As time is progressing, the difference between ages is increasing. Over the past decade, things have changed more speedily than they had changed over the past half a century. Technology that was new to people and was quite uncommon has become a lot more common and caused an enormous expansion in the technology dependent and gadget aided activities of people. Education has also evolved in its modes and dimensions and the students of today are taught in manners, greatly different from what their parents were taught. Health and fitness, however, have declined over the generations because of the changes brought in the eating habits. Natural food and lifestyle have been replaced with a rather unnatural and artificial one.
Discussion:
There has been a technology explosion since 1990, but even in those times, computer and network technology was either very expensive or very limited in its functionality. Now a day, every person has a cell phone in their hand that possesses virtually everything that a person can expect from technology in support of living a convenient life with additions being made to it each year. The older generations are left far behind, and the gap has increased greatly because of the factor of technology. The younger generations are far better users of technology than older ones, and this gives them an edge over its optimal usage. It can be thought that the younger generation has become the changer and maker of technology, whereas the older generations have become merely users of them to overcome their disabilities physically and mentally.
Another reason for the existence of the generation gap is because of education. The methods of teaching have changed a great deal, and while the older generations were taught more theoretically, the younger generations are being taught more practically. It seems that the educational institutes have realized that they need to make the best use of technology and the most effective teaching methods to develop their students into industry usable units.
More focus is now being made in the languages and communication. Students all over the world are mostly bound to study at least one foreign language at least at the graduate level. This makes them ready for a global exposure. Great emphasis is being laid down on the communication skills like it was never done before. This is why a great difference exists between generations when it comes to communicating.
While technology and education have advanced in the right direction, the same cannot be said for the health of the newer generations in comparison with the older ones. People in the old days used to consume simpler foods with more nutritional value, but now it is just about the taste of it. Fast food has started to cause obesity, all over the world, but the habit does not die despite a widespread knowledge spread campaign about the prevalence of diabetes and cancer due to its over consumption. The newer generations are imbalanced and unwise as compared to the older generations because they are not prioritizing as their elders used to. While older people in their days used to walk a mile, now a day the current generation prefers to drive that distance. The new generation has rather spoilt habits as compared to the older generation, perceivably, mainly due to the availability of convenience.
