Got To Earn Your Stripes

Got To Earn Your Stripes

I heard this admission a few times in the past. It took them days and weeks to figure out how to turn on the CAPS LOCK on the smartphone.  That probably seems like a very small deal and you would be right.  No one cares when writing a text that you use proper capitalization and most of time, it will AUTOCORRECT for you.  That's when you realize you Got To Earn Your Stripes📗📙📘

Let's face it.  Given the atrocious grammar 'crimes' we have seen on social media these days, being unable to type a capital A in the middle of the sentence hardly seems like much to fuss about.  So, what's the fuss?  Because we have heard many dropouts [especially in the United States] who are now making millions of dollars a year with an APP he created while bored in a science class.  Indeed, it is difficult to fathom that level of success coming from the youngsters.  But instead if nitpicking, let's admit it, every generation has its unique qualities that continue to astound us as they Earned their Stripes way ahead💵💷💴

Let's step back and appreciate some of the obvious differences of today's generations.  For one thing, they continue to live with technology on a modern scale.  Ask around who has ever seen abacus, whew!  We should vividly remember the early days of the internet.  I remember I was billetted in a 5-star hotel in Mumbai which I called 'HOME' for about less than a year and there I was, patiently connecting to the internet via a 64kb modem connection.  But if there's something amiss these days, it is the fact that today's generation never feel that they Got To Earn their Stripes [because they got it] !@##$%❓❓❓

Not only have Millennials and Post-Millennials embraced technology, they have made it entirely their own and created a new economy and way of life.  So, have they Gotten Their Stripes?  For years now, we have come across articles and stories and tons and tons of opinion pieces in social media claiming that the modern generation is self-centered, uncaring and cynical❗❗❗

But from my limited vantage point, I see the opposite as true.  LIke Gen Z is opened to a wider view of the world and more connected to people from all walks of life.  Back to our life, I hope we never depart from this old-school of thought that we Got To Earn our Stripes because that's what it is in life❎❎❎