A very self-important university freshman attending a recent football game, took it upon himself to explain to a senior citizen sitting next to him why it was impossible for the older generation to understand his generation.
"You grew up in a different world. Actually, an almost primitive one," the student said, loudly enough for many of those nearby to hear. "The young people of today grew up with television, jet planes, space travel, man walking on the moon, and our spaceships have visited Mars. We have nuclear energy, electric and hydrogen cars, computers with light-speed processing and...," pausing to take another drink of beer.
The senior took advantage of the break in the student's litany and said, "You're right, son. We didn't have those things when we were young. We invented them! Now, tell me, what are you doing for the next generation"?
(thanks to the Seniorresource e-Zine)
John E. Temple, Jr.
Co-founder of A Place for Mom