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."
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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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