Young Versus Old

Young Versus Old
In my community I have two groups of people that just don’t seem to get along. One group is the
younger people of the area, and the other group is the older senior citizens that live in the community. The
older people have complained that the younger people are irresponsible, destructive and rude. The younger
people of the area have protested the construction of a retirement home in the community, saying that the
older people are boring, old fashioned and complain too much. I feel that bringing these two groups
together and making them see the things they share in common will be rather easy to accomplish.
Much of the prejudice that the two groups have against each other is based on rumors or
something only one member of that group has done. The older people see a couple of younger people
riding their skate boards on their street and they assume that all young people are going to take over their
streets with skate board riding. The younger crowd may see some senior citizens complaining of service at
a restaurant and assume that all older people are picky and rude. The prejudices are of course wrong, the
solution is to show the two groups the positive aspects of the other group.
For the younger crowd I would set up a community service through the school to visit retirement
homes and help the elderly with chores and other odd jobs. These could be set up through the Honor
Society at the school, and the Student Council. These two group...

Young Versus Old

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