Dear O Sung Wu,

Yes, things are in a bit of a mess politically at
the moment but you know what - I watched Q&A last
night. It was a first. The audience was made up
entirely of High School students as was the
panel. What smart kids they were. It gave me great
re-assurance that the future of our country is
in very good hands.

Since the Q&A show was mentioned as a lesson for us all, I had a quick look but was disappointed by two things:

-first, the ABC's player was down so it was impossible to view. But there were questions listed which could be a guide for the content, which was some plus; and

-secondly but of more importance, the questions were so predictably channeled, which is only to be expected I guess.

With the subjects like:
-gay marriage (a predictable perennial where the ABC and particularly Q&A is concerned);
-youth&politics, "when figures such as Bernie Sanders in the USA or Jeremy Corbyn in the United Kingdom emerge, young people can become very engaged and influential"(!);
-intergenerationsl 'inequity'; and,
- lower the voting age etc.,

are on the list one cannot but imagine that there is some far left, Marxist, dead hand guiding. Of course it could be the program and people's expectations of it. People would be self-selecting, audience and panel (viewers too!). And Q&A does select and help frame the questions.

But then the questions do not come across as representative at all of what healthy young people find interesting, and young people are most often full of hope and the adventure of youth. What is happening?

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fter thinking for a few minutes I ended up hoping against hope that it was the availability heuristic in action and they young people were just talking up what they were seeing from Q&A and headlines.

Then there is the Marxism in the education curriculum that has been boasted of by those involved in framing it.

I am not impressed but concerned about the apparent psychological channeling of young people's minds. And I was left even more concerned about their futures where their thinking had already been narrowed.

There is a need for parents to make sure they are watching what their children are being exposed to in education, particularly in Victoria.

As for The Box and ABC's Q&A with its broken record, tedious 'Progressive ' agenda, switch it off, the social media too and encourage the young to get out there face to face and enjoy their bodies. Less diabetes from couch surfing watching Q&A is a good thing.

I read the analysis of last night
Q&A's program in today's The Australian.

It was an interesting read.

Last night's episode of Q&A was youth-focused in which
most of the panellists and the audience were high
school students. They debated amongst other
things - the quality of life, the Adani coal mine
in Queensland, climate change, same-sex marriage (raised
by a gay student) mental health issues, teenage suicide,
freedom of speech, and how engaged young people were in
politics. A young Muslim audience member raised a question
about the new
combined intelligence ministry.

All in all the younger generation asked tough questions of
their peers - Liberal Environmental and
Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg and
Labor's Health spokeswoman - Catherine King.

Australia's next generation were
concerned about whether they will have a better quality of life
than their parents did - as they watch the rising cost
of living, housing prices, and education fees skyrocket.

The program clearly illustrated that our young generation
cares a great deal about their democratic and legal
inheritances and about those who are on "Struggle Street."
Which was shown by the questions asked - of youth suicide,
and youth unemployment (particularly in rural areas such
as Mildura).

I'm therefore somewhat surprised by leoj's reaction to the
program. He's one poster who keeps telling us -

"Fat lot you care about those "Struggle Streets."
(or words to that effect).

And talks about - "the contempt for Australian culture
and values and its democratic and legal inheritances..."

Last night's program should have put his mind at rest
one would have thought.

Still as he himself has stated - he's not known "for
being light on the pedal where self-serving spin is concerned."

Foxy,

Some comments on the Facebook page, a taste,

-These kids need to stop demanding that the government do more for them and start doing something for themselves.

- Schooled by ideology. Ok!

-Fair to say the kids were promised "smashed avocado" vouchers for brekky this morning.

- The other half of the empty glass? If it's empty, can someone please explain what is half of nothing? Must be lefty maths again..... Q&A should be rated as comedy. Panelists and audience stacked in favour of the left week after week. Absolute rubbish TV and a waste of Tax payers money.

- Start studying (hours in the library on your iPhone and iPad doesn't improve your grades). Develop some people skills in the real world, not the virtual one. Stop sooking, everyone has their own journey and their own battles in life. s as usual playing big Daddyo with his smug smirk cutting people off while they're still making their point.

-And apparently a life on welfare should be accepted and even admired according to one of the panelists. When are people in this country going to wake up and realise that without investment and a competitive business environment.....there are no jobs. Qanda and their panels are living in a dream world that doesn't, didn't and never will exist.

So for balance there are two sides.

But what I am more concerned with:

- nothing new, just the usual subjects and dependent whining on Q&A

- youth are being schooled into disempowerment, whining, protest and hash tags. Lack of optimism, lack of interest in broader life. Who the hell is conditioning these kids to be so negative and self-limiting, and to be so unaware of the 99.9% of life that is good? As well, who schools them to be so anti-establishment, which is limiting in itself?

LIBERAL SHOULD RESIGN FROM PARLIAMENT! Liberal minister Matt Canavan has resigned from the Turnbull Cabinet over duel citizenship, not good enough. The bloke has Italian citizenship! Out he goes. No excuses Canavan, on your bike, good riddance.