How do you define wisdom? How can teens act wisely at their age? Do you have any example of a wise young person?

Common sense; good judgment are common definitions of wisdom. Wisdom is to me defined as knowing that is right and wrong and doing that which is right. A teen deals with peer pressure daily but in the end must be able to choose to do the right thing.

Making wise choices in life as a teem starts at home. A number of years ago I had a friend who was faced with a decision to make. He was invited to go camping on the same weekend he was also suppose to watch his brother while his parents were gone for the night.

The camping trip was a dream come true for him, plus his girlfriend was going to be there also. She begged him to go, promised him a "good time" and plenty of beer and partying and no adults. For over a week he was troubled about how to get out of watching his brother.

He talked to a friend who agreed to watch my friends brother for him and every thing was set up. The day his parents were suppose to leave he was going to take his brother with him to visit his friend then take off with his girlfriend camping. Finally the big day came to leave for camping and partying but my friend having thought it through stated home with his brother.

He never did go camping that year and his girlfriend later broke up with him. Looking back on it he told me how glad he was he stayed home. S brother and him has a blast playing video games and just hanging out.

He also told his mom and dad about the camping trip later after their return. They too were pretty proud of him for doing the right thing.

Starting out with relevant dictionary definitions: thefreedictionary.com/wisdom defines wisdom as "The ability to discern or judge what is true, right, or lasting; insight... Common sense; good judgment. " webster-dictionary.net/definition/Wisdom defines wisdom as "The quality of being wise; knowledge, and the capacity to make due use of it; knowledge of the best ends and the best means; discernment and judgment; discretion; sagacity; skill; dexterity..." And merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wisdom defines wisdom as "... ability to discern inner qualities and relationships : insight ... good sense : judgment... " The common thread in these definitions is that of going beyond knowledge or "book learning" and applying one's knowledge, in exercising good judgment and making good choices. Teens are especially challenged in being wise for several reasons.1.

They are young and have limited real-life experience in judging what the likely results of their actions will be. 2. They are by and large driven to fit in with their peers, which pushes them to giving in to group-think (despair.com has a wonderful poster with the relevant saying "none of us is as stupid as all of us").

3. They are strongly affected by hormonal changes in their bodies, and have limited experience in dealing with those. For teens to act wisely they need to have strong positive role models in their lives.

They need to see how their parents, teachers, and other role models face life's challenges and temptations, making the right choices even when it isn't necessarily what they'd emotionally prefer to do. Teens need a great deal of positive reinforcement when they make good choices, and to be given an appropriate level of independence and responsibility, along with the opportunity to make mistakes and learn from them. When I say appropriate, this is related both to the particular teen's demonstrated level of maturity and judgment, as well as to the level of risk in a particular situation.

For example, choosing what to wear to school, what friend to date, or even whether or not to complete the homework assignment for English or math class, etc. Are less risky than choosing to go to an all-night party with no adult supervision, or trying illegal drugs. There are plenty of examples of teens behaving wisely. Just go to your local high school.

You'll find many teens there working hard at acquiring a good education, volunteering at their church, mosque, or synagogue, watching over their younger siblings, helping with daily chores at home, all while (for the most part) avoiding drugs, alcohol, premature physically intimate relationships, etc.Sure there are also many who make a mistake in one or more of these arenas, but by and large, most learn from their mistakes and move on to build a stronger life as a result of those early lessons. In the immortal words of the 19th century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche - "What doesn't kill us makes us stronger.

Based on the Bible, the beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord (Psalm 111:10). Additionally, I would say that wisdom is knowledge applied. If your source of knowledge is true, then choices you make based on it will be wise.To be wise, I try to learn as much Bible as possible and let it influence all of my choices.

For a teenager, knowing and living the Bible would make him obey his leaders, be kind to others, avoid sex outside of marriage, and not smoke, drink, or do drugs (since breaking the law is discouraged in the Bible). I don't know of any well-known wise young people in our culture, but Joseph of the Bible was pretty wise. S boss's wife attempted repeatedly to seduce him, but he insisted that he would not sin against his God.

Similarly, Daniel was young when he refused to break God's law and eat forbidden food or bow down to the statue of the king. David was young when he trusted God to help him take down a giant.In all three cases, these young people feared God and modeled their behavior appropriately.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.