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Do today’s teenagers really have an easy life compared to previous generations?

Adults often think teenagers to be messy, always tired and not determined enough.Some of them even think that teenagers are somehow advantaged with an easier life compared to older generations.As a teenagers I can say that a lot of things have changed during this years so I partly agree with the statement at the top of the page. 

For example, I firmly believe that education has improved infinitely in the last 20 years.Teenagers nowadays have access to thousands of resources thanks to the internet.From my own experience I can say that studying with the aid of technology, makes us so much more interested and willing to learn new things.The variety of information that we encounter also help us to develop our own beliefs and to stimulate critical thinking. 

Another reason why teenagers are advantaged in life could be the variety of work opportunities.Nowadays, because of human advancement in different fields and aspects of every day life, especially in science and technology, many careers and businesses have been created, giving to the younger generations a larger range of opportunities. Also Statistics says that the rate of disoccupation has decreased during the last 30 years. 

However younger generations have to deal with climate change, that has gotten so much worse in the last few years, forcing us to do everything we can in order to save a planet that is falling apart, causing natural disasters that have never been seen before. 

In conclusion I personally believe that things have changed a lot, some for the better and some others not.Our lifes are too different to be compared because we have different kinds of problems to face.

Eleonora Cuomo, III A