Youth problems

I think that in Belarus we have the same problems as young people all over the world and some others. School, lessons, games, clubs, homework. A bell rings. But one day young boys and girls will be at school for the last time. And then they are confronted with difficulties. They must make a decision: to enter a university or try to find a job.

In Belarus it is hard to find well-paid work without working experience, and young people go to big cities to find a job or to get good education. Many young people want to enter university because they don’t want to work or go to the army in this time. Now people want to be well-educated, because now the majority of firms and companies employ only higher qualified people, but universities can’t educate all of them free, and parents have to pay for the education of their children. So those who don’t have enough money can’t get enough knowledge.

One of the main problems of young people is drugs. This is a relatively new problem but it is becoming more and more dangerous. Million young people today are using drugs, and most of them will die. Usually they want just to try it, then again and again… and after year may be two years they will die. Because there are no medicine to help you. That’s why never do it, if you do - it goes bad, very bad.

We also face the problem how to spend our free time. We can do it in different ways. Some of teenagers spend their free time in different night clubs. Other young people spend their free time in the streets. As for me, I spend my free time at home or with my friends.

Belarus

Belarus in the modern world. Economy. People and language

The Republic of Belarus (Belarus) is located in the Eastern part of Europe. The capital of Belarus is the city of Minsk. Belarus is a presidential republic. The territory of the Republic of Belarus covers 207.6 thousand square kilometers.

The total population of the republic is about 10 million people. The basic ethnic groups are Belarusians, Russians, Poles, Ukrainians, Jews and others. More than 70% of the population is urban. The state languages are Belarusian and Russian. The most widespread languages of business use are Russian, English and German. Belarus is a multi-confessional country. The majority of people are Christian ( Orthodox or Catholic, there are also more than 350 Protestant communities now).

The Republic of Belarus has a significant scientific and technical potential. The biggest university is the Belarusian State University (Minsk) opened in 1921. In 1929 the Academy of Sciences of Belarus was founded. Nowadays fundamental and applied research is conducted by 44 thousand scientific and technical workers.

The country has a well-developed industry. The Minsk Automobile Plant is the leading enterprise in the automobile production sector, manufacturing about 300 models of trucks and 32 models of buses. The Belarusian Automobile Plant specializes in the manufacture of large dump trucks. The Production Amalgamation "Gomselmash" is the largest manufacturer of harvesters in CIS countries. Light industry is one of the most important sectors of the industrial complex. It includes 500 enterprises manufacturing textile, knitting, sewing, leather, footwear, fur. Belarus is one or the largest producers or some types of consumer goods, e.g. TV sets, refrigerators and so on. The enterprises of the chemical and petrochemical complex produce fertilizers, fuel and chemical fibers.

About 20 percent of the population are employed in agriculture. The country manufactures 8.7 percent of the world production of flax-fiber, 0.4 percent of meat, and 1.1 percent of milk. This sector employs about 20 percent of the population and accounts for 8 percent of the GDP. The market reforms in agriculture are at their early stage.