My daily schedule is to wake up, go to class, do homework, eat and go out with my friends. I think my life is too boring and I was really surprised when I heard my parents talk about their childhood, I was jealous of them. According to Tran (personal communication, March 2, 2014), children were allowed to go out with their friends without permission because they only needed to go to class in the afternoon and so on. Sometimes I wish I could exchange my life with that of my parents. However, I realize that the life of a teenager today is better than in my parents' time due to the country's status, food resources, education and healthcare. To understand why I make this decision, I will first explain the difference in the country's situation, then I will make my comparisons between two lives, from time to time based on the three aspects I have given so far. My mother said that her generation grew up during the post-Vietnam War period (1945-1975) (Vu, personal communication, March 3, 2014). At that time the government had several problems to solve. The economy was exhausted, food could not be provided to everyone, civilians and the government had to face three different enemies: food shortage, illiteracy and invaders (Diet giac doi…, 2012, npg). Additionally, due to supporting Cambodia's civil war in the 1960s and 1970s (Szakmary, n.d., npg), Vietnam was barred from receiving international aid. The only country that could help Vietnam at that time was Russia (Russia strengthens ties…, 2013, npg). For this reason, the Vietnamese government finally had a chance to get the country out of the crisis. His efforts paid off tremendously. Since the 1990s, Vietnam has changed enormously (Changes in V...... middle of paper ......hí Minh [Fight against food shortages, illiteracy and invaders in an appeal to patriotic emulation of Ho Chi Minh] Retrieved March 4, 2014, from http://tennguoidepnhat.net/2012/03/02/di%E1%BB%87t-gi%E1%BA%B7c-doi-gi%E1 %BA%B7c-d% E1%BB%91t-gi%E1%BA%B7c-ngo%E1%BA%A1i-xam-trong-l%E1%BB%9Di-keu-g%E1%BB%8Di -trong-l%E1%BB%9Di-keu-g%E1%BB%8Di-thi-dua-ai-qu%E1%BB%91c-c%E1%BB%A7a-h/Vietnam News (2013) . undergo treatment. Retrieved March 6, 2014, from http://vietnamnews.vn/society/235070/chicken-pox-sufferers-urged-to-undergo-treatment.htmlVisit Mekong (n.d.). http://www.visit-mekong.com/vietnam/food.htm Whole Grains Advice: An Oldways Program (n.d.). //wholegrainscouncil.org/whole-grains-101/types-of-rice