There are no jobs for us

A few weeks ago in the newspaper there was an article about labour expectations in México. It talked about how many young adults have an interest in working but have no job expectations. In 2009 with the population between 14 and 29 years old there was an 8.94% that had no labour expectations, which is the highest that has ever been. Why is this happening? Because of the crisis many companies have closed, investment is lower and salaries are too. The only ones who can aspire to have a job, that would probably not fit their expectations, are the ones with the higher level of education and with the best academic preparation. All this means that 2.7 million young adults don't have job aspirations. What is left for us to do is study harder and better, because until there are more jobs or more companies, which could take years or not happen, we need to be the best of the best, otherwise we won't be good enough even for a job consider to have a low rank. And according to experts, the vision of the future isn't getting any better.

Drinking and Driving

Well.. I decided now to write about this topic because I am more than tired and sick of my daddy’s e-mails. He sends me hundreds of mails daily relating to driving accidents and alcohol drinking. I don’t know where he takes all those e-mails from, but each mail he sends me is very different from the other ones, even though they are still talking about the same topic: DRIVING WHILE BEING DRUNK.

We as adolescents are not completely aware of the consequences of all of our actions. How many times have we heard or seen campaigns telling you not to drink and drive? Don’t you realize why all this insistency is? Think about it. The young population in these years is much more vulnerable to have car accidents because of the effects of the alcohol. Now a day there is no “good” party without alcohol, so eeeeeeverybody drinks. There are some exceptions, as for example the designated drivers, who are not very common among us.
When you drink and drive, you are not conscious of what you are doing. You are turning out to be a danger for yourself and every person who passes by your way. Is this fair? Is it fair to crush with a car whose driver is 100% sober? NOT!

I understand the preoccupation of my parents in some way. Because I drive, my parents make an emphasis on this topic. They try to make me prevent this kind of accidents. Until today I haven’t make both things at the same time. Try to make the same : )

An ageing world?

The world is in the midst of a unique and irreversible process of demographic transition that will result in older populations everywhere. As fertility rates decline, the proportion of persons aged 60 and over is expected to double between 2007 and 2050, and their actual number will more than triple, reaching 2 billion by 2050. In most countries, the number of those over 80 is likely to quadruple to nearly 400 million by then.

I believe this is not where the world should be going. I think that controlling the growth of the world's population is key in keeping a steady progress in human life but the actual decline of population growth is not good either. The fact that most people are becoming old must mean that less people are being productive. The reality is that old people aren't as productive as young people and that is why I believe this is wrong. A healthy number of young and old people is necessary to keep the world in steady production growth and actually keeping nations running. Old people are necessary too for the world's progress but there has to be a balance, no excess is good.