▶ Your Answer :
When confronted a serious issue or problem,
we often discuss with our friends and peers. Peers can be moral supports by empathizing
our feeling and situation. However, in my opinion, it is from older people that
we actually learn something. This is because elders have better knowledge and
more life experience.
To begin with, elders generally have more
amount of knowledge than younger people. This is why we seek advice from the
seniors including our parents, teachers, and so on. For instance, when I had a
trouble finding job opportunities or prepared for a marriage, I always found
valuable tips from my parents or friends who are older than from my peers.
Whenever I consult my problems with my friends, it frequently ends up at the
same points that I thought about. This is because the level of knowledge among
me and my friends is not different from each other. However, when I asked help
to my parents or seniors, I definitely had better information and more solid
options than before. The quality and amount of knowledge from seniors always
positively impact my decisions.
On top of that, older people have insights
from diverse experience, which helps us to find solutions to problems. Especially
when dealing with people matter, this insight can help us tremendously. For
example, when I was having a hard time with my boss, it was always senior friends
who helped me to find solutions. Since my work experience is not too long,
there are a lot of times when I feel frustrated about dealing with my boss; I would
find it is difficult to when and how to report properly and accurately. Because
senior colleagues had gone through the same cases numerous times, they provided
me a feasible solution to the problems that I had.
To summarize, elders have better knowledge
and insights from their own lifetime experience. In this regard, I believe that
we can learn more from the older people than our peers. |