▶ Your Answer : Some people
think that getting advice from friends or peers is better than from older
people. However, in my opinion, older people can give better advice that people
who are in similar position with you concerning older people’s experiences and
the competitive society in this world.
To begin with,
usually older people has much more experiences than younger people so they will
give you helpful advice. Imagine that people only ask their problems to friends
or peers, their view will be so narrow and their problems might not be solved
well. After getting diverse advice from older people, you will solve your
problems. To give an anecdote, I had trouble with choosing university when I
was high school students. Since I did not have sufficient information about
universities, I could not pick suitable university for me. However, I could
solve this problem after I asked my situation to my mother’s friend who majored
engineering which is my interest field. She recommended one of the top
engineering school in other city. As a result, I went that engineering school
and now I satisfy that decision. Likewise, by asking to older people you can
make good results
On top of that,
in this endless of competitive society, getting true advice from your friends or
peers may be hard. Everyone is aware that being success in a group is like a
camel passing through the eye of needle. One’s ability can be clouded by other’s
abilities. Therefore, people who are in competitive relationship with you may not
help you by doing their best. There was a poll conducted by Havard University with
1000 workers, as respondents. The purpose of the survey was to identify whether
people really helped their peers when their peers request some advice. The
majority of the respondents replied that it is unwilling to help others because
they are competitors to me. An overwhelming 70% of respondents said that peers
who they helped or give advice created better results than respondents and then
they become reluctant to aid their peers. This survey proves that people have a
negative view of giving advice when people are in competitive relationship.
To sum up, take
into consideration senior’s a great amount of knowledge and circumstance of
these day’s society I believe that older people can give you more useful advice.
In this regard, I firmly hold that asking your problems to senior is better
choice. |