Hope and Anger Adolescents and young adults everywhere demonstrate against adult authority, with varied strategies and results. In Cairo’s Tahrir Square (left), this young man flashes the peace sign hours before President Mubarak’s resignation. French students (right) protested cuts in high school staff, but their demands were resisted by the government. Worldwide, social change is fueled by youthful aspirations—sometimes leading to victory, sometimes to despair, and often (as in Egypt) with high emotions that seem unrealistic later on. The French students (right) seem to have lost all hope—a sign of political despair.