How is your generation different from your parents'?
Everybody talks about a conflict between generations. This is a well-known
expression, used as an explanation for misunderstandings between people of
different ages. Although sometimes this is an excuse for not recognizing who is
wrong or right, it is certain that every generation of people is different in
important ways.
Even though everybody probably thinks this way, the differences between my
generation and my parents' generation are striking. The technological progress
is a certain cause for these differences. My parents did not have access to
information as teenagers nowadays have. Television, for example, was a luxury
that not many people could have afforded, and even if they could, the television
programs were very poor. I remember my mother mentioning how eager they
were to watch TV series like "Samantha" or "The Giants' Planet." Those films
seem so trivial these days.
Another important difference between our generations is caused by the type of
political power that governed the country. My parents grew up under a
communist regime whose main characteristic was censure. This censure
prohibited them to speak up their mind in public. Strict rules must have been
obeyed; otherwise they could have been seriously punished. Nowadays, we live
in a democratic environment that cannot possibly be compared with the
pressure of a communist government. This means that people are encouraged to
think for themselves and not to fear to express their true opinion. Of course,
this leads sometimes to violent acts from people who misunderstand the role of
the democracy.
Differences between generations have always existed and it is natural for them
to exist. Progress leads to differences of opinions and points of view. It is true
that my generation and my parents' generation are different, but this does not
mean that one is significantly better than the other one. I think we all should
remember that before starting to judge one another.
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Everybody talks about a conflict between generations. This is a well-known
expression, used as an explanation for misunderstandings between people of
different ages. Although sometimes this is an excuse for not recognizing who is
wrong or right, it is certain that every generation of people is different in
important ways.
Even though everybody probably thinks this way, the differences between my
generation and my parents' generation are striking. The technological progress
is a certain cause for these differences. My parents did not have access to
information as teenagers nowadays have. Television, for example, was a luxury
that not many people could have afforded, and even if they could, the television
programs were very poor. I remember my mother mentioning how eager they
were to watch TV series like "Samantha" or "The Giants' Planet." Those films
seem so trivial these days.
Another important difference between our generations is caused by the type of
political power that governed the country. My parents grew up under a
communist regime whose main characteristic was censure. This censure
prohibited them to speak up their mind in public. Strict rules must have been
obeyed; otherwise they could have been seriously punished. Nowadays, we live
in a democratic environment that cannot possibly be compared with the
pressure of a communist government. This means that people are encouraged to
think for themselves and not to fear to express their true opinion. Of course,
this leads sometimes to violent acts from people who misunderstand the role of
the democracy.
Differences between generations have always existed and it is natural for them
to exist. Progress leads to differences of opinions and points of view. It is true
that my generation and my parents' generation are different, but this does not
mean that one is significantly better than the other one. I think we all should
remember that before starting to judge one another.
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