Re: Education--kids were dumb back in 1961

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From: Quadibloc
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 04:24

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On Saturday, July 21, 2018 at 2:34:39 PM UTC-6, 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."

Good old Ipuwer.

John Savard

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