2009年11月28日 星期六

The strawberry generation

Nowadays, everyone will use “The strawberry generation”on behalf of the younger generation. This word is used to express a generation who cannot bear too much stress; who is too vulnerable to stand the frustration from the reality society; who always pays their attention on the appearance but not the content of the things. In our daily life, the expression, the younger generation, always be replaced with the strawberry generation from the newspaper, magazines, and some news on TV, as well. However, in my point of view, I think that this stigma is not a correctly expression to indicate all of us, the younger generation. Most of the younger generations are always stuck to the sticker of the strawberry generations by the mass media; however, this is not a proper representative of us for not everyone of the generation is that kind of person they think. Therefore, when the working hard adults of this generation are seeking the new job, they always face the obstacles and cannot get the job smoothly just because the misunderstanding from the outside world. Moreover, nobody ever thinks that why the generation will become this kind of personality. They just contribute the reasons to the younger generations who are not working hard and just abandon themselves in the entertainment. However, as far as I am concerned, I think that part of the responsibilities come from their parents. Nowadays, many parents spoiled their children and give what they wants instead of teaching them the cruel of the real society. So that is why the new generations grow comfortably and frustrated seriously.
As for me, I think that I am a little bit like the generation of strawberry. Whenever the frustration comes, I always cannot stand the stress and do not want to face the music. However, I am not the pursuer of the appearance and the entertainment. Maybe my personality will change as soon as I step into the career life, and this is all I hope to, to strip the sticker of the strawberry generations.

2009年11月9日 星期一

The childhood dream

I usually look at my mistakes as experiences and lessons. From the very beginning, when I was young, I did some mistakes; the only thing I want to do next is fleeing away. However, when I grow up, I learn to face the mistakes what I had done, and try to solve them as soon as possible. No sooner than I learn to cope with my mistakes and I know that it is easy for me to admit what I have done and try to take the fault as an experience or lesson.
I define mistakes as a careless thought to affect our action. When someone is affected by the wrong thought, and then he or she may make the mistakes. The level of mistake could be from big to small. Some small mistake could only affect you, but the opposite could be very serious to influence your friends or family. However, it does not matter when someone makes the mistakes, but it is really important for all of us to cope with the mistakes personally. To cope with the mistakes, one should find the origin of them and solve the problem in it. Sometimes consult your friends or your parents for coping the mistakes is another good way for you to learn experience. Like the professor said in the video: “Experience is what you get when you did not get what you wanted.” “Most of what we learn, we learn it indirectly.”We learn indirectly from the mistake and get experience directly.
Yes, I think the way Prof. Pausch thought is the same as me. Mistakes are not important but the experience and lesson we gain from it directly is really the matter.