A woman 40 years older than me: Eliza
How was she expected to be? Eliza told me she was expected to be responsible, married, a good mother and house wife. How was she supposed to behave? She was to behave good and a role model to her kids. She was supposed to be a strong woman not weak. What were her goals? Her goals were to be a really good parent, finish college, and to do as good as she could in her job. What was considered an inappropriate attitude? Eliza said being disrespectful to anyone, not being loyal to her husband, and being prejudice of others.
A man 40 years older than me: Juan
How was he expected to be? Juan said he was expected to be friendly, athletic, courteous, happy, have a job, and go to college. How was he supposed to behave? He was supposed to behave responsible, polite, not wild, and smart. What where your goals? Juans goals were to by a home, have a family, and to own his own business. What was considered and inappropriate attitude? Being disrespectful to parents and elders, going out to much, not taking care of his responsibilities and family.
A woman 20 years older than me: Eva
How was she expected be? Eva was expected to be smart and know right from wrong. How was she suppose to behave? She was supposed to be responsible, and adult. What were her goals? Her goals were to get an education, become a good parent, a homeowner and get a good job. What was considered an inappropriate attitude? Eva said what was considered wrong was to put her self down, to go out to much, and to be irresponsible.
A man 20 years older than me:
How was he expected to be? He told me he was expected to be mature and responsible. How was he supposed to behave? He was to behave respectful, sometimes careless cause he was still young, he was to know right from wrong. What were his goals? His biggest goal was to get a higher education and to get a good job in computers. What was considered and inappropriate attitude? He said acting like a hoodlum, being disrespectful and being mean to others or putting others down.
Compared to a twenty year olds today I think twenty year old back then had better manners and goals. Most of todays twenty year old are reckless and somewhat careless. They do not have the same principles and respect for other like twenty year old back than did. However not all twenty year old are the same and share the same goals. But you can tell the expectations for young adults has gone down.
I like how you broke each convo up for your report on everyone you spoke with. I noticed that most of their responses seem to be that they were expected to be polite and not disrespectful. I probably sound like every other person who is 20 years older than me, but I have to agree that the younger generations do seem to lack respect for others. I believe that we have become more accepting of others to the degrees that still satisfy our own ideologies. One example is that it wouldn't shock a twenty year old to see a person covered in tattoos with a wild haircut, so because of this people think that we have become more open and accepting. I disagree with this because when I am holding my girlfriends hand in public places I get more dirty looks and snickers(not the yummy kind) from younger people than I do from older people.I am female btw. As much as the older generations may not accept that she is my partner, they certainly don't laugh or say disrespectful things openly in public nearly as often as people in their late teens and twenties.
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