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In modern times, grandparents cannot give their grandchildren useful advice because the world of today and the world of 50 years ago are too difficult?By 彭雅文Indeed, the world had changed a lot during the past 50 years, in social formation and in science and technology, but such things as human nature and moral virtues stay the same. As a result, grandparents’ advice could always light us in darkness. To start with, grandparents’ suggestion sometimes can be regard as a warning, since they know more about human’s vice and virtue. No matter what we learn and what we do, the virtues, such as diligence, kindness and courage, are what we should bear in mind. However, it is human nature that makes us lazy in hand in assignments, selfish in balancing the gains and losses, and coward in confronting difficulties. In this occasion, we do need some external forces to help us resist the temptation of being corrupted and our grandparents’ warning is definitely an effective one. Having experienced so much twists and turns in lives, our grandparents could show us a lesson by their own experience. In the meantime, grandparents are so intimate to us that we are more likely to accept their opinions. Thus, grandparents’ advice may help us correct our defects and perfect our nature.Next, as grandparents, often in their 50s or above, know more about what they really want, they can help us make decisions in life. It is quite easy for teenagers to fall into a dilemma. For instance, we have to hesitate between the temporary pleasure and lasting peace, between money and conscience, and between ideal and reality and so on. Take my personal experience as an illustration. When I graduated from university, I got offers from two companies: one was a foreign trade corporation that means high salary but intense work pressure; the other was an education institution that provides low salary but my ideal occupation. Tossing and turning in bed for nights, I did not find an answer. Then it was my grandm