Major Findings From The Interview: My Grandfather

Major Findings from the Interview:
Technology has vastly improved over my grandfather’s lifetime. Technology is incorporated in a lot of people’s lives. As my grandfather mentions, most teenagers who sit down to have a family meal will have their phones by them. Since technology is extremely incorporated in our lives, it is completely normal for people to be holding two conversations at the same time. One of those conversations can be through texting and another conversation can be in person. Another important topic my grandfather and I discussed was equality. Although equality has gotten better, some people will always feel they are better than others. My grandfather does mention he thinks the government has improved in the issue regarding …show more content…
As time pass, the government has been enforcing those laws more now. I think this has a lot to do with our world becoming more globally and locally connected through technology. If people feel they are not being treated equally, they can record a video and post it online. This video can be seen by hundreds, thousands or millions of people all over the world instantly. If the person who is mistreating another person is not punished properly, then there will be a public outrage. An example is of a police officer mistreating a person because of that person’s race and there is video of this encounter. The video is then seen by thousands of people. If the police officer is not properly punished, the police department will get a lot of pressure from the public and this can cause the department issues. However, back when my grandfather was growing up and the same thing happens, the police officer will most likely not get punished because there were no recordings. Another finding I though was important was the occupations that most people wanted to go into. The medical, legal and engineering fields are still desirable fields today. The only difference is technology is a desirable field as well …show more content…
So when I spoke to him I realized how much change he has experienced in his life. My grandfather went from growing up without the technology to having technology become such an important part of society. These days’ five-year-old children are more efficient with technology then the older generations. My grandfather mention technology has made it easier to get into connect with another person. When my grandfather was growing up, he did not have a cell phone he could carry around with him. Trying to get in touch with someone is almost instant now. My grandfather did not even have email. If he needed to send something to someone he had to mail it through the post office. It could take weeks for the person to get back to him. With email it could take less then a minute. I am glad I was born in a generation with technology. I also realized how open my grandfather is to change. Now a day’s, women and girls are dressing more provocative and I always assumed my grandfather never liked that. However, I do think I got that assumption from my parents and not my grandfather. My parents would always tell me to dress really conserved around my grandparents. I was completely surprised by his answer on whether or not teenagers are dressing appropriately. He said the clothing people wear are a form of expression and as long as they talk with their parents about it, then they should be allowed to