A very self-important college freshman
attending a recent football game, took it upon himself to explain to a senior
citizen sitting next to him why it was impossible for the older generation to
understand his generation. 'You grew up in a different world, actually an
almost primitive one,' the student said, loud enough for many of those nearby
to hear. 'The young people of today grew up with television, jet planes, space
travel, man walking on the moon, our spaceships have visited Mars. We have
nuclear energy, electric and hydrogen cars, computers with light-speed
processing and,' pausing to take another drink of beer.
The Senior
took advantage of the break in the student's litany and said, 'You're right,
son. We didn't have those things when we were young........so we invented
them. Now, you arrogant little twerp, what are you doing for the next
generation?'
The applause was resounding...
I love senior
citizens
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The truth hurts, but the "ME" generation needs to take it to heart, as so far all I've seen them do is take, not give anything.
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The Texan wrote: The truth hurts, but the "ME" generation needs to take it to heart, as so far all I've seen them do is take, not give anything.
That is sort of their jobs, until they get to their productive years. Our jobs are to teach them about this world they are in and give them the skills to contribute to it. So in other words, they take (knowledge) from us just like we took (knowledge) from our forefathers.
At least the kids I work with (at church and at the HS band) seem to be eager to move this world forward. Some are a bit naive, but hopefully they will get over that without getting disillusioned.
10tca01 wrote: I want to move the world forward. Help improve it in some way, shape or form.
As a parent (and a teacher), that's what I want to hear from my kids/students. However, to get to that point, they need to "take" from me the knowledge I got over these past many years. We as a society would not get very far if we had to re-invent the wheel every generation.
Doug4.7 wrote: At least the kids I work with (at church and at the HS band) seem to be eager to move this world forward. Some are a bit naive, but hopefully they will get over that without getting disillusioned.
When I was in high school, our band went to the Duncanville Marching Contest every year, and the emcee was usually a local talk radio celebrity.
When the judges were tallying the scores after the finals, he would always give a speech about "kids thee days". His point was that when somebody says that phrase, they usually mean it to be derogatory, but he encouraged the audience that when they hear somebody say, "kids there days. . . ", to say, "Aren't they great?" and tell them what you'd seen there. Sportsmanship, hard work, dedication, teamwork, art, cooperation, etc.
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I have never subscribed to the theory that it's harder to grow up today than it was for us or for any other generation. While the trappings and outside influences may be different, it is the same for a young person today as it was for one in the Roman Empire or 1600s France.
Like Doug said, youngsters learn from their elders and make the world into their own vision. As far as their qualities, there have been lazy and irresponsible youths throughout history. But at the same time, would you trade our young men and women serving overseas for any other generation?
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