Consider the Following (A random article which I read somewhere) :-
" Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and love chatter in place of exercise; they no longer rise when elders enter the room; they contradict their parents, chatter before company; gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers."
Who said the above?
I am sure each one of you must have come across similar lines at one point or other.
Those of you who have grown-up children may have said the same things to them. Our grandparents may have similar opinion about today's generation. But have you ever wondered when this statement was first recorded?
Any guesses on the year?
No, it's not today... and not even 20 years back. You have to go back very far away in history to trace it. It is 2,400 years ago that the great philosopher Socrates (469 BC-399 BC) made this statement.
Amazed, perplexed, bemused, shocked?
I'm sure you are.
But that's the way it is. Human nature and emotions remain the same irrespective of the era one is in.
History Repeats... and how..!!
" Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and love chatter in place of exercise; they no longer rise when elders enter the room; they contradict their parents, chatter before company; gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers."
Who said the above?
I am sure each one of you must have come across similar lines at one point or other.
Those of you who have grown-up children may have said the same things to them. Our grandparents may have similar opinion about today's generation. But have you ever wondered when this statement was first recorded?
Any guesses on the year?
No, it's not today... and not even 20 years back. You have to go back very far away in history to trace it. It is 2,400 years ago that the great philosopher Socrates (469 BC-399 BC) made this statement.
Amazed, perplexed, bemused, shocked?
I'm sure you are.
But that's the way it is. Human nature and emotions remain the same irrespective of the era one is in.
History Repeats... and how..!!
