It is often said that modern people is kind and help each other because people are social being and can survive with other help. However, I believe that these days, people become not polite, even selfish for two reasons: due to the competitive society and busy parents.
To begin with, the competitive society makes people selfish. In the past, since our country used to be a mainly agricultural society, people had more chance to interact with each other and solved the problem through the collaborated efforts. However, as the modern society has become competitive, people are reluctant to share useful information such as examination tips and introduce the influential person. Thus, people has had self-centered thoughts. For example, before the my SATs , one of the my friends, KIM JUN, always told us that he never cared to studying. So, we always participated in the party together. His competitors including me ended up not studying because there was no pressure. After SATs, this was turned out to be a huge lie because he scored the highest in class and got into the Ivy Leagues school.
In addition, the lack of time with parents discourages children from being polite. Compared to the past, as the living cost has become higher, most parents tend to spend most of their time at work in order to make a living, which cause them not to know their children and not to have enough time to discipline their children. As a results, children has become self-centered and done as they please. According to study conducted by the Seoul university in Korea, there was difference between children in characteristics: children who spend most of their time with parents versus children who have busy parents. A formal groups show the kind characteristics such as consideration, looking after others, and respectfulness. On the other hand, irresponsible traits such as selfishness, procrastination, and hard-headedness are shown in the latter group.
In brief, today’s people are likely to be impolite because of competition and the lack of quality family time. In order to be warm and hearten society, caring about other people and spending time with family can not be underestimated |