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.
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>On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Oralia Preble-Niemi wrote:
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>>      "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."
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>> who wrote this????  Scroll down for the answer. . . .
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>> Socrates, indicting the youth of athens, greece, circa 500 B.C.
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>> Oralia Preble-Niemi,Ph.D.
>> Professor and Head
>> Foreign Languages & Literatures
>> University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
>> Chattanooga, TN  37403
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Dr. Steven Bird
Director of Orchestras
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga