I know i left the blog not updated for a while, and i apologize for that. I just got my final results out not long ago, i would say i did okay. I got 71% as an average, good enough to apply for Monash University. Speaking of that, i did that today, i applied for Bachelors in Arts merely because of the subject flexibility and the subjects (major and minor) provided in comparison of the Bachelors in Communications where the pathway is already been set and done. Hopefully i will be able to successfully be accepted in to Monash.

Well, as the title of my blog post today has spoken i would like to discuss or rather rant about the evolving contemporary era vs. the family life nowadays.

As i progressed through my Geography and Social Science class, i began to see the wider picture of how the education inflation, the media influences, mentality and attitude of the people today are actually going backwards to the agricultural era, where children are viewed as an economical asset rather than a psychological aspect of life. But of course, education wasn't as important back then if compared to now, but the viewpoint of children being a economical asset still remains and lingers in the society, not just Malaysia but many other countries also.

In the late 19th centuries where education was put as a compulsory implementation and a right for children, parents of the people than started to discover the importance of physiological involvement in their child's daily life, would greatly affect the child's development and well-being in the future. However, child labor is still practiced in more rural or less educated areas in the world. Based by the story of my grandmother's life and my mother's back in the 1950s (the baby boomer period), the poorer people would still need to give up education to work to support their large extended family members, but of course it would be a totally different perspective if we were to consider that people then lived in large families.

People of the 20th century or rather the 'contemporary' era should be more educated in terms of mentality and the way of thinking... that what we all assumed it to be, however the sad truth is that, No. Not everyone is. Like every other people whom views the world in the same depth that i do, would call this the 3rd world mentality. Sad to say, but majority of the Malaysian practices this, whether it be in driving or handling their family problems.

I wouldn't dare say that during this period of time, that education isn't important. Yes, it's very important, but there must be a balance between studies and family time. I would say that 80% of the Malaysian teens don't spend family time together anymore. They wouldn't discuss personal problems, or talk about any other things with their parents. I do share things with my parents, but of course it would all fail miserably. My mother especially. I do truly detest her attitude problem. I understand that she is in her menopause stage but still, take the time and listen to people before you start yelling at people, saying that they don't understand.

Let me say something for most the teens out there. We do understand, we know that there is work stress and financial stress. We know. However, what we teens really want, is simply to have someone who would sit down, and listen. Someone who would, listen and THINK rationally and consider the words before it comes out from the mouth. Come on, we are all educated people, we need to sit down, and discuss. Not fight, argue or yell. It ain't solving anything. Nothing can be done with that.

I am disgusted with people who only knows how to judge people without looking at their self. Truly is a shameful thing to do, especially when you speak of somebody's attitude without looking at yours which actually have the same attitude problem.

Please, dear readers, look at yourself and ask.

If you hate a person's attitude, personality or any other things, please, please, PLEASE look at yourself and ask, am i like that too?

If you truly hate that attitude of that person, and you are hurt or angry by that. Put yourself in their shoe, think and consider about the other person's feeling. Wouldn't they hate it too?

I would mimic my mum's attitude and give the same treatment to her when she does it. And when i did it, she hated it. Then i would always pop the questions, You hate it right? What about me when you do it to me? Because now, i am your reflection. I do, what you do to me.

For all the parents out there,

please think deeply for a few moment. Is your parenting style correct? Are you seeing your child as an long-term investment program? Let me remind you, whether we teens are modernized by globalization or not. We're still humans. We are still your children. We have feelings. We have our own problems too. So please sit down and listen sometime, because you may not be always right.

That's all that i am going to post for today.

Hopefully, things will settle for the better.

Onwards to a better day.

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