Is your school, well-being, and lifestyle influenced by geography?

Have you ever thought of why you live where you live? Your home and it's surroundings are a huge part of who you are and who you are going to be. GlobalPost.com talks about how everyday life, for people around the world, is different and why. The article "The Differences in Teenagers Around the World," talks a lot about how different things around you affect your life and well-being.    

The world is in every teenager's hands.
source: http://www.oakland.k12.mi.us/

Education for adolescents is very important.   In developed countries education is a primary source for the future, but underdeveloped countries are having trouble keeping up. Gender plays a big role in who actually gets to go to school.  Only 56% of the world completes secondary school and the number is decreasing in undeveloped countries. I think the most important part I learned from this was about how valuable education is to countries.  It is what makes the difference between successful a person and someone who is in a lower class. Adolescents around the world are the foundation on what the world will be like tomorrow.  Teens use their time to study and try very hard to succeed in learning.  

Technology has helped teens connect with each other from around the world.  Social media and other sites have made it possible, but in developing countries, technology is still a very hard to reach thing with data charges.  In more westernized civilization’s teens take to social media and internet to learn and grow as individuals.  Technology in developing countries is more scarce, but is being integrated to give everyone the same opportunities.  

Health is also a big topic for teen’s lives.  Mortality rates have dropped, but in the US and other countries obesity and other causes are  affecting teens.  When the western world is fighting obesity, Asian countries, like India, are struggling to feed their country.  One in three kids in the U.S. are obese, and 50% of girls ages 15-19 in India are underweight and malnourished. I didn’t know that teen mortality was a very big deal and that it was uncommon.  Truth is it was very common until counties took notice about food intake and health of children.  Obesity is a very big part of U.S.  because it affects so many people who live there.  Where we have obesity, other counties have famine and undernourishment. 

 

     All these factors contribute to how you live now and how you will end up living your life too. Specific places that you live in can also contribute to who you are and where you set up your life.  

FUTURE RESEARCH: A question I plan on researching is: How does happiness vary based on geography?