Difference Between Generation Z And The Silent Generation

The characteristics of human behaviour in today’s society are a differential example of how society was seventy years ago in terms of technological use. Since the invention of the fixed telephone in the early 19th century and further on, the 21st century advent of the mobile phone, this has further on influenced social change within the interaction and communication abilities of diverse generations of youth (Flinchy, 1997). This essay will examine and compare the use of mobile phones between Generation Z and the use of the telephone in the Silent Generation known as Generation Builders. Capabilities such as communication, behavioural standards of youth will further be examined in this essay. Complimentary to this, two retirees, Drex and Jacqueline …show more content…
An abundant example of consequence and respect towards elders is in the institution of education. Drex and Jacqueline together remark that education was both strict and punctilious, both continued to establish that respect was based around wether or not a specific teacher was simply good or bad. Quote “If someone was messing around, they would be told to stop, if they didn’t stop they would be ejected from the class, maybe go to the principals office, or even maybe get the cane” Mr Tottman comments, On the other hand, Jacqueline who attended Victor Harbor High School quoted in her interview “The teacher was boss, if you misbehaved you’d get sent to the office, the boys got the cut and the girls got suspended” On the other hand, this challenges the idea that today’s youth respect towards a teacher is based on how the teacher responds to behavioural issues such as the disturbance of the mobile phone during class time. In concern, the potential distraction caused by students using their mobile devices has resulted in frustrated teachers confiscating the device. This leads to the potential negative attitude towards the teacher via the student since a particular device has been seized. One example is evident in a recent Daily Mail article (Robinson, 2015) where an out-of-control student got into a violent confrontation with a teacher after their phone was confiscated during class. The result of what has occurred brings distress when it is realised that this particular student was in grade 9. This teacher was forced to not retaliate, but resist further action as the teacher potentially could lose their job over another student’s behavior and