These teens will make you rethink the world in which you live

A girl who realized that her friends were looking at their lives with cynicism and began to explore the field, a 17-year-old who, out of admiration for Aharon Barak, dived into the world of the constitutional revolution and an inspiring 16-year-old who examines what happens in the dark of the Internet.

Get to know the youth who will change our world

In collaboration with Future Scientists

13/01/2022

Thursday, 13 January 2022, 11:34 Updated: 15:48

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What makes teens cynical?

In this article you will not find the answer to this question, because the youth we are talking about are immediately free of any cynicism.

On the contrary, they are full of optimism about their future, and are already working today to create a better future.

They do this through learning and expanding knowledge, in an idea program of the Ministry of Education and the Center for Future Scientists.

Registration for the gifted and outstanding programs - Idea, Alpha and Odyssey ends on 16/1/22.

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One of the participants in this extraordinary program is Eilat Hashachar Bar-Lev, a 12th grade student at the Neve Hanna ulpan in Alon Shvut, who chose to study the effect of social status on cynicism among teenagers as part of her studies at the Hebrew University. Participates in a unique internship in the Knesset's research and information department. And all this when she is only in the twelfth grade.

Before we get to the research of Eilat Hashahar it is important to explain that an idea program is unlike any other academic program, and each participant in the program we spoke with explained that the interest in this gifted and outstanding program - of the Center for Future Scientists and the Ministry of Education - is not grades.

An idea was created to address the needs of gifted and outstanding female and male students, who show interest and curiosity in the humanities, social sciences and arts, and enable them to broaden their horizons.

As part of the program, the students write a research paper in the humanities with the personal guidance of an expert from the academy, and experience independent academic research.

The program operates at Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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I did not understand why my girlfriends were so cynical - and it became my research

She describes Eilat Hashahar's path to her original research as a natural continuation of the events at her school. "I'm studying at the studio, and when I first got there in ninth grade, there were all kinds of early year segments and a new place and very quickly I contacted the studio manager. I got to him for talks and consultations and got help from him and my teacher. Then my friends also complained about all kinds Things and shared difficulties with me, so I told them - go talk to the principal or the teacher, they will happily help you, and my girlfriends told me every time 'what interests them at all what do I have to say' or 'what do they care, the principal is full of things, why That he will listen to me? '", Says Eilat Hashahar," and I just did not understand where it came from, I did not understand this way of thinking, because in my head it was completely different, why do they not believe in the willingness of the system to help? That, and then I came up with the idea - and it became my research. "

"They push us to continue to enjoy this world."

Eilat Hashahar (Photo: PR)

Eilat Hashahar is already in the twelfth grade and has completed the program.

It's the beauty of this program, it's just learning, knowing more and also having fun with other people, challenging each other, "she says with a smile," we are in touch with everyone, and we have follow-up programs and constantly send us links to all kinds of special spirit and society programs And lots of things that interest us.

They push us to continue to enjoy this world. "

And that's not all.

Eilat Hashahar also takes part this year in a unique specialization in the Knesset.

"This is a follow-up program, an internship program of the Knesset Research and Information Center. For several months, the interns receive guidance from MMM researchers in writing policy research and experience this type of research.

"I was commanded by two researchers who are my facilitators at work, and I get to do more work, to be exposed to another type of research, with a different purpose and a different character," she says.

What makes a 17-year-old boy interested in the constitutional revolution?

Even for Tom Root, 17, an idea is much more than scores or achievements.

"This is a humanities research program that I see as a great opportunity to broaden horizons, meet amazing people and get very meaningful tools for life," he says.

"These are first steps in academia but at a very, very high level, that at such an early age there is nowhere else. We are given the opportunity to do it at an early age."

"An idea really opened my head."

Tom Shoresh (Photo: PR)

He adds that "an idea really opened my mind, I came very oriented towards politics and it is very broad-minded. I became interested in philosophy, economics, and I am even interested in art and literature."

And socially, an idea provides its students with exceptional tools and abilities: "Socially, it was amazing. The most interesting people I met, broad-minded people and interesting interlocutors, I met life friends there."

Still, Tom's dissertation is very focused on the field with which he came to the program: "The Guiding Considerations in the Formation of Constitutional Reforms in Israel."

When asked how he got into this field, Tom says that it was a topic that interested him from a young age, and that when he was in the process of being accepted into the program at Tel Aviv University, he was asked to write an article about an inspiring character and chose Aaron Barak.

"Out of that I really got into it and became even more interested in the subject, and the reason I chose the Constitutional Revolution as my test case is that when I was zooming in on Aharon Barak's book, which I received a week ago, it was in front of me," I think it was the right choice "This is one of the most interesting events in our history."

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I do not know of any other academic program that operates in this way

Karin Levy, just 16 years old, has already set herself the ambitious goal of examining how the waters of extremist groups on the Internet are penetrating the mainstream and changing the discourse, in the gender context. Karin, who is studying Idea at Tel Aviv University, actually goes to the websites of such extremist groups to examine this issue. "Actually, I research water - small media with a humorous aspect, which are distributed virally, with the help of sharing and transfer - and I research the gender perceptions that can be transmitted through water, and especially from water created in very specific places on the Internet called extremist communities," she says. "Some social networks, including Reddit and Twitter, where there are communities where the discourse deviates from the mainstream discourse, and the values ​​in these communities are different, sometimes sexist and offensive, and yet they have a great impact on the Internet."

Karin says that is precisely why she wants to explore the memes that come out of there to see how they express these values. "Ultimately my work aims to expose the values ​​behind these memes, which appear on the Internet, and show users of such innocent memes what the values ​​are that they actually represent," she explains excitedly. "Some of the stunts that people use are related to people who have committed crimes and very extreme things."

Aside from the fact that Karin is full of excitement and a sense of mission regarding her research, it is important for her to note that she also very much enjoys studying at Idea. "I know of no other academic program that works this way, no matter where I went there was always an answer, there was a lot of help and support, and all the people I met are amazing people. Everything is in a sociable atmosphere, but also very academic and serious."

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