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In Indonesia, It's Hard to Win an Argument with Older People Even Though You're right.

So Indonesia is country full of cultural and moral values. And one of the cultural values that we have and need to respect no matter what is that we have to show ultimate respect to people who are older than us. So then it's a bit hard to actually win an argument with somebody older than you even though you're right. Especially if that somebody is a really old somebody who came from the 70s or 80s. I mean the cultural value itself isn't necessarily bad. If anything, it's actually good and it makes a lot of sense. But on the actual field, the elders tend to think they're always right just because they've lived longer and experienced a lot more in life.

Well some elders aren't like that I have to admit. Some of them are really open-minded and for that very reason I feel incredibly grateful. But those who think that the road they venture are the best, they suck. A lot. And to change this tradition would take a great deal of time. And by a great deal of time, I mean a great deal of time. We probably need to wait until their whole generation are off the Earth.

I've tried to reason with a lot of elders about what I think is right and what most people think is right with appropriate reasons of course. But hey, guess what? Some of them are really really annoying. And I couldn't even begin to tell you how annoying they are. I have no idea where to start and what words to use. I mean my incredibly annoying PE teacher dogmatised each and every one of us with a theory (or a fact to her) that she believed is right. She said that push ups can make you taller. Now believe me when I said this but I've done my research and in every website I found it said that push ups can't make you taller and have no effects whatsoever in your height development. I'm seriously too tired to pick a fight with her but the most important thing is that I know she is wrong. She IS wrong.

Anyway, that's just how I think. And I'm not as closed-minded as that unbelievably annoying PE teacher of mine so feel free to send me your opinions and suggestions, dear readers. Have a nice day.

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