We like to detest people with authorities – though immediately we show we admire them, and some of us coy up to be obedient or turn out to be rebels, but realize their value much later in life.
Take your mother for example – she regimented you so much, that you just wanted to rebel around any activity. Not having milk on time, not having food, or playing a little longer when she tried calling you back home for studying or having food. Your inner feelings said, “Give me a break, and stop this clock.” You sought a refuge in your grandparent or an uncle or aunt or whoever pampered you as the blue eyed child.
Your Father – most of them would not have directly got involved, letting the mothers do the job. But those who do, also tend to set some rules, which the poor child has to comply with. Men being Men think instructions are like a computer program and will be followed to the T, till they discover all the bugs it has. This time most of you sought the refuge of your mother or grand parents and they came to your rescue.
Today one tends to live in a house with just a mother and father, and cared for by service sector (servants).
Your teacher, professors – engaging with them during the tenure, you would not think of so highly, because, they never understood you and only kept on proceeding with doing their jobs – sometimes being lax, strict, or partial – in which ever way you perceived it to be.
Some of us even went to the extent of being judgmental enough to label them and complain to our parents, friends of “They (teacher) don’t know their stuff”. That’s the way the current generation treats knowledge in the Knowledge Era – God Save them.
These three are the important tenets of shaping your character and what you are. This in itself leads us to a very basic tenet – our foundations. Asian systems were normally joint family based, with most of them also following the guru shishya parampara (mentor-pupil tradition), where knowledge was imparted and transferred as an expertise. Not certified as a degree or diploma.
In our quest for materialistic world, have dug a grave for the future generations? Grave Concern!.
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Good point raised. I think this issue of authority stems from a generation gap also, as the younger generation is used to so much freedom in terms of exposure to information and products , and hence, the decisions made, while the older generation comes from a time where age is revered, and wisdom is automatically attributed to experience and age.
ReplyDeletewhat has changed from when i was kid & now... my parents has stricter parents so they wanted to make sure they are liberal with us... but even after being liberal why is there an attitude?
ReplyDeleteauthority has always been questioned but if the clash results in a positive situation it helps all if not its just going no where!