Perception of the Old generation and New Generation

"Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, 

but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present".

Bil Keane

To begin, I have this question in mind, "How do really older people think about the younger generation today and how do young people think about the older generation today "?

But before that let me show to you this:

  To have a better foundation I asked an older one and a younger one about their perception in line with the                              conflict of ideas between the old generation and new generation.            

                                                                                                             

 

       To maintain confidentiality on their identity I will no longer mention their name . First, an elder was asked about, "What is your perception about the new generation today?" To establish respect to her answer I will post it in her dialect. She said," Ang mga bata karon kay mga tapolan. Dili na morespeto. Sige na lang ug text ug sige rag atubang sa kompyuter." Now let us then witness  about how does a younger one perceived the elder. The young were asked about his perception about the old generation today. He said "Thay are nagger. They insist their traditional thinking which I believe, it seems awkward. Some of it is awkward because some are eliminated or change. Everything now is surrounded by technology." 

       With confidence I dare say that truly and it is an obvious reality that what an old generation have before may not be the same as what the new generation have now. The life, work, and even leisure are really different.  Also, based on their honest response to the question I claim that their is really a problem specially when it comes to establishing understanding in both parties because one must be proud of what he/she has and not appreciating the others, so there is bias now. Of course, the old and the young shows merely comparison and only looking on the one side of the coin. Both are not appreciative to even look at the other side and try to understand the experiences within it that may be helpful in living the present and molding the future. 

Moreover, I invested faith in my belief that without the past we have nothing to build in the future, without the past we have nothing to base our present.

 Old or new, both are a precious gift that gives references in learning something worthwhile. No generations are above all and no generations are in low level. But instead, all generations are equal. All are contributors. All have something to do with the so called progress.

        In the field of education, the traditional teaching before really helps a lot in giving a room to the rise of digital teaching. Computers now will not be appreciated without the very presence of paper and pencil. The internet will be irrelevant without the information jotted down in the textbook, encyclopedias, etc. Therefore, I believe old or past, both are necessary element to strive in reaching and claiming what is better.