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1. Young people today are more likely to help others than young people in the past.The world is rapidly developing; and correspondingly, people are progressing generation after generation. Currently, the young people have broader horizon, more enriched knowledge and greater ambition than their predecessors had; but unfortunately, they are also growing more indifferent toward othersthan the people in the past. To begin with, the current generation of young people is even busier than one could imagine, which leaves them little time to help others out. When I was in high school, my greatest friend Sophia had a hard time dealing with her mathematics, which Ihappened to be proficient in. As much as I wanted to help her with the difficult math problems after class, I myself was occupied by so many other things—everyday after school I needed to go to the English training club, and during the weekend my mother had arranged the cooking class, computer skill-training class and so on, because she thought it would be better for me if I could be more versatile. But how about the situation in the past?According to my mom, when they were at school, the competition was not really so fierce, so students were not required to be engaged in so many extracurricular activities to sharpen their competitive edge. With more free time, of course they could care more about someone else other than themselves. Second, the prevalence of the Internet is also a reason why young people today are less likely to help others. Why is this so? Today adolescents spend so much time searching and receiving information on the Internet, and some of the information is not only widely spread but also profoundly influential to youngsters. For example, 3 years ago this piece of news was all the rage online: an old granny fell down when she was crossing the road. A nice young man saw herfalling, ran towards her and tried to pull her up. However, the granny refused him and cried out all of a sudden, claiming that