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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I now will give the floor to Milena Dudasova,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also Youth representative
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Slovakia.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Madam, you have the floor...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,10 seconds.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,10 seconds is what it took to Thomas Edison
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to invent the lightbulb.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In exactly the same amount of time we´re sitting here
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brilliant man changed the history.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Short while, but preceeded by years of preparations
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thousands of mistakes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is just one example,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but my main question for you today is:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is youth getting prepared and being supported
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for unique stories and discovery moments like that?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dear Mr. Chairman,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ladies and gentlemen,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Distinguished delegates,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it´s really an honor for me to speak here
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the United Nations General Assembly today
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on behalf of young people from Slovakia.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I would like to emphasize today is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the problem of general phenomenon of low expectations towards young people.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Edison started developing his laboratory when he was 10,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,founder of American Red Cross, Clara Barton,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started nursing at the age of 14.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,George Washington, at the age of 16, became a great land surveyor.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Historian Friedrich Heer made a following comment in this regard:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"At their time period, young men and women like that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were nothing unique."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, however, people in their age are only considered being teenagers
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and majority of adults would be pretty sceptical
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about credibility of their work.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My question is WHY?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Approximately 50% of the world population is YOUTH.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can we see that in our economies
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that half of the population is in their most productive years?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being young is currently perceived as not being capable enough,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so let me give you a question:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How old do you think the word teenager is?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of the people would say 500 years or 200...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the 1st documented usage of the word teenager is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from 1941.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That´s not even 100 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me that was pretty unbelievable,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but more unbelievable is the radical change in usage of young years in general.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until 20th century there were only 2 categories:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kids or adults.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The dividing line between those 2 groups was determined
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by one´s responsibility and independence.