▶ Your Answer : disagree Many people think that the young generation at present have a tendency to helpi others than past generations. However, in my opinion, it is not true that the young generation help others more than the past generation. There are two reasons: First, the connection between people is getting weaker. Second, The young generation have a tendency to invest themselves. To begin with, people are less likely to contact each other than the past. In the past, they gave helps to neighborhood more frequently than the present. However, in present society, people have to make a living and survive in competitive society. So people are too busy to help other people and are becoming more indifferent to each other. For example, when I was 7, I lived in an apartment and I knew almost all about my neighborhood. When my mother had an important meeting, Ms kim who lived in my next door always took care of me. When she had some problems, my family are not reluctant to help Ms. kim. However, I do not know any information about my current neighborhood because I am too busy to contact with them. On the top of that, The present generation are tend to invest on themselves. At the past, the competition was not so severe that it was possible to give a helping hand. However, the competition in society is very serious now. To survive in the competitive society, they have to accumulate more experiences, knowledges and competency than other people. So they are not helping other people when they have enough time and money to help others. Rather, they use the time and money for themselves. For example, a research was conducted by sociology majors. They asked 200 people who were living in seoul that if you have enough money and time, would you spend the time and money for others or for yourself? The outcome was shocking. Overwhelming 80% of people replied that they would use the time and money for themselves to accumulate knowledge and experiences. To sum up, I firmly support the idea that the present generations are not helpful than the past generations. |