18. A Movement That Gives A Healthier Life Style to the Youth

What has happened to the youth of today? People of the older 1) ____ ask this question. Yet, for some time now a movement has been developing among our young people. It is called “Straight Edge”and its followers are 2) ____ to overcome the poisons of life. The leader of this movement is Ian Mackye, a former Washington singer. He was the person who set the goals of this movement: no smoking, no drinking, no drugs. Since its birth in 1981, the movement has 3) _____ to Europe and is growing worldwide.

Lutz Dinslage, 19, has been one of the movement’s 4) ____ for a year now. “My friends first 5) ____ me to the movement, and I became interested in it. I began to realize that I no longer wanted to 6) ____ false feelings of happiness by smoking, drinking or taking drugs. I did not want to just mess around. For this reason I changed my attitude and my habits and decided to live out the7) ____ of this movement.

At present it is still not clear whether Straight Edge will continue to develop into a promising movement of the future. However, one thing is certain: we are dealing with a trend that is proving that a 8) ____ life style among the young people is possible. Whether such a life style is worth 9) ____ must be left to 10) ____to decide.