"Sunday Sunday"...oh wait....i think the song is for Monday.....oh well :) Sunday mornings are always so calm...and the weather today in LA is so beautiful it kind of makes me regret I have to be indoors studying. (This is break #1....1 of probably millions..haha..u know how it is!). This morning, I heard my dad flipping through channels on the TV, and of course the Armenian Channel came up (not the 24-hr one we have in S. Cali, cause my neighborhood can't get it....go figure!)....and they were showing some religious person (pardon the lack of correct terminology) giving some sort of sermon.......on the tv.......on a sunday......in between commercials for Armenian bakeries and barahanteses (dances). Am i the only person who thinks this is-----uhhhhh.....WEIRD? Fine, i get the idea...they want to at least reach the people who don't go to church on Sundays, but rather are opting to watch Armenian TV. I guess in THAT sense, it may be a good idea. But does it really "replace" or is it as effective as actually attending church...the whole atmosphere of it all...? Look what has been started in Armenia.....the Diaspora should model this!!! ------> Go down to #3....the "Catechism Program". (in the mean time, if you'd like to help with the wishlist....that would be awesome!)
Youth Today: You know what's funny? Armenian adults think that young Armenians are these adolescents living in little bubbles not affected by drugs, STD's, gangs, violence, media, alcoholism, etc. WAKE UP CALL!!!!! There are DOZENS of young Armenians who .....YES, use drugs.....YES are in gangs.... YES have some form of alcoholism ....YES engage in premarital sex... What makes ALLLLL of this maybe a trillion times worse, is the fact that the Armenian community just chooses to not deal with it. Sure, there are a couple of people who come out and talk about it, and try to do something....but it's not long before they're "hushed". Well guess what---not talking about it, and not DEALING with it is what makes everything A LOT worse! Some people have the attitude that it's just a phase. Phase? No. Addictions are not phases.
So why am i writing about this? I guess because I'd like everyone who reads this to actually see it in writing. Maybe it'll trigger something in SOMEONE's head... Maybe a parent will look at their teenager a little closer to determine what s/he is really up to. Maybe they'll even talk to them about it. Armenians are not immune to worldly problems. Sure, we love to think that we are "different", but as the years have passed....we are becomming a lot less "different" than everyone else out there. Armenian children are also growing up watching the same TV, listening to the same music, playing the same video games, buying the same clothes, going to the same hang-outs, etc. as other youth. We are just like everyone else...especially those of us born here.
This is just one of the things that need to be dealt with in the Armenian communities in the diaspora....at least in mine. Take a look at your community.... and choose to make a difference! TSUH :)
Youth Today: You know what's funny? Armenian adults think that young Armenians are these adolescents living in little bubbles not affected by drugs, STD's, gangs, violence, media, alcoholism, etc. WAKE UP CALL!!!!! There are DOZENS of young Armenians who .....YES, use drugs.....YES are in gangs.... YES have some form of alcoholism ....YES engage in premarital sex... What makes ALLLLL of this maybe a trillion times worse, is the fact that the Armenian community just chooses to not deal with it. Sure, there are a couple of people who come out and talk about it, and try to do something....but it's not long before they're "hushed". Well guess what---not talking about it, and not DEALING with it is what makes everything A LOT worse! Some people have the attitude that it's just a phase. Phase? No. Addictions are not phases.
So why am i writing about this? I guess because I'd like everyone who reads this to actually see it in writing. Maybe it'll trigger something in SOMEONE's head... Maybe a parent will look at their teenager a little closer to determine what s/he is really up to. Maybe they'll even talk to them about it. Armenians are not immune to worldly problems. Sure, we love to think that we are "different", but as the years have passed....we are becomming a lot less "different" than everyone else out there. Armenian children are also growing up watching the same TV, listening to the same music, playing the same video games, buying the same clothes, going to the same hang-outs, etc. as other youth. We are just like everyone else...especially those of us born here.
This is just one of the things that need to be dealt with in the Armenian communities in the diaspora....at least in mine. Take a look at your community.... and choose to make a difference! TSUH :)
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