Joella: Are you saying that being traditional is wrong? Are you implying that remembering our culture is wrong too? I personally believe that we should remember our traditional beliefs and continue to pass them down to all the future generations. Our ancestors have worked so hard to continue passing down the beliefs, are you just going to let their efforts go to waste? Parents may nag us to follow the same traditions, but we do have to take into consideration their feelings about them and not ignore their words, after all, they do care for our safety and would rather ask us follow the long routines.Therefore, adults need not learn about the ‘newer’ norms and abandon traditions.
Li-Shann: Yes. The traditions are really important and needs to be preserved for the future generations. But don’t you think that it is also important for the adults to keep themselves updated with the newest technology and softwares to carry out their jobs in a more efficient manner? For example, right now, we’re discussing this on google docs before posting this debate on the blog. Google docs allows us to communicate and type things in a document simultaneously. My mom, who’s a teacher also uses google docs to communicate with her students or share documents. So you see, sometimes it’s better to at least know about these softwares.
Anna: True that your mother is able to make good use of technology; however, what if traditional methods aren’t actually bad at all? Take for example, making wine. Using traditional methods to make wine is better than modern methods, as traditional methods make the wine sweeter. It also makes the wine more natural than normal. Thus, adults do not need to necessarily be faulted in an area they may not have a forte in, but rather be looked up to as role models with their efficient and traditional methods as well.
Li-Shann: I'm not saying that traditional methods are bad. I'm just saying that maybe adults could learn about our latest technology from teenagers, the same way we can learn traditional methods from them.
Joella: Basically, I am also talking about societal norms. For example, most adults now and in the past usually wish their friends ‘Happy Birthday’ in person or by calling them up. However, most teenagers these days are simply wishing their friends on Facebook, which is a social networking website. Another example would be chatting with friends. Do you often see adults talking on social networking websites with their friends? I doubt it, and even if it does happen, it’s still rare. Teenagers are speaking more to their friends online, and they are more open, usually saying things that they won’t say in person. I do feel that this may cause a negative impact on their lives. What if one day people start feeling awkward to talk to one another in person? Which is why I’m saying that adults need not change their ways and learn about the newest technology.
Jaime: I think you have a good point there, and adults can still stick to their traditional methods to carry out different tasks in daily lives. Both teenagers and adults can learn from each other actually, whether technology is involved or not.
Li-Shann: I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU JOELLA.
But instead of only focusing on the bad points of technology and how we use it. Why not think about the positive aspects of it. Like how social networking sites like facebook help us connect with old friends and people that we may not be able to talk to on a daily basis. You say adults are rarely seen chatting online. But i think the reason why is cuz they DON'T KNOW HOW TO. That time i posted a status and my dad commented " Hi Shann." I said hi back and 10 minutes later he called me and said " Eh. Now i cannot type anymore."
So you see, sometimes it's not because they don't want to. But they can't. And also facebook can help us communicate with one another for free. Texting is not.
Joella: Yes, and here is another example to further substantiate my point. Sometimes when we try to explain something, it is also better to do it in person, where we can use hand gestures or demonstrate how something is to be carried out. Sure, we can always start talking to our friends with a few clicks, and now we can even do it anywhere if we have smartphones. However, don't you find that talking to friends in person would be rarer? Shouldn't we treasure the time we have with our friends?
Take me for example, whenever my friend asks me to explain a mathematics problem to her, I do find it difficult as there are limited symbols on the computer to type our equations and sometimes i can't really explain the whole method just by typing it down, but by explaining it carefully in detail by drawing and doing it in person, it helps so much more, as my friend would know how i achieved the method and know how to exactly apply it in the maths problem.
Anna and Joella: In conclusion, we do feel that adults need not learn so much about technology and be as tech savvy as teenagers. Some adults have lived without the help of technology for a period of time in the past, and some are even unable to afford buying computers. Does this mean that they would die because they cannot make use of technology? Does technology keep us alive like how oxygen does? The correct answer would be no. Technology is indeed useful in many ways, but we shouldn't force adults into thinking that technology is everything in the world, and everything that they would need. There are many more examples but of course we would not need to further go into detail. Traditional methods may really prove to be more efficient than technology in many ways.
Jaime and Li-Shann: Thank you for your stand and ideas towards this discussion. However in our conclusion, our stand is that we feel that adults should learn from teenagers in terms of technology and how we use in our daily lives. Technology is something that most adults may not be very familiar with, as compared to teenagers. Adding to that, adults can also learn from our positive and lively attitude.
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