Old generations often hold some traditional ideas on the correct way of life, thinking and behavior. However, some people think that it is not helpful for the young generations to prepare for modern life in the future. What’s your opinion?

Intro: Generation gap has been a debated issue since the dawn of civilization. Partially agree – the modern life has changed beyond recognition in many ways but still there are some traditional ideas about the correct ways of life which are useful even today.

Para 1: The elderly had a very disciplined life. For instance, they believed in sticking to one job for life. They also believed in fixed hours job. They had a stress free work life. Moreover they believed that marriage was for life. Divorces were rare. They had stable family life.

Para 2: However, in many ways the ideas of the elderly are obsolete in the times of modernity. They live like a frog in the well. They forget that change is progress. The young differ in dress, food and habits. These things were not available to the elderly. The elderly also want their children to follow the same profession. They do not give importance to aptitude. Youngsters are more intellectually evolved. They want to explore the un-trodden path to face the cut-throat competition of today.

Para 3: the elderly had less opportunities to come in contact with the western world. The earth was a big planet. Now it is a global village. The young speak a universal language, eat Italian pizza and Chinese food and wear a universal dress. The leisurely ways of the old are gone. The young have the speed of bikes, cars and planes. What can link them to the old bullock cart? The young today have to change to survive.

Conclusion: To put it in a nutshell, I pen down saying that, there are some traditional ideas of the elderly that are evergreen and will hold true for times to come. Abut, in many ways, they are obsolete in today’s time.