At Cold Palace Lives A Fish

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"Young People Teaching Old"
Submitted: May 30, 2008, 11:40:41 AM CST
Score: 4 out of 6

Category: Organization & Development
Type: Introductory Material

Question:
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

There is nothing that young people can teach older people.

Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.


Essay:
Young people activate

I don't assume that young people can teach older people nothing. Take I and my Grandma as an example. Because she didn't accept education before, she barely recognizes words. When she doesn't know how often she has to take the medicine I can tell her how. Also, I know that she relies on me pretty much.

Rather than teaching, I would like to say that young people "activate" things. Compared with the young, older people are more conservative. They are afraid to take a risk, try new things or unable to learn new things fast. My parents never think the political party which they don't support is doing the right thing. In my point of view, they're doing a right thing. Therefore, I tried challenging them: "Why they're doing incorrectly?" They were surprised but didn't know how to answer. Maybe, I just made them start to think from the other side by asking a question.

While young people doubt older people get used to agreeing on almost everything. Due to the tradition morale, they dare not to be out of discpline; and thus they lose chances to think BIG. I think that there is something young people can teach older ones. That is "Think Big."




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is adequately organized and developed
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