There goes the neighborhood

In my neighborhood there are a clash of generations.  My parents generation all live in the same area and/or the same house in some cases.  There is an increasing number of newer families coming into the neighborhood and some of them disagree with what the older parents have.  My parents did not come from Chicago so they aren't really part of it but even so some of the newer parents put them with the older generation.  I've noticed this not as much on my block but more the old school and parish I attended, Queen of Angels Elementary School and Parish.

I started to notice this as I got older and it was because a lot of newer families started to move in. They came in and started to "take over" control in a lot of the committees at school.  In the neighborhood as well they started to change a lot of things that had stayed the same for many years, some for the best.  Within the school the "older families" that had been in the neighborhood for many years didn't like the change and began to complain.  Things started to change in the grades below me, but things stayed the same for my class. Things were changing and people didn't like it.

Overall, the newer families were doing what they thought best for their kids.  But, the older families didn't like the change and gave them a hard time and it was like a civil war with in the school.  The events ran their course and people are still not getting along unfortunately.  So for the time being it will be Young vs. Old.  Neither side will adopt the changes and with that will come controversy over anything that happens with in the school.  This is happening all over and it shouldn't happen because everyone should try to compromise and move on with life.