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A Different generations have much to teach each other.
B Conformity is just the thing widely and strongly rejected by the
young.
C The young differ from the old in many respects.
ANGRY VOICE OF YOUTH
1
Old people are always saying that the young are not what they
were. The same comment is made from generation to generation and it is
always true. It has never been truer than it is today. The young are better
educated; they have a lot more money to spend and enjoy more freedom.
They grow up more quickly and are not so dependent on their parents.
They think more for themselves and do not blindly accept the ideals of
their elders. Events which the older generation remembers vividly are
nothing more than past history. This is as should be. Every new
generation is different from the one that preceded it. Today the difference
is very marked indeed. They don’t like to feel that their values are being
questioned or threatened. And this is precisely what the young people are
doing. They are questioning the assumptions of their elders and disturbing
their complacency. They doubt that the older generation has created the
best of all possible worlds.
2
What they reject more than anything is conformity. Office hours,
for instance, are nothing more than enforced slavery. Wouldn’t people
work best if they were given complete freedom and responsibility? And
what about clothing? Who said that all the men in the world should wear
drab gray suits and convict haircuts? If we turn our minds to more serious
matters, who said that human difference can best be solved through
conventional politics or by violent means? Why have the older generation
so often used violence 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 material possessions! Can
anything be right with the rat-race? Haven’t the old lost touch with all that
is important in life?
3
These are not questions the older generation can shrug off lightly.
Their record over the past forty years or so hasn’t been exactly spotless.
Traditionally, the young have turned to the older for guidance. Today, the

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