I was forty-nine once. But I've since put away the things of my
childhood.
But, yes, some part of youth could do with a bit of manners.
I have students address me in email with 'Hey..."
What are they thinking?
They're clearly not...
Reminds me of the young barbarians in 'Hair" Not a manner between the lot of them. Ursula
david ritchie wrote:
I am reminded today of a Jacques Brel song, "Les Bourgeois." When last I heard it sung, I was about the same age as the young rebels of the first verse and I laughed at the stuck-up old guys in the second verse. (For the words see http://www.emt.it/broca/broca77/ brel.html). And now here I am, forty nine years old, Herr Doktor Fullprofessor, thinking that some part of youth could do with a lesson in manners.
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