草莓世代 The Strawberry Generation
The generation of young people in their twenties has been given a nickname: the strawberry generation. They have a reputation of being lazy, irresponsible, and fragile. In comparison with their parents’ generation, they indeed have a very different philosophy of life.
Most of the strawberry generation have grown up carefree. They don’t have to worry about the finance of the family and they grew up with allowances in their pockets all the time supplied by their parents. They are demanded to study hard and they are always busy commuting between cram schools, regular schools, and their home. They are not required to do any housework or get acquainted with the changes of society. In other words, they are supposed to construct their world with nothing but textbooks. Their first change of learning about the real world does not arrive until they have achieved their goal: entering into a university.
When they eventually go into the real world, they realize that studying is not the only thing in the life. So they begin to value recreation--such as shopping, playing games, surfing the internet--more than studying. They may also hear many stories about how to make a fortune without spending time on books and wealth: being a vendor in the night market or playing on-line games in international competitions. There are also people who don’t need to be well-achieved at all; they can simply inherit the huge fortunes of their parents. Growing up in this environment, the strawberry generation naturally would not devote their whole life to their career. Pleasure has become a priority in their lives.
The strawberry generation may symbolize the corruption of the hard-working Taiwanese spirit, although we really can’t deny that they surely know how to make their life enjoyable.
The generation of young people in their twenties has been given a nickname: the strawberry generation. They have a reputation of being lazy, irresponsible, and fragile. In comparison with their parents’ generation, they indeed have a very different philosophy of life.
Most of the strawberry generation have grown up carefree. They don’t have to worry about the finance of the family and they grew up with allowances in their pockets all the time supplied by their parents. They are demanded to study hard and they are always busy commuting between cram schools, regular schools, and their home. They are not required to do any housework or get acquainted with the changes of society. In other words, they are supposed to construct their world with nothing but textbooks. Their first change of learning about the real world does not arrive until they have achieved their goal: entering into a university.
When they eventually go into the real world, they realize that studying is not the only thing in the life. So they begin to value recreation--such as shopping, playing games, surfing the internet--more than studying. They may also hear many stories about how to make a fortune without spending time on books and wealth: being a vendor in the night market or playing on-line games in international competitions. There are also people who don’t need to be well-achieved at all; they can simply inherit the huge fortunes of their parents. Growing up in this environment, the strawberry generation naturally would not devote their whole life to their career. Pleasure has become a priority in their lives.
The strawberry generation may symbolize the corruption of the hard-working Taiwanese spirit, although we really can’t deny that they surely know how to make their life enjoyable.