Ages 16 to 20
Hemanth, 16.17
What is the best age? 14
When do people become old? When they think about any crisis and they become weak
What makes you sad? If I'm thinking about my family crisis
What makes you happy? When I'm scoring good marks in my exams
What is the best place in the world? I think Delhi
What do you worry about? About my maths marks
What do you love? My Parents
What is next for you? To become a civil service person
What is life about? Expectation
Ismail, 16.17
What is the best age? 1
When do people become old? When they have worries in themselves
What makes you sad? Thinking about failures in my life
What makes you happy? When something comes to me, when I get something
What is the best place in the world? Singapore
What do you worry about? What others think about me
What do you love? Kindness
What is next for you? To be good in the future
What is life about? Competitions around us
Sanjay 16.25
What is the best age? 15
When do people become old? In my opinion about 30
What makes you sad? Distance from my best friends
What makes you happy? Enjoying the day with my 10th friends
What is the best place in the world? My 10th classroom
What do you worry about? About 11 standard [grade] students
What do you love? My Mother, so much
What is next for you? Get good marks, not only me but my friends also
What is life about? The mixture of happiness and sadness
Rifhana, 16.67
What is the best age? Small age, 10, 5, 6 like that
When do people become old? When they think in their hearts that they are old
What makes you sad? Learning without liking it
What makes you happy? When I do what I want
What is the best place in the world? My home
What do you worry about? If I can achieve my goals/aims. I have to keep my parents well
What do you love? Watching TV
What is next for you? To achieve my dream, IFS (Indian Foreign Service)
What is life about? Learning more things, helping parents, mingling with friends, achieving something in life to make our parents happy
Prislin, 17.25
What is the best age? 5
When do people become old? 70
What makes you sad? Bad situations
What makes you happy? When I secure a good place and my ambition is met
What is the best place in the world? My home
What do you worry about? My marks
What do you love? My family, school teachers, my school
What is next for you? My future, my ambition and my goals. I want to achieve my goals
What is life about? Life is a stage, a drama, we are the players. It's like a race
Seema, 17.25
What is the best age? Childhood
When do people become old? When they don’t respect humans
What makes you sad? When our beloved ones become traitors
What makes you happy? Food
What is the best place in the world? My home
What do you worry about? I don’t worry about anything
What do you love? My Parents, my family
What is next for you? To become a chartered accountant
What is life about? Adventures
Mubassarra, 17.42
What is the best age? Childhood
When do people become old? When they receive peace
What makes you sad? No idea
What makes you happy? Parents
What is the best place in the world? Canada
What do you worry about? Poverty in India
What do you love? My goals
What is next for you? College life
What is life about? To achieve what we deserve
Saziya, 17.83
What is the best age? Above 18
When do people become old? If we are strong we can't say we are old. Whenever our heart and mind are bold we can't say we are old
What makes you sad? If my grandpa doesn't talk to me. I always want to see a smile with him
What makes you happy? My grandpa. When I become an IIS collector or Doctor, he will be proud
What is the best place in the world? It's Saudi Arabia, and Australia
What do you worry about? If somebody insults me, when neighbors or friends mistook me
What do you love? My Grandpa so much, he is my stepping stone and next my parents
What is next for you? I want to keep my Grandpa smiling, achieving my goals
What is life about? Life must be so happy even though it is both happiness and sadness. We should think in every step of our life to make things happy and to make ourselves better. We want to be rich not in money but in loyalty and friends. We should think not only about ourselves but other persons, parents, friends and neighbors, they are also human beings.
Gabriella, 17.92
What is the best age? I’d like to think I haven’t reached it. I hope it’s in the future
When do people become old? I guess it’s kind of a mindset. Once you’ve developed a mindset that you’re old and stopped trying new things
What makes you sad? Poverty and injustice in the world. Leaving everyone when I go to college
What makes you happy? My family, my friends, my dogs, snowboarding and Colorado
What is the best place in the world? Colorado
What do you worry about? Definitely the future, where I’m going to end up. I guess right now my future job, my profession and my education
What do you love? My family, my friends, traveling, my dogs and driving
What is next for you? College, hopefully some sort of Grad school. I want to live in New York [City] at some point and I want to get a dog.
What is life about? Doing things that make you happy and proud of yourself and making good relationships with people around you and working to make them last
Sarah, 18.00
What is the best age? 4- you don't know what's going on, you're just happy about everything
When do people become old? When their bodies start shutting down- some people could be young, others could be old
What makes you sad? The fact that I have to do everything on my own- get a job, get a house. I’m expected to do stuff on my own all of a sudden
What makes you happy? Being with my family
What is the best place in the world? Wherever your family is
What do you worry about? What do I not worry about- Being an adult and doing everything myself and not having enough money to do everything I want to do
What do you love? Reading
What is next for you? Going to college
What is life about? Doing what makes you happy?
Abi, 18.50
What is the best age? 10
When do people become old? 14
What makes you sad? Nothing
What makes you happy? Mother’s love
What is the best place in the world? My home
What do you worry about? Nothing, I’m always happy
What do you love? My Mother
What is next for you? To have a good job
What is life about? We only have a short time, it's about enjoying it
Casey, 18.67
What is the best age? I would say for me it would be 16
When do people become old? I would say maybe 50
What makes you sad? Fashion, everyone wears the same clothes by the same brand
What makes you happy? My girlfriend
What is the best place in the world? Luxembourg, because my girlfriend is there
What do you worry about? My girlfriend
What do you love? My girlfriend as well as goth
What is next for you? Finding a career, not just a job but a career with a future
What is life about? Setting an example for your future self
Sasikaran, 18.75
What is the best age? Childhood
When do people become old? When difficulty comes and they start thinking about it
What makes you sad? When I see my Mom cry
What makes you happy? When my Mom is happy
What is the best place in the world? My Mom’s
What do you worry about? I don't worry about the future. I don't really worry
What do you love? Everyone
What is next for you? My goal is to become a police officer
What is life about? When everything is peaceful and settled, when we have belief, that's what it's all about
Zoë, 18.83
What is the best age? I’d say 15
When do people become old? Maybe 50
What makes you sad? Seeing pain or hurt, other people in pain
What makes you happy? A lot of things, seeing other people happy, feeling like I did something good, food, exercise.
What is the best place in the world? Anywhere on the beach
What do you worry about? A lot, my future, things working out the way I want
What do you love? My family, experiencing the outdoors
What is next for you? College, figuring what I want to do with my life
What is life about? Finding meaning and for me figuring out what I want to become and giving back to the world
Riley, 19.33
What is the best age? 25
When do people become old? When they stop letting little things bother them
What makes you sad? Animals being killed in movies
What makes you happy? The city at night
What is the best place in the world? Surrounded by loved ones
What do you worry about? Money
What do you love? Acting
What is next for you? Finish college
What is life about? Enjoying things you love and being around people you love
Bailey, 19.75
What is the best age? 6. You can still take naps and still believe in fairies, unicorns and magic and people still encourage that.
When do people become old? It has less to do with a year and more to do with the experiences in their life
What makes you sad? Other people in pain, especially people I care about, but really anyone
What makes you happy? The fact that you can smile at a stranger and after 30 seconds of smiling the brain releases a chemical that makes you happy. So by smiling at someone you can make them happy too.
What is the best place in the world? Home- not a specific place. Where you feel at home
What do you worry about? Not living, just existing- not going out and actively experiencing life and just letting it happen
What do you love? I don't know, lots of things- watching movies with friends, my family obviously and those unique experiences like watching movie trailers with my Dad.
What is next for you? Traveling, I want to go everywhere
What is life about? Whatever you make it. If someone dwells on bad things it will be that. If you focus on good things, life will be happy
Anna-Marie, 19.83
What is the best age? Probably 5 years old
When do people become old? When they turn 12
What makes you sad? The unhappiness of my close loved ones
What makes you happy? Traveling
What is the best place in the world? For me it’s Berlin, Germany
What do you worry about? Not achieving enough in such a short amount of time, not being able to do as much as I want to
What do you love? Flowers, Flowers make me happy
What is next for you? To be as much of an artist as I can be aside from college. Find non-conformist expression in nude art and paint abstract art
What is life about? It's about love because without love nothing else keeps you going. With love you learn to give it without thinking twice
Levias, 19.92
What is the best age? Probably 18, my first year of going into college
When do people become old? It's a state of mind, when they think they're old, they're old
What makes you sad? When people are inconsiderate of someone else
What makes you happy? Spending time with people I love
What is the best place in the world? My bed
What do you worry about? My future
What do you love? I have a lot of love for things, fashion, dance music, lasagna
What is next for you? New York Fashion Week and hopefully Howard University
What is life about? Living in the moment. And how you deal with your problems
Louisa, 20.58
What is the best age? 27
When do people become old?I don't think you can put a number, it depends on your personality
What makes you sad? Losing people I love
What makes you happy? The ocean, chocolate, steak, being close to people I care about, dancing
What is the best place in the world? San Juan Islands, WA
What do you worry about? Making the "wrong" decision
What do you love? Meaningful connection with compassionate people
What is next for you? Leaving this country [US] again
What is life about? Finding joy through things that feel meaningful to you
Faith, 20.58
What is the best age? So far probably 18. You're mature and still somewhat naive
When do people become old? Philosophically probably when they stop dreaming and taking (chances?) or literally when wrinkles start coming in
What makes you sad? Hate or intolerance in general
What makes you happy? The opposite of hate or intolerance. Being able to imagine things and create it.
What is the best place in the world? Wherever you feel the most comfortable
What do you worry about? The world not being able to see me for who I am. Not just "oh she's a girl" or "she's black"
What do you love? Learning and being exposed to new experiences and new people
What is next for you? School
What is life about? Not about finding yourself, it's about creating yourself.
Eduardo, 20.67
What is the best age? 30
When do people become old? 65
What makes you sad? Death
What makes you happy? Family
What is the best place in the world? I've never been anywhere so for me I'll go with California because it's sunny
What do you worry about? Death
What do you love? Music
What is next for you? Right now, school
What is life about? Just living it to the fullest
Carlos 20.67
What is the best age? When I was little, before messing around and getting involved in drugs
When do people become old? I don't even know, anytime they decide to change their lives to be respectful and responsible
What makes you sad? That I'm in here [prison] for the first time. I shouldn't be in here
What makes you happy? My family. Which is supportive
What is the best place in the world? Being at home with my family
What do you worry about? Getting in trouble, fights. Getting in trouble for anything here
What do you love? Cars, to fix cars, my family
What is next for you? Getting deported to Mexico and living with my Aunt and family. Becoming a better man
What is life about? I really don't know. Wherever it takes me
Conrad, 20.92
What is the best age? The one that you live the most at
When do people become old? When they become cynical and wrinkly
What makes you sad? loneliness, the silence of loneliness
What makes you happy?Just about everything
What is the best place in the world? My underpants
What do you worry about? I avoid worry and focus more on mindfulness of the future
What do you love? Many many many things
What is next for you? A clothing shop [called 'Next'] to continue thinking outside the box
What is life about? Cheeseburgers and love
Andrew, 20.92
What is the best age? 25
When do people become old? You’re only as old as you feel
What makes you sad? Death
What makes you happy? Being happy
What is the best place in the world? Miami
What do you worry about? My future
What do you love? Myself
What is next for you? I’m hoping to move to Miami actually
What is life about? Being happy and doing things for yourself and living life with no regrets