Today's youth


Philosophy speaks out...




"Today's young people love luxury.
They have bad manners, scorn authority,
have no respect for their elders and gossip
when they should be working. Young people don't
stand up any more when older people enter the room.
They contradict their parents, swagger around
in society, gobble up all the sweets on the table,
cross their legs and tyrannize their teachers."
Sokrates, (470-399 BC)

"What is happening to our young people?
They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents.
They ignore the law. They riot in the streets
inflamed with wild notions. Their morals are decaying.
What is to become of them?"
Plato (427-347 BC)