July 24th, Saturday Meeting!! WOW~~~~!!!

[Jina]

안녕하세요? 언제나 생기넘치고 싶은 7월의 Host!!! Jina 입니다.ㅋ 날씨가 너무너무 덥네요.. 이럴 때일수록 건강관리 조심하시구요.

이번주에는 모임 끝나고 중문에 있는 오징어와 친구들에서 간단히 한 잔 하자는 의견이 나와서 2차로 그 곳으로 향할 예정입니다. 관심있으신 분들의 많은 참석 바라며.. 그렇지만 언제나 그렇 듯 모임이 가장 중요합니다 여러분!!!ㅋㅋ

그럼 오늘의 토픽 나가요~!!ㅋㅋ

   Period 1.  Speed Quiz

                             (Please refer to a attached file.)

 

Period 2.  Discussion

                             Topic: Generation

 

 

Generation Gap: Who is to blame?

 

NOWADAYS THE older people and the younger population complain of generation gap and of breaking down the communication between these twos. But who is to blame? I think both go amiss now and then.

 

There is a great hue and cry raised by the elders and the young both that the communication between them has broken down and they accuse each other for and bemoan this state of affairs. They attribute it to generation gap. Majority in the society carries along with this moroseness and never pauses to think the why and how of the problem.

 

The elders are more critical of the younger generation with a big inventory of complaints against the young and the young mostly tend to ignore the grumbling, mumbling and occasional loud protestations of the older generation. But now and then they do protest. They resent the petting attitude of the elders.

 

The generation gap, however, is a deeper malady than viewed superficially. There may be the following differences between the old and the young:

 

• Of ideas on general conduct comprising dress, food habits etc.
• Morality, marriage & career
• Of tastes on art, music, literature, and in short total outlook.
• Family unit breaking up and gradually losing the importance it once had. The central authority of the paternal figure becoming redundant.
• Imposition of the self-righteous attitude of the older generation on the young.
• Biological evolutionary difference

 

It is generally observed that the old behave like a frog in the well. They are fully convinced that the ideas they have had throughout their lives are the ultimate and ideal. They ignore certain vital factors that are no longer valid in the case of the modernity. There always has been generation gap since the dawn of civilization. The young have always deviated from the older standards and it was well that they did or there wouldn’t have been any progress today.

 

The younger generation naturally differs in dress, food, habits etc, as all these were not available to the older generation. These changes are indicative of progress. With the passage of time when the society, right from the basic unit of the family through society and the entire humanity, is changing, how can the new generation be asked to stagnate or move backward to the ancestors’ way of life? In the olden days, in the Indian society the arranged marriage took place first and love between husband and the wife were thought to be a natural development.

 

The older generation had few opportunities to come into contact with the western world. The earth was a big planet. Travels were slow made with animal power. Automobiles were rare. The people were content with whatever environment they had. But now the world has shrunk. A global environment is developing. It is natural for the young to learn newer ways of this rising global culture encompassing every aspect of human life. They can’t afford to follow the retrograde suggestions of their elders.

 

They have wider horizons to explore if they are to survive or lead a normal life from the existing standards of modern life. They must speak a language universal in its application and not be confined to their local language whatever it may be hence, the generation gap. They must eat Italian pizza, Chinese food or fast food and prefer coffee to the good old milk or lassi (yogurt). The leisurely ways of the old are gone. The younger generation must have speed, of motorbikes, cars, helicopters jet planes and rockets going into space. What can link them to the old bullock cart?

 

The old have to leave early after having lived their lives. They would be wise not to interfere in the pace of development of the new. It was high time they stopped complaining. The young should see this predicament of the old and be tolerant and reverential towards them. It will ensure harmony in the society and add joy and peace to the daily life.

 

But every rose has a thorn. The younger generation should also be on their guard against the evils coming in train with the fast life. Stress, depression, frustration as a result of a race for ascendancy shouldn’t be ignored or they can rob them of the fruit of their labor and their dreams. The young are our future, the future of humanity, of the human race on mother earth.

 

Only they can save themselves by heeding early warning of the evils of the modern world and life based on their own assessment. The old can still tell them that they in their time faced these travails of transition and suffered now and then. They young should listen to the old but must take their own decisions with discretion and a balanced perspective. The coming generation will be better than each preceding one.

    Questions

1. What do you think are the main differences between the youth of today and the older generation?

2. Some people think that the youth of today are spoilt. What do you think?

3. Why should we respect our elders?

4. In most countries, politicians are middle aged and older.  

   Do you think that younger politicians could do a better job?

5. What do you plan to do when you retire?

6. What age do you think is the best to be? Why?

[Anna입니당]

수고 많어!! 토요일 오징어와 칭구들...ㅋㅋ 좋아좋아~ ㅎ BUT, 모임이 우선 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[Jina]

당연한 말씀!!!ㅋㅋ

[SUNNY]

나도 오징어 좋아하는데.

[Ally]

생기발랄해서 참 좋네~~ 요번 모임도 잼날 것 같아^^