CAE essay Young people and the elderly It is often claimed that the elderly play an essential role in young people's lives. Some people with progressive ideas maintain that old people are stuck in the past and, therefore, they are out of touch with the real world. On the other hand, others contend that learning from the elderly is inspiring and fruitful. In this essay I shall consider two of the proposed areas. To begin with, it is said that grandparents have a great influence on young people's choices when it comes to getting a new job. Not only could they teach us about their lives in the labour market, but also how to be outstanding employees. What is more, some of them might have ended up working under abussive conditions or in dead-end jobs with the unique purpose of making a living. For this reason, I do believe that they can give us practical advice to find the most profitable job for us. When it comes to the financial aspect of our everyday life, it is well-known that they always encourage the young to be sensible and not to spend money carelessly. Many people assume that this advice is influenced by their experience of famine and poverty which came as a consequence of the wartime in the beginning of the 20th century. In view of the above argument, I do believe that the elderly might enrinch subtantially our knowledge of the labour market and I am convinced that they would be very helpful to find the job of our dreams.