Different But The Same

Different But the Same

Jay B. Sentillas

From the Generation X, Baby Boomers, Millennials and now the Generation Z or the Centennial Generation, what other labels could be said so to explicitly describe each apart?

Every generation has their signature traits, language, practices, style, habits, and all other commonly observable characteristic behaviors that define them as they are. They are uniquely simple and complicated both at the same time. One shouldn’t bother much to think about why this is. Each of which is unique and it’s never really about who is better at what but it is about how different everyone just is. This Generation Z, for instance, without real comparison, shows their caliber in so many different ways from their interest in lifestyle, music, sports, media, entertainment, culture, fashion, and whatever trends there are at present. For a few or so times, each generation is compared to the next or the one before them and this keeps up with every generation overlap.

The world has grown well and yes each one must continue to believe so and not focus on everything that could possibly be wrong with it. Oftentimes, one can simply think from their own generation standpoint how things don’t pan out the way they want them to be with their teachers, parents or elders, so to speak. Generation gap can be a culprit for this though each band of generation learns and keeps intellectually and emotionally growing exponentially with the right attitude and values there is to look forward to keeping the balances on the scale of judgement. There are things that may not be so acceptable in the generation that has become and the one before them and it goes all the way through existing generations at present and in the past. Should there be an exact definition for each or the utter confusion of which generation is good, best or better? These have been answered for several occasions over and as social anthropologists all over social media have keenly quoted that despite the social diversity of the times, the generations’ X, Y, and Z exhibit differences in many things that may actually be looked into, in a cross-referenced point of view. This is a standpoint by which all other differences in these generations can be considered as a product of evolution and cultural influence.

Regardless of the generation label everyone else fits in, one must consider to understand that each generation has an edge over the other and that each with their individual inexactitudes pales by comparison from the other since all exhibit both weak and strong points. ‘Nothing more means nothing less’ is one principle everyone should put to mind when deciding whether or not they are inciting a world divided by generation gaps or establishing a culture imbibed with acceptance and the positivity of making things work for the greater good. No generation then is better that the other even with that difference in the timeline they all significantly fall under. We all have rights, opinions, beliefs, expectations, norms, idiosyncrasies, privileges, preferences, and even dreams. We belong to different groups, religion, culture, politics, races, gender, castes, countries, and what not. Truly, we all fight for something. We all have one thing in common though, we are all different but we are all just the same.