dance styles, tennage and parents relationships, idolizing famous singers/people, dateing/going steady, clothing, and the respect shown between boys and girls, and the slang
2007-01-27 18:38:33 · 4 answers · asked by KIKI 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.... (*)
> I see no hope for the future of our people if they are
> dependent on frivolous youth of today, for certainly all
> youth are reckless beyond words... When I was young, we
> were taught to be discreet and respectful of elders, but
> the present youth are exceedingly wise [disrespectful]
> and impatient of restraint"
- Hesiod, 8th century BCE
> The children now love luxury; they have bad manners,
> contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders
> and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now
> tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no
> longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict
> their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties
> at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their
> teachers.
- attributed to Socrates by Plato, 5th century BCE
> The world is passing through troublous times. The young
> people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have
> no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient of
> all restraint. They talk as if they knew everything, and
> what passes for wisdom with us is foolishness with them.
> As for the girls, they are forward, immodest and
> unladylike in speech, behavior and dress.
- Peter the Hermit, 1274 CE
* - "The more things change, the more they stay the same....
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2007-01-27 20:13:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wasn't a teen in the 50's but I was close and my 3 brothers were. I have grand kids now and I have to tell you, there is no comparison. It's not the "kids" fault but they don't seem to have any interests in anything that is even remotely tied to effort. It was a totally different world, 1/10 the people, little mass communication, if you were poor most of us didn't realize it. I suppose it was different in LA but I lived in Oakland at that time.
2007-01-27 18:50:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I can't dance at all
My mom is my best friend
I idolize my mom,Tyra and Oprah,and that is it.Not many celebrities are smart and sane.
I have to pass on the other one
I don't use slang.
I think I'm doing good for a teenager.
2007-01-27 18:51:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
And your magical question is?
2007-01-27 18:42:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋