Sunday, February 8, 2009 - 5:47 AM
Reflection~Little Ironies- The Taximan's story
This is a story about young people in modern day society. It is written in an interesting format-the story is actually a conversation between a cabby and his passenger. The cabby tells of young people these days and their disappointing behaviour contrary to their parents' "ideal youth" wish.Of course this is not entitled "Little Ironies" for nothing. The irony in this story is the actions of the cabby's daughter. In the story, the cabby stresses on the importance of watching over youths as they are naive and are easily swayed by others. He dislikes their misbehaviours and complains that they are useless. Ironically, his daughter turned out to be one of these "misguided" youths.
This is, by opinion, definitely realistic. However, this is a heartbreaking reality. It is hard to imagine that a youth, cuddled and raised, would resort to such ridiculous actions.
I sympathize for the taximan but I am not on his side. New generations herald new troubles and as a father, the taximan should be prepared for this. Even in the beginning, the taximan should be aware of the potential that Lay Choo would become like modern day youths. As a caregiver, it is his duty to observe Lay Choo's progress. I am not saying that he should not trust his daughter, but just watch out for her.
In the end, I guess it is up to the youth himself or herself. What can we do if they persistantly defy us? The best course of action, in my opinion, is to help the child as much as possible and, definitely, trust them.
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