IMPOLITENESS IN YOUTH

Based on Oxford Dictionaries, impoliteness is a form of noun which is rooted from the word impolite. Impolite was defined as not having or showing good manner; rude. There are many types of impoliteness. In this era of globalisation, impoliteness in youth is no longer a hot issue in media mass. This is because good manner is no longer a basic in life for the youth people nowadays. What is the main reason of this problem? Who should be responsible for the youth being impolite to others? So we have our opinion for that.

Parent was voted by us as that act the main role to shape good manner in youth. This is because the basic education for youth should be starting at home. Like Malays said, “ melentur buluh biar dari rebungnya”, which is explain why home’s education is important in shaping youth nowadays. Parent should had thought their children how to live their life full of good manners such as respect their elders, love the people around them, help the blind people to cross the street and so on. Although it seem to be easy as alphabet, but this simple things always had forgotten by the parent.

Then, mass media seem to be another factor of impoliteness in youth. This is because they can watch, for example, a movie about gangster. Although the movie has the warning about only the elder can watch it, most of the people ignore it. They seem to let the youth to watch that movie freely. As a result, they will follow what the impropriate manner that had been showed in that movie.

Other than that, elder people should always show a good manner and be a role model for youth to follow. This is because as long the youth can see any actions with their eyes, they will copy that actions and apply it in their life. So, if the elders show good manners, youth will follow it.

The effect of impoliteness in youth is it can ruin the integrity and unity between the youth and the people around them. Then, it will also ruin the image, not only youth’s image, but also our country’s image to the world.

There are also ways to curb the impoliteness’ issue. One is, of course, the parent should always have their eyes on their children on their daily life. Second, the school or university should offering moral subject as the core subject for them to learn how to live with polite and kind to other people. Third, the government and non-government authorities should always hold campaigns about applying good manners in youth daily life.

We as youths believe that being impolite just ruin our life. Together we say “ No“ to impoliteness.