Generation gap

Questions

1. What is a generation gap?
2. What causes generation gaps to form?
3. What role does music play in generation gaps?
4. When do you feel the generation gap the most?
5. When did you first become an adult in your mind?
6. Have you ever felt a generation gap with your friends?
7. Can you talk to your parents about everything?
8. How many years difference causes a generation gap?

Videos

We asked people of all ages what advice they would give to someone younger than they are.
We asked people of all ages the same question. What’s your biggest regret? Who’s your biggest celebrity

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crush? What’s your goal in life? From 5-year-olds to 75-year-olds, take a look at what people of every consecutive age think about their life experience.

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Keywords: Advice | Age | Generation gap
FBE

Watch the kids try and figure out how to use a 1970’s era computer in another special Old Technology episode!

Category:  Technology
Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs “childish” thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids’ big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with grownups’ willingness to

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learn from children as much as to teach.

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Category:  Education & Language

Vocabulary:
cove
secluded
float
shore
anchor
lighthouse
greenhouse
handsaw
hammer
power tool
nail
board (noun)
ton
land sick
biomass
canoe
paddle
real estate
prosper
fulfilled

Expressions:
subsistence living
hon

Vocabulary:
word
word
word
word
word
word
word
word
word

Expressions:
expression
expression
expression
expression

Vocabulary:
prestigious
involuntary
swindler
fraudulence
unwarranted
concern
unfounded
impostor
syndrome
faculty
pervasive
prevalent
disproportionately
underrepresented
downplay
abnormality
self-esteem
spiral
accolade
threshold
susceptible
voice (verb)
peer
dismiss
excel
ease
mentor
competence
banish
frank

Expressions:
nagging doubt
shake a feeling
put something to rest
surefire way

Vocabulary:
filmmaker
principle
handcuff
clown
distill
underdog
aspect
familiar
unfamiliar
chopsticks
keyboard
organic
grounded
clarity
stuntman
steady
gag
perfectionist
rhythm
distinct
continuity
elbow
bunch
flail around
unlike
invincible
impressive
humanize
asset
payoff
relentlessness
finale

Expressions:
kick ass
going above and beyond
get smacked in the face
sell a joke

Vocabulary:
explosion
smoke (noun)
engine
unique
pilot
route
unemotional
terror
instant
reach out (to someone)
postpone
urgency
purpose
regret
humanity
ego
reflect
eliminate
frame (verb)
artistic
talent
bawl
miracle

Expressions:
bucket list
brace for impact
mend fences
make sense
connecting dots