Kurt pointed out MTV’s research on teenagers and social activism. It is a pdf of 81 pages of information from a 2006 survey. Well worth a read.
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Over the last couple of weeks while I have been off line there have been some great news stories and statistics. Here are a few of my favourites:
Man uses hedgehog as weapon - thanks Jon Jolly
Victim of mugging offers coat to mugger as well as wallet - a great story on going the extra mile
Lance Corporal Matt [...]
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According to a report in the Sunday Times today the number of teenagers having breast operations has increased by 150% in the last year. Doctors believe this is nearly all down to following celebrities.
The full report is rightly critical of this trend where once again society seems to be emphasising that you must have what [...]
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Americans on Sin (Research done by the Ellison Corp. I first saw this on A Place for the God Hungry. Here are a few snippets:
87% believe in the concept of sin. “Sin” was defined in the research as “something that is almost always considered wrong, particularly from a religious or moral perspective.”People who believe there [...]
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George Barna has been writing about a new configuration for determining church attendance which looks at five different ways people engage with the church and its community.
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A couple of people have flagged up this article from The Guardian on children and their television watching:
A generation of “multitasking” children are living their daily lives - including eating and falling asleep - to the accompaniment of television, according to a survey of youngsters’ media habits.
The flickering of the screen accompanies most of them [...]
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Children’s author Jacqueline Wilson said she thinks young people are growing up too quickly, an opinion backed up by a survey showing over half of parents think childhood is over by the age of 11. Teenagers are acting older at an “alarmingly young age,” says Wilson, 62. Among her best-known titles are “The Story of [...]
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Interesting article in the Times newspaper today on conception and pregnancy statistics.
Although Britain’s teenage pregnancy rate is the highest in Western Europe, in recent years there has been a slight fall. In 2006 the conception rate among 15 to 17-year-olds fell from 41.4 to 40.7 conceptions per 1,000 girls.But the percentage of conceptions leading to a [...]
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Really interesting article on why children lie.
Thanks Marko.
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Reading in the TES:
25 - The average number of pupils per teacher in primary education worldwide, 2005.
45 - The average number of pupils per teacher in primary education in sub-Saharan Africa, 2005.
83 - The average number of pupils per teacher in primary education in Afghanistan, 2005.
Source: Unesco
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