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Even if young people these days don’t see the use of credit cards as a problem, they should at least try to understand how they use them.
That is one of the main points of their documentary entitled A Credit to Our Generation, a history project that two Seacrest Country Day School students made to compete in the National History Day contest in Florida, US.
The two students, Katie Burns and David Hastings, have thought a lot about the subject of credit cards and how their generation uses them before deciding that to be the topic of their documentary.
Burns said that she does not have a credit card and she doesn’t need one, but she recognized what these items have done to young people like her. ‘Being in debt. “She said. “Is one of the biggest problems of our time.”
Despite the devastating effects of credit card misuse and the recent financial crisis, most people do not consider this as a problem and Burns believed that through their documentary, they have incorporated their idea as well as educated the public on the effects of credit cards.
Their documentary was divided into three parts: the first one shows the history of credit cards, the second part explains about their current generation, and the last segment describes about how their generation use (and misuse) credit cards. And they showcase some of the many products and pop culture items that their generation use credit cards for, as well some interviews of students who use credit cards.
As a credit card user, her colleague, Hastings admits that their generation don’t really think much about credit cards and how they to properly use them. And he believes that other young people like himself should become more aware about using their credit cards and to be more responsible while using them.
Burns and Hastings were one of the 170 entries in the contest, and were one of the six projects that had advanced to the finals. And with their video having won second place, their documentary had qualified to compete in the 2010 Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest at the University of Maryland College Park.
The two have recently retooled their video, of which they changed some of the audio and included an interview someone working at Northern Trust Bank, for the national competition.
Their documentary can be viewed for free on the Internet.
