Tuesday, 9 September 2008

Generation Gab


I have a few teenagers friends. They are around 17-23 years old. Someday, we had topic of discussion. What would you miss, if we turn the clock to 50 years ago? I said nothing (but at last, I realized that I would miss my freezer). They said many things. Such as internet, TV, and off course, their NDS. I asked them back,
"What NDS?"
"It's a kind of new Nitendo. A portable one" They replied. I nodded. Later, I knew many things that portable such as PSP (Play Station Portable) as well as DVD player portable. Wow, anything is portable now! I did not know what was a cross in my mind, I asked them again.
"Do you know Karl May?"
"Who is he ???" They shook their head. At the same time. Then, I explained them who is Karl May and what he had written. About Winnetou, and about his adventures in Balkan and Arab that is known as Kara Ben Nemsi.

Then, I thought, that their views and mine were very different. I love and many old things. I told them, one thing that I would do, if we go back to 50 years ago was reading horse, and do some adventures. They shook their head. Did not understand my ideas. More over, when I told them about Karl May. I grew up with more natural and genuine life. With many good stories, that told were told parents and elder people. We learned wise things. It was when the number of TV's were very limited, and books seemed the only source of information. I remembered how I saw the world from books. I believe that books are the world's windows. Books became part of my life as well as NDS becomes part of their life today. I'm sure, that our view is also different.

Between generation, there is always be gab. But, it makes the world goes round, doesn't it? Only change, that never ends.

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