Dispatches by Adrian Conoza

Last year, in my final year in high school, I successfully became a part of our school paper, being a contributor. I wrote much pieces enough for the people in-charge to include or exclude. The next year, I finally had a copy of the paper in my hands, and I found my name on print on the features section. That was already a success to me. And in this blessed day the Lord gave to me, and to my family in year 1997, let the following piece be my offering to you, dear reader. Compared to the piece on print, this is an updated edition. —◘— Picture credit: www.cartoonaday.com Models aren't only the ones with lots of pictures. Even the youth of today, especially our modern-day Filipinas, have lots of them, even tons and tons of them. They're lucky they don't have to use film after film. Thanks to digital camera—no, wait—to touchscreen cellphones, anyone can picture anything, anytime, and anywhere more efficiently. And what do we get? Multitudes of photos uploaded in social media an...

Picture credit: time.com People often see the youth as bringers of a good future, and a good future does await for each and every youth; though sadly it isn't much accessible to some. Young people are the ones who start to learn about life, both in and out of school. They also begin to see, experience, and learn different things. Yet, they are also exposed to the ruinous and mind-altering world in front of them. I have fears about my generation, fears about my fellow youth including the ones nearest to me. Here they are: Picture credit: time.com 1. I fear that the youth will pose, and be exposed, on sexually explicit media. Prostitution has just gone into print and video. The youth take off their dignity as much as something (or everything) is taken off them for the craving of maladjusted eyes, impure hearts, and defiled minds. No matter how much celebrities say " Hindi naman masyadong bastos ", it is still vulgar. However a female may be hailed for her figure—just to be ...