Old people are always saying that the young people are not
(51) they were. The same comment is (52)
from generation to generation and it is always (53) . It has
never been truer than it is today. The young are better educated. They have a
lot more money to spend and enjoy (54) freedom. They grow up
more quickly and are not so (55) on their parents. Events
which the older generation remember vividly are (56) more
than past history. This is as it should be. Every new generation is
(57) from the one that preceded it. Today the difference is
very marked indeed. The old always assume that they know best
for the simple (58) that they have been (59)
a bit longer. They don’t like to feel that their values are being
questioned or threatened. And this is precisely what the (60)
are doing. They are questioning the (61) of their
elders and disturbing their complacency. They take leave to (62)
that the older generation has created the best of all possible
worlds. What they reject more than (63) is conformity.
Office hours, for instance, are nothing more than enforced slavery. Wouldn’t
people work best if they were given complete freedom and (64)
And what (65) the clothing Who said that all
the men in the world should (66) drab grey suits If we turn
our (67) to more serious matters, who said that human
differences can best be solved through conventional politics or by violent
means Why have the older generation so often used (68) to
solve their problems Why are they so unhappy and guilt-ridden in their personal
lives, so obsessed with mean ambitions and the desire to amass more and more
(69) possessions Can anything be right with the retrace
Haven’t the old lost (70) with all that is important in
life