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At 11:19 AM 12/9/1999 -0500, P.K. Geevarghese wrote:
>Please remember that your character was shaped by those who were around
>you.  So, when you blame yourself, the truth is that you are blaming those
>who shaped your character!  Please take a sociology course, perhaps you
>may recognize it more when you recognize the reality of society.  Thank
>you for your response.  Professor Geevarghese.
>
>On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Vicky Love wrote:
>
>> Becoming aware of my character defects leads me to the next
step--blaming my
>> parents. :)  - Vicky Love (from an unidentified source!)
>>
>>
>> At 11:26 AM 12/8/1999 -0500, Steven Bird wrote:
>> >Notwithstanding P.K. Geevarghese's possibly valid observation (in some
>> >people's opinion), I do believe that the real message here is that the
more
>> >things change, the more they stay the same.  ;-)
>> >
>> >Steve Bird
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >At 12:38 PM 12/7/99 -0500, P.K. Geevarghese wrote:
>> >
>> >>Socrates did not know what we know now.  You and I and their parents made
>> >>them the way they are today.  Don't blame the young alone but 99% of the
>> >>blame goes to others like us and their parents.  Let's treat them better
>> >>and they will become better!  Dr. Geevarghese.
>> >>
>> >>On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Oralia Preble-Niemi wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>      "Youth today love luxury.  They have bad manners, contempt for
>> >>> authority, no respect for older people, and talk nonsense when they
should
>> >>> be working.  Young people do not stand up any longer when adults
enter the
>> >>> room.  They contradict their parents, talk too much in company, guzzle
>> >>> their food, lay their legs on the table and tyrannize their elders."
>> >>>
>> >>> who wrote this????  Scroll down for the answer. . . .
>> >>>  ..............
>> >>>
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>> >>>
>> >>> Socrates, indicting the youth of athens, greece, circa 500 B.C.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> **************************************
>> >>> Oralia Preble-Niemi,Ph.D.
>> >>> Professor and Head
>> >>> Foreign Languages & Literatures
>> >>> University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
>> >>> Chattanooga, TN  37403
>> >>> ***************************************
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >----------------------------------------
>> >Dr. Steven Bird
>> >Director of Orchestras
>> >University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
>> >
>>
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