter course is a risky business these days, the typical teenager is’ embarrassed to use , she says, So public health of ficials are working on a program called Condom Comfort_to,.demystifyand unblush a subject that used to be taboo in politecompany Clement and other health workers visit high schools to talk about sex, disease and prevention. They hand ogy thousands of: condoms to teenagers, and hope that maybe some will be used for the intended purpose Ann Barrett of Planned Parenthood says most adolescents tell her they feel uncomfortable buying condoms “Someone they know might see them, and it’s also a bewildering array of different types,"’ she says. ‘Let's face it, it’s not a product you want to comparison shop for. It’s not like standing there and trying to choose nail polish — they « ant to pick it up and get out of there fast.” Some teenagers say the answer is to make condoms more accessible, and This Weekend Kick Calgary’s spacious room Offer expires Dec. 31/89 that means putting vending machines in high schools. The Ottawa Board of Education was surprised when students at Lisgar Collegiate proposed a pilot project in volving condom machines in school Up Your Heels! 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