The older generations tend to have very traditional ideas about how people should live, think and behave. However, some people believe that these ideas are not helpful in preparing younger generations for modern life. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this view?

It is true that the older generation, 1in most casesin most of the cases, adheres to many traditional 2values, beliefs, and old ways of thinkingvalues, belief and old way of thinking and many of these are not 3suitable for preparing young people to face challengessuitable to make the youngsters ready to take challenges in this modern era. There are still some values and traditions that are useful and 4the older generation should passolder generation should pass those values to the young people. To begin with, many 5ideas that the older generationideas that older generation still 6considers indispensablefinds unavoidable have become less relevant for the young generation and it is a good thing that the youngsters have less faith 7inon the superstitions our forefathers believed in. Besides, the traditional 8practice of educating a boy and bringing up a girlbelief of educating a boy and upbringing a girl so that he becomes the breadwinner and she can become a good housewife is no longer accepted 9inby the modern era. The traditional 10belief in fixed rolesbelief of fixed role for men and women 11isare no longer applicable to this 12advancedadvance era where people believe in gender equity. Furthermore, the modern generation no longer 13accepts the ideaagrees to take the fact that a student has to study to become either a doctor or an engineer. According to the old belief, these two are the careers someone must have. 14Over timeWith the time, 15education and career choices have become more variedstudy and career have become quite different and the older tradition is no longer acceptable now. Moreover, young adults these days choose their life partners and decide when to marry which 16contradictscontradicts with the old tradition. However, there are some traditional values that the youngsters should foster as those views are still beneficial and useful in this modern era. For instance, 17the older generation strongly believesold generation strongly believes in the importance of being honest and they would rather die 18than surrenderthan to surrender 19to corruptionto the corruption. If this generation can 20adopt this single traditional valueadapt to this single traditional value, the world would be a much better place. Our forefathers also valued the importance of working hard and taking pride in one’s dignity and work. These characteristics are ageless and should be passed to the new generation as well. We have become more materialistic and selfish these days while 21ourout older generation teaches us the value of family and society. The sense of community the senior people had 22isare exemplary and would establish better family, social and cultural bonding. To conclude, youngsters have to be ready to embrace the changed of the modern era while nurturing the traditional values that teaches them to have better future.