Accordingtothevarietyofsocialbackground,personalexperienceandpersonalemotion,differerntpeoplehavedifferentopinionstowardsthings.Thus,thereisnodoubtthatgenerationgapexistseverywhere.Wealwaysfindthattherearebigdifferencesbetweenusandtheoldgeneration.Wealwaysregardtheoldareoutdated,whiletheythinkusarecrazy.Theycan’tbearthedresswelike,thefashionwepursueorevenourchildishthinking.Instead,wecouldputupwiththeirstandpatthingkingandtheir“feudalrulers”.Thus,thegenerationgapbecomesmoreandmoreobviousandserious.However,whydon’twerealizethatopinionscanbechanged,whilepeoplecan’t.So,wecanthinkinanotherway,learntoaccept.Itiscertainthatwecannarrowthegenerationgaptoliveamoreharmoniouslife.
Acomplexproblem–generationgapNowadays,“generationgap”hasgraduallybecomeacommonphenomenonallovertheworld.Experiencingdifferenttime,asaresult,causesthedifferencebetweenparentsandchildrenintastes,themethodtheydealwithproblemsandvalues.
Thiscasemaymoreeasilyhappeninteenagers.Thereasonliesintheyareyoung,theyhaveh2passionforfreedom,andtheylikeshowingthemselvesoff.Thenitisnowonderthatargumentsoftenarisebetweentheirparentsandthem,whichalwaysmaketheparentsworried.Theycanhardlyfigureoutwhattheirchildrenarethinkingabout.Becausetheywearstrangeclothes,listennoisymusicandevenwalkaroundtownwithtattoosandpiercesallovertheirbodies.Nevertheless,inteenager’eyes,theirparentsareoutofdateandconservative.Theymaytalkwiththeirfriendsmoreoftenthantheirparents.Inaword,‘generationgap’isaninterminableproblem.
Seriously,howtobridgethegenerationgap?Inmyopinion,first,showrespect.Themutualrespectcanplayanimportantroleinavoidingconflicts.Second,listenmorethantalk.It’snodoubtthatitisaveryefficientwaytokeeptheconversation
longer.Atlast,keephumors,thiscanmakethetalkfriendly.
Despitethefactthatparentsmaybeworriedaboutthegenerationgapbetweentheirchildrenandthemselves.Butasweallknow,withtimegoingby,childrengraduallygrowoldandripe.Andthentheywillcometounderstandtheirparents.
Parentssaythatchildrendonotshowthemproperrespectandobedience,whilechildrencomplainthattheirparentsdonotunderstandthem.Thishenomenonisoftenreferredasthegenerationgap.Whatarethecausesofthegenerationgap?
Oneimportantcauseofthegenerationgapisthatyoungpeoplehavetohoosetheirwayoflife.Inmoretraditionalsocieties,whenchildrengrowup,theyareexpectedtoliveinthesameareaastheirparents,tomarrypeoplethattheirparentsknowandagreeto,andtocontinuethefamilyoccupation.Inmodernsociety,youngpeopleoftentravelagreatdistancefortheireducation,moveoutofthefamilyatanearlyage,marryorlivewithpeoplewhomtheirparentshavenevermet,andchooseoccupationsdifferentfromthoseoftheirparents.
Intheeasilychangingsociety,parentsoftenexpecttheirchildrentodobetterthantheydid:tofindbetterjobs,tomakemoremoney;andtodoallthethingsthattheywereunabletodo.Often,however,theh2desirethatparentshavefortheirchildrenareanothercauseofthedisagreementbetweenthem.Often,theydiscoverthattheyhaveverylittleincomMonwitheachother.Finally,thespeedatwhichchangestakeplaceinmodernsocietyisanothercauseofthegapbetweenthegenerations.Inatraditionalculture,elderlyeoplearevaluedfortheirwisdom,butinmodernsociety,theknowledgeofalifetimemaybecomeoutofdateovernight.Theyoungandtheoldseemtoliveintwoverydifferentworlds,separatedbydifferentskillsandabilities.
Nodoubt,thegenerationgapwillcontinuetobeafutureofourlifeforsometimetocome.Itscausesarerootedinthechangesofoursociety,andintherapidspeedatwhichsocietychanges.
Aschildrenapproachadulthood,schooleducationhasagreateffectonthedevelopmentofthemandhowtodealwiththerelationshipbetweenteachersandstudentsisquiteimportant.
Generationgapisnaturalbetweenparentsandchildrenanditisalsonaturalbetweenteachersandstudents.Infact,itcanbenarrowedthroughmutualunterstandingandrespect.Goodteachersareregardedasthestudents'friendsandtheywilldealwiththestudents'problemsfairlyandequallywhichwilldeservestudents'trust.Besides,studentsrelyonteachersandtheyhopetoaskteachersforhelpwhenmeetingwithdifficulties,soagoodteachershouldhaveaclearideaofwhatthestudentsarethinkingandcaringforandshouldcommunicatewiththemmoresothattherewillbeaharmoniousatmosphere.Lastbutnotleast,studentsandteachersshouldrespecteachotherandoftenthinkaboutthethingsontheother'sstandsothattheycanseekabestwaytosolvetheproblemswhenthereisanydisagreementbetweenthem.AndIthinkwithmutualunderstandingandexperiencedguidanceoftheteachers,thegenerationgapwillalsopromotetheschooleducationpositively.
