Some people might say that young people nowadays tend to be more independent from their parents than before.
However, in my opinion, contemporarily young people are more dependent on their
parents compared to the past.
First of all, young people today need
their parents’ aid to achieve success in the
competitive society. To survive in this world of endless competition, the young
ought to get help from their parents in a way of monetary aids. In Korea, most of
people agreed that to get into a renowned university, students have to be taught in
private academies or by tutors. It means that parents have to spend a lot of
money for their children’s education. Everyone
is aware that success without parents’ help in this competitive society is like
a camel passing through the eye of needle nowadays, even if a person is very
talented, without help from their parents, one cannot succeed on his own field.
(문장이 너무 길어요. 중간에 한 번 끊어주세요.) For example, a friend of mine was very talented in violin. He even
finished basic skill of violin at 6-years-old. However, my friend’s family was
not wealthy enough to afford a good tutor for his violin lesson. Unfortunately,
he had to give up his dream to become a great violinist. (예시가 조금 아쉬워요. 바이올린 레슨 받는 것 자체가 매우 비싸기 때문에 ‘대부분’의 한국인들이 동의한다는 내용과는 조금 상반됩니다.)
Second, separating being independent
from parents costs a lot of money for housing.
As the cost of houses has raised rapidly, many
people live with their parents rather than living alone. In Korea, house
payment is so expensive to afford for young people. They need to save money by
living with their parents before they get married. Supposed that you have not
enough money to separate from your family, would it possible to live alone with
increasing debts? The answer would be “no”. For instance, I wanted to live in the university dormitory since I got to university
for 2 hours and I wanted to live apart from my parents as soon as I become an adult. However, the cost of dormitory is was so expensive that I cannot could not afford this cost by myself. If I had had
enough money to pay the school dormitory, I
would have lived in the school dormitory, separated from my family.
To sum up, young
people today need parents’ help for succeed success
in the society. Moreover, they do not have enough money to pay house
rent payment. In this regard I believe that the young today
are not as much independent as the past.