third week of the articles

the first article for this week is about the youth in the UK. It's about if you call a group of youngsters a 'gang'. the link is below: http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?threadID=6389&&edition=2&ttl=20070524091824

The article isn't long, but it does have a serious content. Many teenagers dislike the fact that they're being called a 'gang' if they would act in a anti-social way. It is not said that every group of youngsters which acts in a anti-social way is a gang, and it is not so that every group is constantly anti-social. The Youth Justice Board says that if people keep on calling groups of youngsters gangs, that it might encourage the youngsters to get involved in more serious criminal behaviour.

I agree with the Youth Justice Board. Everyone, not just the teenagers, has their anti-social moments. You can't put a lable on all the youngsters. And if you look at what a real gang does, teenagers don't go that far unless they really want to or if they are in a gang. Gangs commit murders and armed robberies for example, I don't see a group of youngsters do that. And I also agree on the fact that with calling every group of youngsters a gang, that it might encourage them to become more criminal, that counts mostly for the youngsters who are sensitive for that kind of comments or for the youngsters which already are active in the criminal circuit.


the second article for this week is about something completely different. It's about tea!! The link is below: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/5281046.stm?lspan

The article tells you that tea might even be healthier than water. First was thought that tea was dehydrating but that is not true. Tea is just as rehydrating as water and maybe even better for you than water because tea also has anti-oxidants which water has not. Researches suggest that you should drink three or more cups of tea a day. Tea also might reduce your chances on some kinds of cancer and heart failure. Recent studies have shown that, though not everyone is convinced of it.

I thought it was funny to do an article on tea, since when you think of the UK, you think about tea drinking. It generally known that in the UK many people drink tea. And now it is shown by research that tea may be even healthier than water. Which is good to know for people like me who don't really like to drink water. I do think that tea might be healthier than water. There have been more studies about tea and all the results of those researches showed that tea was very healthy and that if you drink a lot of tea that it might reduce your chances on some diseases.