Youthink is a magazine that connects students from school to school...

Youthink is a magazine that connects students from school to school, and showcases the best work from writers of all grades. When an article is submitted for publication, the experience gives a student writer a boost of self- confidence as he or she eagerly waits to see it in print. Once you see your article in the Youthink magazine, you already start thinking of the next one to write and how to make it interesting for readers. Positive feedback from friends is a great motivator!

Youthink creates fantastic opportunities for student contributors to meet bands, review CD’s, interview celebrities and participate in certain, special events. Writers also have the chance to research current and pressing issues in our world. Youthink editors provide structure for our writing and this additional guidance can lead to a general improvement in a writer’s overall written English expression. (Think better English and Social Studies marks!)

I have so much fun going through the magazine with my friends at lunch time, after school and during spares. We read our horoscopes; we read articles on the latest up-and-coming bands; and, we check up on our favourite actors and actresses. But one of the main reasons my friends and I enjoy reading this magazine so much is the fact that people our age, going through life at the same time as us, are the ones sharing their thoughts and opinions, and words for us to read.

I would have to say my best Youthink experience happened last year, when I had the opportunity to do a phone interview with one of the members of the band Tupelo Honey. I will remember it for the rest of my life, and I know so many other student-writers have had similar memorable experiences writing for Youthink. What made my interview with Tupolo Honey so very special was the fact that my friends could read the interview afterwards at school when the publication arrived.