My daily schedule is to wake up, go to class, do my homework, eat and hang out with my friends. I think my life is too boring and I was really surprised when I heard my parents talking about their childhood, I was jealous of them. According to Tran (personal communication, March 2, 2014), children could go out with their friends without permission because they just 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 because of the status of the country, its food resources, education and health care. To understand the reason why I make this decision, I will first explain the difference in the country's situation, and then I will give my comparisons between two lives, from time to time, based on the three aspects I gave from afar. My mother said that she This generation grew up during the post-Vietnam War (1945-1975) (Vu, personal communication, March 3, 2014). At that time, the government had various problems to resolve. 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, because it contributed to the civil war in Cambodia in the 1960s and 1970s (Szakmary, nd, npg), Vietnam was unable to receive international support. The only country that could help Vietnam during this period was Russia (Russia strengthens ties…, 2013, npg). It is for this reason that the Vietnamese government finally had the chance to lead the country itself out of the crisis. His efforts paid off immensely. Since the 1990s, Viet Nam has changed enormously (Changes in V...... middle of paper ......hí Minh [Fight against food shortage, illiteracy and invaders at the call of the patriotic emulation of Ho Chi Minh] Accessed March 4, 2014 at 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). Retrieved March 6, 2014 from http://vietnamnews.vn/society/235070/chicken-pox-sufferers-urged-to-undergo-treatment.htmlVisit the Mekong (nd). March 6, 2014 from http://www.visit-mekong.com/vietnam/food.htmWhole grains Council: An oldways program (nd) Retrieved March 4, 2014 from http: //wholegrainscouncil.org/whole-grains-. 101/types-of-rice