Old people are always saying that the young people are not 【C1】______ they were. The same

comment is 【C2】______ from generation to generation and it is always 【C3】______ . It has never been truer than it is today. The young are better educated. They have a lot more money to spend and enjoy 【C4】______ freedom. They grow up more quickly and are not so 【C5】______ on their parents. Events which the older generation remember vividly are 【C6】______ more than past history, This is as it should be. Every new generation is 【C7】______ from the one that preceded it. Today the difference is very marked indeed.

The old always assume that they know best for the simple 【C8】______ that they have been 【C9】______ a bit longer. They don't like to feel that their values are being questioned or threatened. And this is precisely what the 【C10】______ are doing. They are questioning the 【C11】______ of their elders and disturbing their complacency. They take leave to 【C12】______ that the older generation has created the best of all possible worlds. What they reject more than 【C13】______ is conformity. Office hours, for instance, are nothing more than enforced slavery. Wouldn't people work best if they were given complete freedom and 【C14】______ ？ And what 【C15】______ the clothing？ Who said that all the men in the world should 【C16】______ drab grey suits？ If we turn our 【C17】______ 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 【C18】______ to solve their problems？ Why are they are so unhappy and guilt-ridden in their personal lives, so obsessed with mean ambitions and the desire to amass more and more 【C19】______ possessions？ Can anything be right with the rat-race？ Haven't the old lost 【C20】______ with all that is important in life？

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