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. . . .
> >>>  ..............
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 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
> >
>