good video, im 15 and although i think teens can get discriminated against and we are just a product of society, the riots were still horrific . loads of people were just doing it to be cool, if your bored join a club, go to a friends house, start your own campaign for something to be built, do homework, get a job
if you just blame others you will get nowhere , make things happen for yourselves, at the end of the day theres only one person that can change your life and thats YOU
if we do summing bad its coz we are friggen bored, build somewhere for us to go, forget the roads and planting flowers build a place for us to hang out.
I agree with pretty much all that is said in this video. So then I showed it to my mum. This is what she said: "I know all his. There is nothing there that hasn't been said every generation. It's all a load of rubbish." and: "I know that all these teenagers end up pregnant, just to get the benifits for 16years" and: "If I saw a gang I'd be scared, but it was like that 30 yrs ago -it hasn't changed" "most people do care, and take notice, only a few don't"
i think there's alot of things that are said in here that i agree with. There is alot of corruption and lies around us, and the government have stopped caring, not just for teenagers, but the whole of the UK. Teenagers have been labelled because of their actions, i'm a teen, and i am fed up with everyone looking at me, as if to say, i'll hurt someone, but i can understand where these teenagers are coming from. But i think this video is inspiring for anyone who watches it. Great video. 10/10.
I can't believe how true this is. Everything that is said is right. Usually you get things on the TV that try to portray teens and it's so stupid and just makes us look like hormonal freaks!
This video convinces me even more that teenagers today are a generation for us older people to support and be proud of. (I am 45) When I was a teenager in the 70s and early 80s all there was then amounst us was obstinacy, rebellion, prejucide and a general contempt for our own country. Teenagers today care and think about what is right and wrong. Wearing a hoody top and trackies makes I great deal of sense. I wear the same myself. I like to have loose comfortable clothes, I assume teens do too.
This project was really a good idea. I hope they do something like it in America as well.
And yes, I completely agree that school is much too focused on testing and should do more to prepare us all for the real world. Because at 15 years old, I know absolutely nothing about living on my own or even about college.
honestly i really like this video however what do tha want us to do we cant hang out in parks because thats intimadating we cant stay at the corner shop because were intimidating we cant stay in a dark place because were selling or buying drugs and we cant stay out the way because were planning somthing what if i just wanna hang out with all my friends
not really 'boozeyman' erm just for people like you to stop moaning about us would be nice, that would make it much easier. I cant imagine you trying to help build a sport centre?
This video is a load of crap, there are countless schemes to get kids off the streets and in to education and they are all funded by the government, teenagers need to meet the government halfway and accept the help, the government is holding out a helping hand but to many kids refuse to grab it, kids just blame the government for the mess they create and their behaviour, its the oldest excuse in the world
Unless u see every single teen in britain doing something bad u cant automatically judge teens and thats where the media comes in, to actually make suckers believe anything they want them to believe(Negative things.) So they pick on teenagers, i think that certain people should stop spending so much time watching their television set and open up their eyes to real world! This may come as a shock to people like u but bout 70% of teens in britain actually have their heads screwed on!!
No, u mean some of them, unless u see every single teen in britain doing something bad u cant automatically judge teens and thats where the media comes in, to actually make suckers believe anything they want them to believe. so they pick on teenagers, i think that certain people should stop spending so much time watching their television set and open up their eyes to real world! This may come as a shock to people like u but bout 70% of teens in britain actually have their heads screwed on!!
in a way i think it may be a good thing that teens today are seen as thugs because unlike previouse generations we know that youth crime is exadurated and sensationalised by the media so we may be the first generation to get over the divide
i hate to blow ur bubble ...no one is changing the world ....i appreciate the effort but thats what Documentaries do ...if documentaries changed worlds people like george bush wudnt have been elected for second term...
What a beautiful film, full of intelligent young adults, full of heart and warmth. loved the poetry/narration.
This film strongly puts the case forward that society needs to be more integrated, and we should celebrate the positive more, and everything we gain from our different experiences and thoughts. love, peace and respect and happy new year to all you wonderful people who made this film! x
There's no 'Great Britian' Its just Britian,Nothing great about it,Young people are portrayed as monsters as thugs by the media OK so alot of teenagers are demonic n that but like there are soo many more who are genuine people,We are never given the chance to show it,people turn our backs to us and neglect to listen to our opinions and this is why things are how they are,the goverment,todays youth,the media,the whole world EVERYTHING slowly has become corrupt and it seems things are just worse
This is brilliant. I agree with everyword, especially about the freaking BMP (Those three letters are now blasphemy) Well done everyone who participated in making it
Please pay attention, this is the older generation here. Young people please look up Social Services and CAFCASS. You will probably have children in the future, learn NOW how they operate so that if you ever have the MISFORTUNE to fall into their hands you will be forewarned.
Why are only working class teens from poor backgrounds depicted in the media? What about all the teens from good middle class families that don't cause trouble?
Lots of older people believe themselves lucky that they grew up when they did, not to be facing the pressures and uncertainties confronting modern youth, even if they think that young people have too much and have been spoilt and so on, but a common theme of young and old is about being resourceful and getting on despite difficulties, about feeling worthwhile and having good mates as this film clearly shows.
it's not about how poor you are of how you live, it's about how much you care for other people. the main problem is the gangs and how some of us feel free to do as much illegal things as we can.
if people would just not give a dang about what guys think they woulddnt go out get drunk and have ilness get laid and have kids at the age of 15- they wouldnt be in gangs and get in trouble and fights they wouldt take drugs and overdose and they wouldnt spend their money on expensive clothes.
they need to encourage us not to care about what people think. if we didnt care what anyone thought people wouldnt be disruptive in lessons and deprive us all of our educations. peer pressure=the problem
Talliban69: and those countires would be much worse off if it wern't for a lot of todays youth busting their backs to make a difference in the world by supporting charities and fundraising and such, which help to keep poorer countries going. It is evident you didn't actually listen to the vids messages, you sound blinded by your own prejudices. every country has its own problems, just as everyone is entitled to freedom of speech. although much of that is dulled down by the governments media.
Do any of u feel like ur being brought up to b afraid? That all other races beside white r druggies, suicide bombers, murderers, rapist, that every person u meet arond the cornr wearing a hoodie is out to get. All we hear about is teenagers getting pregnant at younger ages, joining gangs, taking drugs, achieving lower grades. Why can't they talk about all the grat things that we are doing? I have to disagree about ow much freedom we have. I don't know about you but my parents don't c 2 trust me.
Go back to sleep. It is good that the teenagers are speaking out. It might just help others understand them and maybe communication may just start to make the world we live in a better place for each and everyone of us.
Very good. It is time that people stopped picking on the youth ! It is an age old tradition, when I was a teenager (hundreds of years ago!) it was the same (despite what people tell you). Lets not just "listen" to what our teenagers are saying, let's "hear" them. L
This video proves that these kids are smart and in touch so let's work with them not against them - they are not pets, they are people !!
amen I cant wear some things cause people think ill be part of a gang or a junkie and if I'm just playing about with my friends they think im drunk, high or causing trouble.
Wow, that was a waste of time, i really hate it when people think they understand teenagers say something and automatically people beleive them, and No it not often fashion it IS gang related most of the time, oh well i live in Stevenage and that has a fairly bad reputation. What do i know?
this is rediculous wt a load of crap take it on the back and if you cant you have a really big problem Racism everyone is .most gangs are influenced by adults i.e The IRA well they are all babies and cant do anything with there life and im a teenager and i dont act like a bully or a yob ppl should go cadets or scouts or something so the moral of this is
learn some discipline and TAKE A CONCRETE PILL AND MAN UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
its not the country its the people who are in it, why carry weapons. if you fancy your self with a gun or knife join the army. its always want want want. and teens are given to much rope its about time we got back to like it was years and years ago
8:49 - Definitely. It should be scrapped and restarted.
I'm growing up in a public school and because of this I can see the problems the school system has. It is a disgrace how obvious the problems are yet nothing is done about it at all. What is wrong with the government and their lack of sight?
Obviously they don't worry about public schools at all. They get scanned once every three years and a "satisfactory" is given with no action taken. As at 2:59, they're lazy and keep money to themselves
Its quite bad round my area, for gangs & stuff like that :/
But not all teenagers are gang related hoodies.
I worked in a group At the Galleries Of Justice In nottingham. we worked on a project about Teenagers. We went into town wearin hoodies and asked member of the publ how they felt about us.
people object to us young people because of the way we behave and act.-and so they should, some of us knife each other, some shoot each other,some carry guns and knifes and some rape other teens, some of us acuse the goverment of "not doing enough" but it is our actions that will retreave a positive view from our elders. we need to stop this shitty behaviour and behave like a civilised person to get back the respect of our elders. only WE can put this right!
Great film...but youth these days have no respect only for their closest wether that be family or friends..discipline has long gone from schools where it all starts...no discipline no respect. ..even the people in this are saying they should have been kept underwraps more! says it all!
I feel Satanism was and still is a great belief since it is a acepting of anyone, no matter what you've done, it denies the existance of an afterlife, so your goals in life won't be restricted by fear of the distant future and it encourages the idea of respecting your enemies and fighting back if you aren't respected either, the right way of fighting though, not mindless gang violence.
Ok. Im just saying my views. The kid with the poem is probably the wisest kid there and just summed up teenage life. Personally I think Drugs should have been talked about as well without the biased "OMG DRUGS R BAD OKIES!?"
Just saying, I read a 'Educational' book on drugs and they had 5 pages on cannabis, yet only one on alcohol, and 1 on smoking. which of these 3 drugs have NEVER caused someone to lose their life. Cannabis.
this is brilliant, really really interesting to see young people's views... finally a place where we can see youth's true opinions of government and society. projects like this show teens have enough responsibility to possibly vote as this video shows strong but also incredibly intelligent views. oh and i also like the narrators voice (:
Every comment in this video could have been made at any time in the last 50 years. Teens have never been able to talk to their parents! They've always felt frustrated and bored and frightened and disenfranchised. They've always slept around and got drunk/high. The details change, the broad picture doesn't.
I just pray that the young ppl now will work hard and become model citizens, and think for themselves instead of being weak and join gangs, be individual and think and work for your future.
I love this video, so direct & poignant it's unbelievable. I went through a hard time as a teenager with bullying & loads of other issues, so I can relate to those in the video.
No Children should be encouarged to vote Socilaism has been proven to decrease ambition and desire for people to better themselves. They should be encouarged to work hard, and have a chance of feeling worth and fulfillment.
There's racism everywhere. Not just Britain. I'm Puerto Rican in the united states, and people act like I'm mexican lol
Even though i honestly look like a white tan guy. Even though you shouldn't have to, you've got to work for a spot in a society like this. It'll just make you stronger. Even though you shouldn't have to...
Wow one of those girls is like me i left school a couple of weeks ago just to get away from the bullys ive started my own life now without them and ive never been as happier
Political correctness wins again. Let's attack the "selfish" government, let's call for socialism, let's show our unified HATRED for those who would be pro-Iraq. I'm 16, I'm well educated, and this shit makes me angry... let's face the real problems in society. Not "prejudice" or those who are pro-Iraq or think that youngsters are violent (they most certainly can be, I should know), but the terrible living conditions that breed such crime and ignorance. This video doesn't change anything.
I'm so glad that we have finally been given a voice. People see us teenagers as violent and gang members. But even if a few of us are- why should that effect the majority? Everyone is a teenager at one point.
Such an amazing video guys. Frickin brilliant job :)
Has this been put on tv at all? Because this is definitely something I would expect to see on Channel 4; and i would love to see this broadcast for more people to see, take in, and learn from.
I couldnt connect with this video, the people in it, or the views expressed within it. Everyone speaking on this video, bar one or two, seemed to be talking from the opinion of living in a multi-cultural city. Like many, I dont come from a multi-cultural place and I'm not surrounded by other cultures - how can I embrace them!? More importantly, how can I embrace a culture of my own, that I can find? Ive been told we have suffered a diaspora. Also, choice is a farce, especially in politics. Peace
This video is brilliant-it tells the TRUTH of what teenagers go through and how schools only focus on the kids that don't give a damn. great work, 5 stars.
I've never met an intelligent person who once they properly understand it has rejected socialism. However, what worries me is how a few of the people in this video clearly don't understand how the world actually is; take the girl complaining about MPs expenses. It just highlights how we can all achieve the best that we can through a stable education system. We need to ask ourselves why we are fighting unnecessary wars of our own creation when there is so much that could be done at home.
Britain is a broken society and young people are out of control. The Government should bring back the cane and every person at the age of 16 should be forced to complete national service. In the future this country will fail because the youth just spend all of their time getting binged, wasting their lives on Facebook and trying to do stupid things. If you look at our grand parents grand parents they lived in a time where there was no NHS or dole system yet they built the world's largest empire
Thank you for at least attempting to show the worl that the teens who are featured in the media are not in any way representative of anything more the than the extremities of our generation .
saddam, lenin etc, were socialists. The last thing we need are socialist leaders over the country. I had many socialist inclined/ socialist teachers and it was the worse run school. Socialism lacks any clearly defined method- its just a pipe dream from the 60's. The new generation 2day, we need to come up with our own ideas NOT socialism (some idea that old ppl are trying to bring on us so that THEY can live out their old dream which failed back then).
People grow up too fast because their pressured to do drugs and have sex and drink. People feel that they would be left out so the join in. When i went into my first year of high school, i couldn't believe how much people changed, it made me feel sick, everyone was bitching about each other and fighting.
Had teenagers been given more, this wouldn't have happened.. Not an excuse.
I did well in primary school and moved towards the gang sorta life in years 7,8 and 9... But I kinda saw that where is it guna get me? Prison? No job?..
It was also after my dad's stroke that I kinda realised it needs to stop, to care for him... So years 10 and now 11, I'm settling down and getting on with life, rather than the gang life which won't last more than a couple of years for those involved.
Socialism ???!!! Are you Joking look what the labour government has done----the rich become poorer AND the poor become poorer.
Study history before you preach something as serious as what your suggesting----Vietnam, Soviet Union, CHINA, North Korea everything the Western world hates...........A socialist Utopia will never exist the world is as corrupt as it was 1000 years ago nothing has changed. NOTHING
MONEY is the problem a paralysing effect of society, Capitalism, Free market the way
@AirLockBelsen My friend - New Labour is not a socialist party, and hasn't been for more than 10 years. You state Vietnam, the USSR, NKorea, etc. None ever ran socialist policies, China is now more capitalist than the USA, and all the others were run by lone sociopaths. The `free market way` that you preach has left two and a half continents in the proverbial. This is how capitalist is - it is a predatory system. The alternative is called civilisation. Look at the world as a whole.
You know, the only way money is made in the global economy is through debt. If we carry on like this, we're just heading for a huge plunge. Don't pretend that capitalism has no faults; it has it's benifits, but theres no denying that one day we will have to change.
@AirLockBelsen You are referring to extreme socialism (eg. communism)
Socialism like the labour party DOES WORK! Only because the media talks it down and then suddenly people think parties like the tories or the BNP are the answer and forget what happens before!
Look what happened in the 80's and 90's, massive un-employment (worse than now!), and they do nothing for average people like us, the general public!
Actually the government just has a different definition of unemployed. Their definition is "one who is willing and able to work and currently has no employer". This definition doesn't include people in things like incapacity benefit.
Just compare the unemployment statistics to the amount actually spent on the benefits system: £189Billion being spent on 2Million people? No; the actual number of people on benefits is closer to 7Million than 2Million.
good video, im 15 and although i think teens can get discriminated against and we are just a product of society, the riots were still horrific . loads of people were just doing it to be cool, if your bored join a club, go to a friends house, start your own campaign for something to be built, do homework, get a job
if you just blame others you will get nowhere , make things happen for yourselves, at the end of the day theres only one person that can change your life and thats YOU
littlemisschattabox1 4 months ago
if we do summing bad its coz we are friggen bored, build somewhere for us to go, forget the roads and planting flowers build a place for us to hang out.
biggoblyds 1 year ago
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ihsankhan24 2 years ago
I agree with pretty much all that is said in this video. So then I showed it to my mum. This is what she said: "I know all his. There is nothing there that hasn't been said every generation. It's all a load of rubbish." and: "I know that all these teenagers end up pregnant, just to get the benifits for 16years" and: "If I saw a gang I'd be scared, but it was like that 30 yrs ago -it hasn't changed" "most people do care, and take notice, only a few don't"
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thelaurakyna 2 years ago
i think there's alot of things that are said in here that i agree with. There is alot of corruption and lies around us, and the government have stopped caring, not just for teenagers, but the whole of the UK. Teenagers have been labelled because of their actions, i'm a teen, and i am fed up with everyone looking at me, as if to say, i'll hurt someone, but i can understand where these teenagers are coming from. But i think this video is inspiring for anyone who watches it. Great video. 10/10.
JamesFuller09 2 years ago
A mirror?
Jordancooldog 2 years ago
btw i'm not talking 2 everyone only certain people so don't take offence if u haven't done anything.
adventurerocketgirlx 2 years ago
this is inspiring.
consolationprizes1 2 years ago
15:50 he looks like 45
ansing16 2 years ago
Well after the elections you can guarantee that there will be less money spent on helping young people.
AlecBurnett 2 years ago
haha deffo what with torries slashing funding to education and what not etc
MrBenHype 2 years ago
Oh shut up and eat your bloody sprouts.
MagikGimp 2 years ago
that guy at 6:00 is wearing tiduses logo from FFX
cooolsimon282 2 years ago 2
@cooolsimon282 Haha Thats right I am xD
I got it from the anime expo in london. I was wondering how long it would take for someone to notice :P
Debaserxx 2 years ago
I take drugs and im 15.
RSJuggo3 2 years ago
its insane that you are so proud of it.....
yowshi87 2 years ago
to look hard with his /her friends
WenandWoe 2 years ago
@RSJuggo3 ive been drinking since i was about ten.
biggoblyds 1 year ago
back to religion + caring parents = problem solved.
kudalautmasin 2 years ago
Absolutely agreee!
dancerscriv 2 years ago
excellent video...
there are troubled youths, but i agree that education is focused on exam results and not helping people develop into adults.
it's not just the school systems, but everything around that affects the way someone grows up, family, friends, media, politics, policing...
it takes a little bit from everyone today to succeed tomorrow.
tomtailford 2 years ago
I can't believe how true this is. Everything that is said is right. Usually you get things on the TV that try to portray teens and it's so stupid and just makes us look like hormonal freaks!
LaploShow 2 years ago
10:16 15:55
DizzyDrizzal 2 years ago
This video convinces me even more that teenagers today are a generation for us older people to support and be proud of. (I am 45) When I was a teenager in the 70s and early 80s all there was then amounst us was obstinacy, rebellion, prejucide and a general contempt for our own country. Teenagers today care and think about what is right and wrong. Wearing a hoody top and trackies makes I great deal of sense. I wear the same myself. I like to have loose comfortable clothes, I assume teens do too.
xxcolinseymourxx 2 years ago
This project was really a good idea. I hope they do something like it in America as well.
And yes, I completely agree that school is much too focused on testing and should do more to prepare us all for the real world. Because at 15 years old, I know absolutely nothing about living on my own or even about college.
nicolyrandomluv 2 years ago
honestly i really like this video however what do tha want us to do we cant hang out in parks because thats intimadating we cant stay at the corner shop because were intimidating we cant stay in a dark place because were selling or buying drugs and we cant stay out the way because were planning somthing what if i just wanna hang out with all my friends
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spazybird88 2 years ago
not really 'boozeyman' erm just for people like you to stop moaning about us would be nice, that would make it much easier. I cant imagine you trying to help build a sport centre?
spazybird88 2 years ago
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spazybird88 2 years ago
This video is a load of crap, there are countless schemes to get kids off the streets and in to education and they are all funded by the government, teenagers need to meet the government halfway and accept the help, the government is holding out a helping hand but to many kids refuse to grab it, kids just blame the government for the mess they create and their behaviour, its the oldest excuse in the world
boozeyman 2 years ago
You dont understand teenagers then
snowboard9292 2 years ago
Unless u see every single teen in britain doing something bad u cant automatically judge teens and thats where the media comes in, to actually make suckers believe anything they want them to believe(Negative things.) So they pick on teenagers, i think that certain people should stop spending so much time watching their television set and open up their eyes to real world! This may come as a shock to people like u but bout 70% of teens in britain actually have their heads screwed on!!
adventurerocketgirlx 2 years ago
No, u mean some of them, unless u see every single teen in britain doing something bad u cant automatically judge teens and thats where the media comes in, to actually make suckers believe anything they want them to believe. so they pick on teenagers, i think that certain people should stop spending so much time watching their television set and open up their eyes to real world! This may come as a shock to people like u but bout 70% of teens in britain actually have their heads screwed on!!
adventurerocketgirlx 2 years ago
"This may come as a shock to people like u but bout 70% of teens in britain actually have their heads screwed on!! "
That makes me wander what area of britain you live in.. Wales?..
D4veK0zielec 2 years ago
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QymLym 2 years ago
around 9 mins - Education IS too focused on exams and it DOES need to be scrapped and made from scratch again.
generallyanony 2 years ago 2
in a way i think it may be a good thing that teens today are seen as thugs because unlike previouse generations we know that youth crime is exadurated and sensationalised by the media so we may be the first generation to get over the divide
xxWallShowxx 2 years ago
i hate to blow ur bubble ...no one is changing the world ....i appreciate the effort but thats what Documentaries do ...if documentaries changed worlds people like george bush wudnt have been elected for second term...
emceeb1 2 years ago
Load of rubbish, how teenagers act has nothing to do the way they're "portrayed negitavley" in the media
Irvinga04 2 years ago 2
What a beautiful film, full of intelligent young adults, full of heart and warmth. loved the poetry/narration.
This film strongly puts the case forward that society needs to be more integrated, and we should celebrate the positive more, and everything we gain from our different experiences and thoughts. love, peace and respect and happy new year to all you wonderful people who made this film! x
ZeepBand 2 years ago
wow mind blowing stuff :)
well done its an insparation :) x
corried6 2 years ago
There's no 'Great Britian' Its just Britian,Nothing great about it,Young people are portrayed as monsters as thugs by the media OK so alot of teenagers are demonic n that but like there are soo many more who are genuine people,We are never given the chance to show it,people turn our backs to us and neglect to listen to our opinions and this is why things are how they are,the goverment,todays youth,the media,the whole world EVERYTHING slowly has become corrupt and it seems things are just worse
BraddazBCPRODUCTIONS 2 years ago
Well done
pmmurphy967 2 years ago
This is brilliant. I agree with everyword, especially about the freaking BMP (Those three letters are now blasphemy) Well done everyone who participated in making it
JuiceBoxesRCool 2 years ago
I hate my generation they just moan that people mistrust and a gang is a culture when in fact is just a group of petty criminals.
Most of the problems they talk about in this video they cause in the first place
CornishCreamtea07 2 years ago
this is pretty awesome.
johnny45irish 2 years ago
Wow I loved this thanks alot, let's hope we get a say from now on!!
faye2708 2 years ago
Please pay attention, this is the older generation here. Young people please look up Social Services and CAFCASS. You will probably have children in the future, learn NOW how they operate so that if you ever have the MISFORTUNE to fall into their hands you will be forewarned.
justphil101 2 years ago
i wish i stuck in at school instead i pissed away my dizzy days with charlie and the queen.
marclawged 2 years ago
I feel this video was amazing. All the teens had a good point to put across and did it in a nice, plesant way proving that teens anrt all bad. x x x
MissStarBook 2 years ago
That is a very thoughtful film, hopefully many will watch it.
sjlen 2 years ago
Why are only working class teens from poor backgrounds depicted in the media? What about all the teens from good middle class families that don't cause trouble?
Daggerworda 2 years ago
Lots of older people believe themselves lucky that they grew up when they did, not to be facing the pressures and uncertainties confronting modern youth, even if they think that young people have too much and have been spoilt and so on, but a common theme of young and old is about being resourceful and getting on despite difficulties, about feeling worthwhile and having good mates as this film clearly shows.
nichecraft 2 years ago
tbh, I just think adults should listen to us.
Eleanwhore 2 years ago
it's not about how poor you are of how you live, it's about how much you care for other people. the main problem is the gangs and how some of us feel free to do as much illegal things as we can.
cheeselate 2 years ago
if people would just not give a dang about what guys think they woulddnt go out get drunk and have ilness get laid and have kids at the age of 15- they wouldnt be in gangs and get in trouble and fights they wouldt take drugs and overdose and they wouldnt spend their money on expensive clothes.
they need to encourage us not to care about what people think. if we didnt care what anyone thought people wouldnt be disruptive in lessons and deprive us all of our educations. peer pressure=the problem
666ionam4666 2 years ago
2:58 well said, I've been waiting for a long time for someone to say that! :) damn you gordan brown!
libbybaloo 2 years ago
what is that at 10:21?
0paztheman0 2 years ago
Great video! I mean not every young person in a hoddie has a knife or a gun!
TopGearrules 2 years ago
parkour, helps everything!
0paztheman0 2 years ago
I had the best time contributing to this project also seeing my brother on this video looking abit sinister is quite funny,
MrBenHype 2 years ago
Wow how PC and multicultural *barf*
GuysSeriously 2 years ago
Wow, I think I know the girl at 0:18..
TheSheerBailey 2 years ago
Talliban69: and those countires would be much worse off if it wern't for a lot of todays youth busting their backs to make a difference in the world by supporting charities and fundraising and such, which help to keep poorer countries going. It is evident you didn't actually listen to the vids messages, you sound blinded by your own prejudices. every country has its own problems, just as everyone is entitled to freedom of speech. although much of that is dulled down by the governments media.
PhatBlackCat 2 years ago
lol
jamesrogersfilms 2 years ago
Is the first 5 seconds filmed at Southbank?
TheSheerBailey 2 years ago
ITS CALLED LIFE....IM 17 AND I ACCEPT THIS
THIS VIDEO IS EMBARRASSING
ALSO PAYING YOUTUBE (which you obv have done:339 views) TO GET TO THE TOP OF THE VIDEOS LIST IS SO CONTRADICTORY IS ABSURD.
christian199212 2 years ago
i know the voiceover poem is done by kate tempest, but where can i find the poem on its own?
pompeyguy26 2 years ago
This is great for opening eyes!
Firesecret 2 years ago
Do any of u feel like ur being brought up to b afraid? That all other races beside white r druggies, suicide bombers, murderers, rapist, that every person u meet arond the cornr wearing a hoodie is out to get. All we hear about is teenagers getting pregnant at younger ages, joining gangs, taking drugs, achieving lower grades. Why can't they talk about all the grat things that we are doing? I have to disagree about ow much freedom we have. I don't know about you but my parents don't c 2 trust me.
theloversblush 2 years ago
*thumbs up*
Tozzlez 2 years ago
what a bunch of moaning minnies,you lot live in pure luxury compared to some countries,grow up-pardon the pun
Talliban69 2 years ago
exactly what i thought. im a teenager you dont see bloody moaning, its life they should get over it. drama queens
sk8kyd 2 years ago
Wooosh - idiot.
mcchaz 2 years ago
Id rather live in a poor country than get beaten up raped or stabbed just for the way I look.
sophiarocksyourworld 2 years ago
Go back to sleep. It is good that the teenagers are speaking out. It might just help others understand them and maybe communication may just start to make the world we live in a better place for each and everyone of us.
HighFlyer999 2 years ago
I wud 5* This comment.
MrBenjamingeFTW 2 years ago
@Talliban69 i agree
RandomoVideos 2 years ago
Very good. It is time that people stopped picking on the youth ! It is an age old tradition, when I was a teenager (hundreds of years ago!) it was the same (despite what people tell you). Lets not just "listen" to what our teenagers are saying, let's "hear" them. L
This video proves that these kids are smart and in touch so let's work with them not against them - they are not pets, they are people !!
smurfyboypauluk 2 years ago 10
amen I cant wear some things cause people think ill be part of a gang or a junkie and if I'm just playing about with my friends they think im drunk, high or causing trouble.
happymancan 2 years ago
Wow, that was a waste of time, i really hate it when people think they understand teenagers say something and automatically people beleive them, and No it not often fashion it IS gang related most of the time, oh well i live in Stevenage and that has a fairly bad reputation. What do i know?
crack398 2 years ago
i know stevenage. its not that bad. Luton's worse.
Amazongrassmonster 2 years ago
what a lovely film.
Prejudgement is my worst like opiniated thing if that makes sense
Emurlyjayne 2 years ago
this is rediculous wt a load of crap take it on the back and if you cant you have a really big problem Racism everyone is .most gangs are influenced by adults i.e The IRA well they are all babies and cant do anything with there life and im a teenager and i dont act like a bully or a yob ppl should go cadets or scouts or something so the moral of this is
learn some discipline and TAKE A CONCRETE PILL AND MAN UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
chessboys01 2 years ago
Thank you to all who participated in this vid/project. PEACE!
dancewithme4evr 2 years ago
i really dont agree with that girl at 6:57
ive been in a relationship for a year and half and have never been so happy, the last 18 months have been the best of my life
i bet if you asked her firends to give up boys they really wouldnt want to
ledgendsrus 2 years ago
I feel so proud that I got involved with this campaign.
It is amazing to understand my fellow youth's beliefs, and I hope that adults start to listen to us. Finally.
yaz231564897 2 years ago
its not the country its the people who are in it, why carry weapons. if you fancy your self with a gun or knife join the army. its always want want want. and teens are given to much rope its about time we got back to like it was years and years ago
terryblueeyes 2 years ago
Good Video,
But at the end of the day, your never gonna please everyone.
crazycath94 2 years ago
whats this socialism thingyy ... ?
xx
xLicyyxTx 2 years ago
Im a teen. Its not the governments fault or anybody else's, but its the parents who bring up theses children to become acts of evil!
I feel ashamed living in my generation right now. Im a normal boy who respects the rules and positively contributes to this countries future!
No wonder old people dis-believe my generation because it has totally got out of control.
TopGearrules 2 years ago
8:49 - Definitely. It should be scrapped and restarted.
I'm growing up in a public school and because of this I can see the problems the school system has. It is a disgrace how obvious the problems are yet nothing is done about it at all. What is wrong with the government and their lack of sight?
Obviously they don't worry about public schools at all. They get scanned once every three years and a "satisfactory" is given with no action taken. As at 2:59, they're lazy and keep money to themselves
CKLiveProductions 2 years ago
Its quite bad round my area, for gangs & stuff like that :/
But not all teenagers are gang related hoodies.
I worked in a group At the Galleries Of Justice In nottingham. we worked on a project about Teenagers. We went into town wearin hoodies and asked member of the publ how they felt about us.
ashleighgarrod12 2 years ago
tyrants.
SquareJawProductions 2 years ago
If you ask me, if you don't want people to assosiated you with gang culture then don't give out the appearance that your in a gang
lewisUK9393 2 years ago
people object to us young people because of the way we behave and act.-and so they should, some of us knife each other, some shoot each other,some carry guns and knifes and some rape other teens, some of us acuse the goverment of "not doing enough" but it is our actions that will retreave a positive view from our elders. we need to stop this shitty behaviour and behave like a civilised person to get back the respect of our elders. only WE can put this right!
andrewmabbett 2 years ago
None of this applies to me, this a bad video.
HaroldMcdarold 2 years ago
check out my videos
jadeyw1995 2 years ago
Great film...but youth these days have no respect only for their closest wether that be family or friends..discipline has long gone from schools where it all starts...no discipline no respect. ..even the people in this are saying they should have been kept underwraps more! says it all!
mowwam 2 years ago
Anyone know the music used in this video?
EddBSmith 2 years ago
Eh, i can't relate to most of these people.
The education system does have some problems though.
HaroldMcdarold 2 years ago
and its only going to get worse once torry come into power and cut funding to the education sector :/
MrBenHype 2 years ago
I completely agree with this video..
MrDrumtastic 2 years ago
I feel Satanism was and still is a great belief since it is a acepting of anyone, no matter what you've done, it denies the existance of an afterlife, so your goals in life won't be restricted by fear of the distant future and it encourages the idea of respecting your enemies and fighting back if you aren't respected either, the right way of fighting though, not mindless gang violence.
ATKillZ 2 years ago
Ok. Im just saying my views. The kid with the poem is probably the wisest kid there and just summed up teenage life. Personally I think Drugs should have been talked about as well without the biased "OMG DRUGS R BAD OKIES!?"
Just saying, I read a 'Educational' book on drugs and they had 5 pages on cannabis, yet only one on alcohol, and 1 on smoking. which of these 3 drugs have NEVER caused someone to lose their life. Cannabis.
Bwazable 2 years ago
this is brilliant, really really interesting to see young people's views... finally a place where we can see youth's true opinions of government and society. projects like this show teens have enough responsibility to possibly vote as this video shows strong but also incredibly intelligent views. oh and i also like the narrators voice (:
cutelilsheep 2 years ago
@ 2:18 dont worry, it wont.
Vitomanz 2 years ago
This was a great idea! Will the keep going? I hope it just becomes something that is there for whenever the young have something to say.
MonkeyWhoWouldBeKing 2 years ago
Every comment in this video could have been made at any time in the last 50 years. Teens have never been able to talk to their parents! They've always felt frustrated and bored and frightened and disenfranchised. They've always slept around and got drunk/high. The details change, the broad picture doesn't.
Widds 2 years ago
I just pray that the young ppl now will work hard and become model citizens, and think for themselves instead of being weak and join gangs, be individual and think and work for your future.
chubbyhubby020 2 years ago
I love this video, so direct & poignant it's unbelievable. I went through a hard time as a teenager with bullying & loads of other issues, so I can relate to those in the video.
myinfamy 2 years ago
No Children should be encouarged to vote Socilaism has been proven to decrease ambition and desire for people to better themselves. They should be encouarged to work hard, and have a chance of feeling worth and fulfillment.
Very Nice Video!
bellagiofalls 2 years ago
I hate being a teenager, knowing that your family don't care who you are, as long as you stay out of trouble.
Kilgorin10 2 years ago
They should ban the Advertisements on Television about being thin because it brings overweight people or anorexic people down and may cause Suicide.
Bullying should also be made a crime you can get locked up for fined for or even be taken away from your family for.
rsvidmad13 2 years ago
dis was entertainin
turkforlife 2 years ago
How hard is it to use a condom? that ginger kid seems to find it funny when he talks about his part.
Easteaglesuk 2 years ago
good video :]
jessefanforever95 2 years ago
So accurate, so poignant & direct. I sincerely hope we can see more of this in the future.
myinfamy 2 years ago
this can all be fixed with love understanding and empathy , find it in your self
MFTKR 2 years ago
Inspiring stuff, cheers. x
Noartiste 2 years ago
There's racism everywhere. Not just Britain. I'm Puerto Rican in the united states, and people act like I'm mexican lol
Even though i honestly look like a white tan guy. Even though you shouldn't have to, you've got to work for a spot in a society like this. It'll just make you stronger. Even though you shouldn't have to...
RaulRockMe 2 years ago 3
thats not exactly rasism i dont evem know what putero recan is its jyust a misunderstanding im sure noone means any offense by it
SofeDofe 2 years ago
"and people act like i'm a mexican lol"................ yeah. racism is evrywhere
askitso 2 years ago
Wow one of those girls is like me i left school a couple of weeks ago just to get away from the bullys ive started my own life now without them and ive never been as happier
emzalexshell 2 years ago
Really really good video, opens your eyes..
Whats the name of the song at the start please?
flobmxteam 2 years ago
Whats wrong with UK if you take away politics and money ??
AirLockBelsen 2 years ago
Whats wrong with UK ??
AirLockBelsen 2 years ago
Political correctness wins again. Let's attack the "selfish" government, let's call for socialism, let's show our unified HATRED for those who would be pro-Iraq. I'm 16, I'm well educated, and this shit makes me angry... let's face the real problems in society. Not "prejudice" or those who are pro-Iraq or think that youngsters are violent (they most certainly can be, I should know), but the terrible living conditions that breed such crime and ignorance. This video doesn't change anything.
AlexB1001 2 years ago
Ok now anything thats good about being a teenager..........I remember skateboarding, drinking games, football, in fact loads of stuff .........
Growing up in your twenties is pretty sweet but back in the day was really good well most of it !! anyone agree ??
AirLockBelsen 2 years ago
there's something seriously wrong with the fact that this only has 339 views.
woody222cool 2 years ago
this so explains my life in britain!
i know this sounds stupid, but, i love the narrators voice!
Kiwi653 2 years ago 11
Lol me too!
kingmcbrian 2 years ago
I'm so glad that we have finally been given a voice. People see us teenagers as violent and gang members. But even if a few of us are- why should that effect the majority? Everyone is a teenager at one point.
pottypolz 2 years ago
support socialism! =]
mtbrider0 2 years ago
I hate crap like this.
LamKoodle 2 years ago
Such an amazing video guys. Frickin brilliant job :)
Has this been put on tv at all? Because this is definitely something I would expect to see on Channel 4; and i would love to see this broadcast for more people to see, take in, and learn from.
hTMLR00lzz 2 years ago
Damn right guys. That was absolutely fantastic,
dugmore93 2 years ago
I couldnt connect with this video, the people in it, or the views expressed within it. Everyone speaking on this video, bar one or two, seemed to be talking from the opinion of living in a multi-cultural city. Like many, I dont come from a multi-cultural place and I'm not surrounded by other cultures - how can I embrace them!? More importantly, how can I embrace a culture of my own, that I can find? Ive been told we have suffered a diaspora. Also, choice is a farce, especially in politics. Peace
inaband 2 years ago
:) about time
disesed 2 years ago
the girl at 2-23, but to all of you - my heart goes out to you all. Please wake up everyone to the problems which end up facing us all. take care x
gemstonnee 2 years ago
BVargas78 just because were young it doesnt mean were going to be brainwashed
vjf01 2 years ago
This video is brilliant-it tells the TRUTH of what teenagers go through and how schools only focus on the kids that don't give a damn. great work, 5 stars.
HOUSEMDCR7 2 years ago
its nice to see young people have a voice. we need adults to listen and understand that we're not all bad.
xTheUsedxXx 2 years ago
Lotsa Wisdom! Should be aired on primetime.Every politician should watch this before becoming one.
bonosbones 2 years ago
You guys deserve a GOLDEN GLOBE! for this!....Truth from the HEART!..I will be passing this on! x
lampardo22 2 years ago
I've never met an intelligent person who once they properly understand it has rejected socialism. However, what worries me is how a few of the people in this video clearly don't understand how the world actually is; take the girl complaining about MPs expenses. It just highlights how we can all achieve the best that we can through a stable education system. We need to ask ourselves why we are fighting unnecessary wars of our own creation when there is so much that could be done at home.
tommy5x 2 years ago
Beautiful stuff.
09Brickster 2 years ago
Britain is a broken society and young people are out of control. The Government should bring back the cane and every person at the age of 16 should be forced to complete national service. In the future this country will fail because the youth just spend all of their time getting binged, wasting their lives on Facebook and trying to do stupid things. If you look at our grand parents grand parents they lived in a time where there was no NHS or dole system yet they built the world's largest empire
aways987 2 years ago
you seem to think youll be teens forevr.
ahahahahahahhhhaaaaahahahaha
HA!
flammableretard90ho 2 years ago
I don't see how this will do any good? Just seems all to idealistic.
krazykizza 2 years ago
So inspiring :)
lucyisabigbadbear 2 years ago
sad patronising,ageist,selfish,me,me,me culture,
flammableretard90ho 2 years ago
Always praising the negativity. Is it any wonder the world we live in today. The way to get noticed is to be bad. The way to be involved is to hate.
For christ sake people. This is what is wrong. Videos like this.
NWDarkPassionPlay 2 years ago
People say to me, I dont have a life because all I do is sit and play computer games. But his here has just proven, that not many do.
At least my life is my own, I get to choose what I do and when I do it.
No one should control your life but yourself. I as bullied, but I ignored it. There is no one my life was going to be forfeit to this world.
Which is why I think this video is a load of crap. Always praising the negative. This entire generation focusis on Negativity.
NWDarkPassionPlay 2 years ago
isn't socialisim giving the state todal and absolute power over us and our very posessions
locomototion 2 years ago
2.20 what time u go to school at?
stonedmickweed 2 years ago
WOW...
Thank you for at least attempting to show the worl that the teens who are featured in the media are not in any way representative of anything more the than the extremities of our generation .
TrickstersBrain 2 years ago
Vote Communism
M4x3dPK3r 2 years ago
saddam, lenin etc, were socialists. The last thing we need are socialist leaders over the country. I had many socialist inclined/ socialist teachers and it was the worse run school. Socialism lacks any clearly defined method- its just a pipe dream from the 60's. The new generation 2day, we need to come up with our own ideas NOT socialism (some idea that old ppl are trying to bring on us so that THEY can live out their old dream which failed back then).
WE DONT NEED UR IDEAS PLACED ON US
seoden 2 years ago
black britain is in a crisis
84Latty 2 years ago
amazing video
ThePeaceKiD95 2 years ago
great vid :)
spazmataz1234 2 years ago
People grow up too fast because their pressured to do drugs and have sex and drink. People feel that they would be left out so the join in. When i went into my first year of high school, i couldn't believe how much people changed, it made me feel sick, everyone was bitching about each other and fighting.
I hate growing up :/
Ashl3igh1995 2 years ago
Kids should be seen and not heard
mikejlowe 2 years ago
This was fantastic x
BethOnTop 2 years ago
8:27 She is exactly right!
wacky0pker 2 years ago
this does truely express teens speech if only ur opinions increase to the adults to here us and to listen to wat we think :)
amazing Videooo!!!
TheHannahBanana09 2 years ago
Had teenagers been given more, this wouldn't have happened.. Not an excuse.
I did well in primary school and moved towards the gang sorta life in years 7,8 and 9... But I kinda saw that where is it guna get me? Prison? No job?..
It was also after my dad's stroke that I kinda realised it needs to stop, to care for him... So years 10 and now 11, I'm settling down and getting on with life, rather than the gang life which won't last more than a couple of years for those involved.
ATBparkour 2 years ago
true
Matty4618 2 years ago
charity lacks the resources to change the system but politics can if we support socialism
BVargas78 2 years ago
Socialism ???!!! Are you Joking look what the labour government has done----the rich become poorer AND the poor become poorer.
Study history before you preach something as serious as what your suggesting----Vietnam, Soviet Union, CHINA, North Korea everything the Western world hates...........A socialist Utopia will never exist the world is as corrupt as it was 1000 years ago nothing has changed. NOTHING
MONEY is the problem a paralysing effect of society, Capitalism, Free market the way
AirLockBelsen 2 years ago 16
@AirLockBelsen My friend - New Labour is not a socialist party, and hasn't been for more than 10 years. You state Vietnam, the USSR, NKorea, etc. None ever ran socialist policies, China is now more capitalist than the USA, and all the others were run by lone sociopaths. The `free market way` that you preach has left two and a half continents in the proverbial. This is how capitalist is - it is a predatory system. The alternative is called civilisation. Look at the world as a whole.
MonkeyWhoWouldBeKing 2 years ago
You know, the only way money is made in the global economy is through debt. If we carry on like this, we're just heading for a huge plunge. Don't pretend that capitalism has no faults; it has it's benifits, but theres no denying that one day we will have to change.
loser4003 2 years ago
Labour isnt socialism.
michaelgoodier7 2 years ago
@AirLockBelsen You are referring to extreme socialism (eg. communism)
Socialism like the labour party DOES WORK! Only because the media talks it down and then suddenly people think parties like the tories or the BNP are the answer and forget what happens before!
Look what happened in the 80's and 90's, massive un-employment (worse than now!), and they do nothing for average people like us, the general public!
TopGearrules 2 years ago
Actually the government just has a different definition of unemployed. Their definition is "one who is willing and able to work and currently has no employer". This definition doesn't include people in things like incapacity benefit.
Just compare the unemployment statistics to the amount actually spent on the benefits system: £189Billion being spent on 2Million people? No; the actual number of people on benefits is closer to 7Million than 2Million.
WhyCantIVote 2 years ago
Regardless of teen views the world will not be changed if the freemarket and capital sysytem ceases to use oll opportunity for its advance.
I have met a few gang members and far as I know all of them are led by older men who invest in these businesses whether drugs or prostitution.
Capital system made this world what it is but it could be much better
Mortalisthe1 2 years ago