ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN STUDENT AUTHORS (ANSA)
2022/23 ANSA WORLD CUP
GROUP STAGE MATCH
F1 vs F3 (Text)
You have 10 minutes to produce at least 100 words in response to the following question.
A parents is responsible for taking care of children. A criminal is responsible for committing a crime. And teenagers are encouraged to make responsible choices. Just what does it mean to be "responsible"? Does it mean something different for young people than for adults? As a young person who is taking on more and more responsibilities write about what responsibility means to you and explain the idea to those older than you.
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ANSA… for the love of writing
To be responsible comes with a lot, being answerable and accountable for things you do, choices you make, and those other you chose not to do. It is quite obvious that not many want to bear what comes after an act, after a choice, after a neglect. An average young person is prone to hesitate to take responsibility because many a times, we're scared, not prepared and feel as though the older ones do not understand what we feel and face.
I hear my mum talk a lot about her responsibility to me and my siblings; how it's her duty to take care of us and sponsor our school fees as a single mum and how our duty to her is to bring home good grades and ensure we are successful at what we do. One can denote from this that responsibility has different meaning to different people depending on age and the space or office one occupies.
To be responsible means to have a duty to take care of something or be in charge of a particular thing, and as earlier stated, age is a determinant of what you are charged to be responsible for.
As a young adult still under my parent, me being responsible means to be take into consideration in all my doings all the values instilled in carrying out my daily activities. This means me excelling in school without cheating, not being swayed by peer pressure and standing for what I believe in.