Society
is constantly changing and the way it was even 5 years back, is now history.
We, as children, were happy with our geometry box, a few Barbie dolls and one
or two cartoon series on television. However, look at our kids now. They have
fascination towards iPhones, PSPs, iPads and what not. God! Did we even know
what things are these when we were of their age?
15-20
years back, how did you communicate with your relatives staying abroad? Either
by sending them a telegram or with the help of telegraph, that too once or
twice a month or so as the costs were too much. Now, do you think our children
will wait to talk to their friends staying in some other country for a month?
They will just send them a SMS and wait for their instant replies. Now, they do
not think whether to write their message through a telegram or telegraph, but
they simply think about changing how their phone looks. My son had a Blackberry
and recently, when his BB was only 6 months old, he bought an iPhone. Now,
don’t know after 6 more months what he will going to ask me for!
Hence,
there is no stopping for these changes and being a witness of all these changes
in my life, I can easily say that there are more to come. Our kids are
experiencing something new today and my grandchildren will experience far
better than what we see today. Telegraph has converted to iPhone, and with
time, iPhone will get converted to something else, and the only thing we can do
is wait and watch!
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From our
dresses to our accessories, there is a change in every single thing. The other
day I visited London for some work and the hotel where I was staying had a
Jacuzzi bathroom. At first, I didn’t know what it is all about, but when the
time came for me to take a nice and warm bath, I was surprised. Can a simple
bathtub be that stylish and luxurious? I remember when I was a kid, I used to
get excited by seeing a shower only, and now when after coming back home I told
about my experience in the hotel to my son, he said, “Dad, are you serious you
didn’t know about a Jacuzzi? It is in fashion now and I want it in my bathroom
after some years, please.” I was surprised.
Fashion
Phobia
In my
childhood, a typical jeans and a shirt was all we had to buy as new clothes.
Even my sister had a few jeans and tees to wear, but now, the fashion industry
is blooming with new trends every single day. The fashion shows, great garment
sales and what not. A simple piece of cloth is now made into different pieces
of clothing, of different styles and shape. That’s what fashion is all about,
isn’t it?
Language Evolution
Do you
remember answering your mom on phone with TTYL and GN? Or did you ever told
your friends to chillax and lol? No, you didn’t as these terms were
not born in our time. However, our kids now have different ways to express
their feelings. Cool, what do you think?
“Communication”
Gap
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Changing
Classrooms (Image: medico-innovation.dk)
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Educational
Innovations
For me,
education was all about going to my school and college regularly and missing a
class meant loads of copying from my friend’s notebooks the other day. However,
with so much of technological advancement, our kids can now acquire knowledge
being at home itself. My best friend’s daughter is pursuing her MBA under a
reputed UK University in distance mode. She stays with her family in our
neighbourhood in Florida but she had dreams of attending a management course from
UK. Due to some financial constraints, she couldn’t opt for a regular course
there and my friend enrolled her to her favourite subject in a distance mode
under her preferred university. She is now in love with whatever the online MBA
course has to offer to her. You can visit this site
to know more about such courses.
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