TikTok is arguably the most popular platform for Gen Z. Young people are spending hours a day mindlessly scrolling, but what can be taught on this light-hearted video creation app?
- How to cook anything and everything after 60 seconds!
Your first time moving out can be difficult in so many aspects, but what’s the most important? Feeding yourself! Recipe books are alien to a generation raised on the internet. But thousands of videos ranging from steak to home-made soufflé are teaching beginners guides on how to make anything at home, quickly and properly!
- Learning your body
From feeding your body to cleaning it, even health specialists are telling you the dos and don’ts on the app. For instant help without the awkward conversation with your parents, TikTok is teaching trusted health care, with millions of now-educated viewers globally. No matter the healthcare system, or having a teacher, TikTok is providing must-know tips on safe hygiene.
- Your internal is just as important as your external
Now that you know how to take care of your physical self, let’s talk about taking care of your mental self. When you are struggling with nobody to help, TikTok is teaching you how to deal with breakups and everything else, in fact. No matter what, with millions of creators, any issue is almost certain to have a video you can easily search for. 40,000 saves and 1000 comments later, your first heartbreak is not so daunting anymore!
- New video, new me
You don’t need to be struggling to get a self-help video. TikTok also has thousands of videos on going from happy, to happier! This platform may just have that piece of advice that completely transforms your view of yourself. Alongside self-love videos, this segment of self-help also introduces people to a community of thousands of other like-minded people spreading a positive, affirming message.
- The real side of adulting
From your mind to your career, every young person can relate to the cycle of needing a job for experience and needing experience for a job. But how can you avoid this cycle? By taking other people’s experiences! To succeed in job interviews, creators are here to teach you the best and worst approaches to impressing any employer.
- Surviving education
Before you even try to work, your education is essential, and it’s something every young person goes through. But before you go through it, you can now easily find a how-to guide on getting the best experience from your education, from those who have mastered it. What better way to prepare for starting university than hearing from successful graduates.
- Learn how to use social media
,ON social media
Finally, the most fitting tutorial on TikTok: ‘How to understand TikTok’. Understanding apps further than a surface level is often disregarded. But in a generation most prominent on social media, it just makes sense to understand the platforms you spend every day on. Media professionals are now using the internet to explain the internet, and how to use it to your advantage!
Those are just a few things TikTok is educating young people on in videos short enough to maintain anyone’s attention span! Let us know on our social media’s what the best piece of advice you’ve learnt on TikTok is.