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“Youth I adore thee”

---------------Shakespeare

Introduction:
Sound morality is an asset to any person. It may lead to prosperity for him
and the society. Morality is divine virtue that includes truthfulness, sincerity,
integrity and all other good virtues. A person having a strong moral character can
never indulge in any sort of evil act that goes against the interest of any other
individual of the society. He/she was never deceive other or take part in any
activity against the established social cultural or religious norms of the society
he/she lives in. it make him patriot, perseverant and dutiful.

Moral degradation of the individuals of a society generally starts among the

youth if they are influenced by foreign culture or the desire to be different. The
youths don’t like to adopt the old cultural and social norms if they are always
rational. Rationality is a life stream of progress for any society. But this rationality
causes problem when the youths are not properly handled by the older citizen of
the society.

Why does it happen?

1. Poverty
2. Lack of family bonding
3. Illiteracy
4. Satellite channel
5. Evil company
6. Student politics
7. Getting interest of drug
8. Loss of love
9. Lack of awareness

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1. Poverty:

Poverty is one of the poverty is one of the reasons for moral degradation of
our youth. The statistical report says that nearly 80% people live in the vicious
cycle of poverty in Bangladesh. With the passing of time the poor become
poorer. Most of the youth being uprooted from their own land by poverty, they
come to the cities in search of food to fight for survival. In the cities they have to
sleep wherever they can in the pavements, in the bus and rail stations, along the
rail lines, in the lying areas, on the river embankments, near the garbage,
dumping sites and also in the vicinity of large residential areas. And then, they
thought that, how they improve their life style. So, they decide that, they use the
bad way to earn money. Like hijacking, child tracking, kidnapping etc. thus, the
young generation do the bad works in our society and country.

2. Lack of family bonding:

Lack of family bonding is one of the most important reasons of moral

degradation of our youth. In a nuclear family, if father or mother or both, do
their own job; they can’t spend their free time with their children. They have lot
of pressure in their job. So, the children can not share their all feelings with their
parents. For that most of the youth take drugs or doing bad work with the bad
companions. Then they are smoking here and there.

If father and mother are separate from their life style, when father and mother
are divorced, it should be the bad impact of the children. They think about their
parents. But, at the last time, they can not share their feelings neither their father
nor their mother. Thus they mixed with bad company, and doing bad works with
bad companion.

3. Illiteracy:
The state of being unable to read and write is known as illiteracy. It is a curse
to our young generation as illiterate people cannot differentiate between right
and wrong. By following the eight way people can go ahead and lead a country
along the path development. As education makes a man enlightened.
It is the responsibility of the literate people to make the illiterate people
literate and remove the darkness of ignorance from the country. The concerted

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efforts to the literate and illiterate people can make a country developed. So that
illiteracy is a curse of our young generation.

4. Satellite channel:
The main functions of the satellite channels are to telecast different types of
programs through air. The channels entertain the people in many ways. The
popular channels telecast many interesting programs. Their style of presentation
of news and other programs attract the people. Satellite channels have a great
effect on our society. But its good-ride is limited. Although it has got some
positive sides, some of its channels instead of being a healthy media of
entertainment and learning for our youths are projecting immoral programs.
Besides the violence are shown after deals with domestic discord and adultery.
These programs have a bad influence on youths, like campus violence, political
violence etc.

5. Evil company:

Man is social being. He needs a company, in which he can share his

thoughts and passes his free time. Actually a company is essential for a happy
life. But evil company can destroy life. A good company always guides and
inspires one and evil company always misguides one. One friend follows
another friend. By the evil company an honest person can destroy his life. A
young people can be addicted by drugs; can do various evil works such as
hijacking, looting, cheating with someone, and can student politics by the help
of this evil company. A proverb goes that “a rotten sheep infects those fleas”

Now we can easily realize that, for the evil company, young generation
is losing their morality.

6. Student politics:
There is hardly any educated man who is not well acquainted with the term
“student’s politics”. Students that mean young generation are not to be blamed
as they are victims of circumstance. There are some so called narrow minded
politicians who have not the least moral scruple to use the students to gain their
political ends. These politicians encourage the different student organizations to
draw up the battle lines against one another. Moreover some students show their

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interest in such kinds of violence and narrow minded politics. Thus our young
generation is losing their morality.

7. Getting interest of drug:

It’s a social cancer. Frustration is not the only reason of addicted by drugs.
Many young peoples sometimes show their interest on drugs. This little interest
can be grasps their life and with it their families also. Sometimes for the evil
company, young generation get interest on drug. In that situation, this young
generation knows about the alarming grasp of drugs, but also after that, they
want to try or they want to take a taste of drugs and one day they become a
victim addicted person. Thus, young generation is losing their morality.

8. Loss of love:

It is a very important and emotional cause for moral degradation. When a

young people hurt from someone or loss of love, this time they are fully in
depression. This time they don’t know what should they done. Sometimes they
want to suicide. It is another moral degradation. At a time slowly they are loss
their good mental condition.

9. Lack of awareness:
Our young generation doesn’t care about their selves and doesn’t aware of
evil works. Thus they lose their morality. When they walking on the road,
crossing the road and doing any kinds of work they not aware their work and
don’t thinking about future.

Result:

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1. Lack of respect
2. Lack of discipline
3. Dropping out from school & college
4. Rough behavior
5. Child labor
6. Unfairness in our education
7. Drug addiction

1. Lack of respect:

Respect is one of the mankind. Moral degradation is the main cause for
lack of respect. When a people make misbehave with others this is very bad for
our generation. Our young generation is the great example for moral
degradation. Sometimes they don’t know what they done? They don’t care any
one. They don’t maintain courtesy with teacher, parents and any senior person.
For lack of respect they think he is the great one other’s are nothing. They loss
their love for his own country, they smoke in front of senior people like teacher
old man and also our female generation.

2. Lack of discipline:
When a young people lost his common sense, he can not working
disciplinary, but discipline is very important for our young generation. For lack
of discipline they can not rises early in the morning, not attended school &
college timely. This is the result of moral degradation. They don’t want to need
any discipline life when they are in moral degradation. The common example
is throw dusts anywhere, not using foot over bridge and they are not regular in
their studied.

3. Dropping out from school & college:

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When a young people fall in moral degradation they don’t want to study
properly. They don’t interest any kind of educational study. Some people leave
the school & college. Some are leave will power and others are suspended for
their lack of study.

“A few months ago a teenager with his friend killed a school teacher for failing
him. Shihab and Bappi, both children faced violent and grisly deaths at the hands of
men in their twenties. The cases are endless _ young men engaged in the most
vicious acts of violence with no compunction for their crimes”.
----------THE DAILY STAR.

4. Rough Behavior:

“The 'passive depressive' types are those who fall victim to gang behavior.
They are usually passive followers rather than the aggressors and follow the
rules of others. They do not have their own views and easily get involved in
crimes instigated by the 'gang'”
--- Professor Hedayet Islam

When our young people loss their own morality they are doing many kind of
rough and bad work. They make rough behave with each other. It is a great
fault of our young generation. They talk their parents and respectful person loudly
and some times they cross their limits. This is the example of lack of good manners.

5. Child labor:

In our country every places have so many child labor working in many kind
of works. But it is the result of our moral degradation. Child labor is not
allowed rest of the world but our moral absence it is continuing in our country.
As a nation we cannot remain simply silent observes.

6. Uninspiring Education System:

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In the absence of any concrete policy to provide educational and

employment opportunities, in the wake of increasing materialism of the rich
and class hatred among the deprived, in the reality of institutionalized crime,
can these young souls be saved? An ideal teacher can make a country develop
by education. But most of teachers are not enough time to spend for school,
college & public varsity.

The educational campuses have turned into fertile ground of violence or

terrorism. The students instead of concentraining their mind to studies, take
arms in their hands. There is no tolerance among the students. Campus
violence not only ruins the academic environment but also spoils the life of the
students and takes away many valuable lives. For this reason young people day
by day go to dark and loss their mental awareness. For this reason young
people day by day go to dark and them loss their mental attention.

7. Drug addiction:

It goes without saying that smoking is a dangerously bad habit. But when
our young people are in moral degradation they start smoking and taking many
kinds of drugs. Drugs also harmful for our young generation but they don’t
care anything and also continue to taking drugs. For drugs young people loss
everything in his life and they going to die. For drug addiction the person is
suffering from a personality disorder.

* They are taking drugs in

dirty place.

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Recommendation or solution:

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1. Impact of media
2. Consciousness of parents
3. Educational institution can come forward
4. It can be discussion in every where
5. Will power
6. Inclusion of topics in the study book

1. Impact of media:

Ours is an age of modern science. Modern science has invented new ways
and means for our comforts. Media is a wonder of modern science. Media is the
important way to increase our youth’s morality. If newspaper, television channel,
radio, internet service providers are come forward and advertise some of good
ways for our youth, it can be impact on our young generation. They also suggest
our youth for increase morality. Media is the attractive way to convince our
youth and all of people. So it can be easy for them to convince our young
generation.

2. Conscious of parents:

For every child parents are their best friend. Best companion and best
guide. Parents always want that their children go ahead. Parents have great
feelings for their children. But their little bet lacking of awareness about the
morality of their children can destroy their children’s life. So parents should
always conscious about their children morality. They should always try to know
that with home their children are meeting. Parents should teach their children
about that “learn to obey and u will be obeyed in return”. They are only parents
who can teach their children far from evil work. Parent’s awareness can do
better for their children’s life. If parents exhibit rude, crass, impolite behaviors
in front of children, youths are likely to model these behaviors. So parents
should be aware their behavior in front of youths. Thus parent’s awareness is
very important for recommendation of moral degradation.

3. Educational institution can come forward:

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For conscious about our young generation, educational institution can do it

for their good work. In a campus, teachers should be convincing about the
people of moral degradation. They can do meeting with the students for
knowing them about the moral degradation.

4. It can be discussion in every where:

For improve our youths morality we can talk to each other in every where.
We can suggest our friends & others, who are suffer from lack of morality. In
mosque, our home, restaurant, park, and bus we can discuss about morality.

5. Inclusion of topics in the study book:

Our educational ministry can help our youths by include some topics in our
study book about morality. It can help our youths by know the right way and
moral. When they know the right theme about morality I think they can avoid
all of bad work. And teachers also teach them properly in these topics. It gives
psychological support to the adults, educates the children and does many other
activities. So our youths easily understood that what’s the right way?

6. Will power:

A proverb goes that “where a win there is is a way”. It’s very easy to be that
but come back from the dark or bad life is difficult. But its difficulty can be
reduced by will power. Its upper determined that he will remain honest he will
feel this morality. There is no one who can waste his morality. So will power
is a great recommendation of moral degradation of youth.

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1. Professor Hedayet Islam

2. www.hugebooksonline.com

3. THE DAILY STAR.

4. Channel 1 (television channel)

5. Bangla vision (X-Crime)

6. The Daily Observer

7. The Prothom Alo

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1. Advanced learners communicative English

------Chowdhury & Hossain

2. Student favorite communicative English

------- Professor Mahmud-Ullah

3. A way to communicative English

--------- Md. Selim Bhuiyan

5. Communicative approach to learning

---------- Principal M.M Rahman

THANK YOU!!!!

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