#104: Dr Wally's 'Parting Shot' #3

Here is Dr Wally’s Parting Shot #3: Today’s youth are more knowledgeable but not necessarily more mature.

Why do we get annoyed with the younger generation? Surely, with centuries of documented history, we should expect each generation to behave differently. But are they really different? Here is what Dr Wally said: “They’re younger than we are. That’s about all. After spending almost thirty years in college classrooms, I don’t feel freshmen differed much from year to year or over the years.”

Dr Wally did concede that today’s youth are more knowledgeable. I think we get annoyed because they behave as if more knowledge means greater maturity. At our age, we have learned not to equate knowledge with maturity.

Maturity comes from making mistakes. The youth today must make their own mistakes as they apply their greater knowledge. That’s how we did it and we annoyed our parents doing it. Now it’s the next generation’s turn. Let them get on with it.


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