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Article #625379Re: Education--kids were dumb back in 1961
From: JimP
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 15:50
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 15:50
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On 21 Jul 2018 20:34:37 GMT, ma...@mail.com wrote: >On 2018-07-21, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com <hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote: >> I often hear oldsters complain, "when I was a kid we could do >> math in our head" (among many other feats they could accomplish). >> >> Yet back in 1961 there were complaints that young people--today's >> oldsters--were just as inept as people complain today. > >There is that story about an ancient text that translates as >"Young people have no respect for their elders any more." Some other examples. I think it was a piece from Ancient Greece, and it was used to make fun of the peace movement, hippies, etc. I forget. About 1968 is when I saw this one. There was a wall poster, about 1970, that claimed to be quoting a certain Third Reich official, but they were quoting Nixon.
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