8 Reasons Young Americans Don’t Fight Back

[gwheezie]

63. I'm kinda ambivalent about the OP

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at first, I thought it was a pretty correct assessment and there are valid points but then I thought of the Occupy young folks I've met and how bright and engaged they are. I remember when I was young, it took some years to gather enough strength in numbers to effect change, it was a slow build that took decades. I also blame Reagan for everything going to shit just when we were gaining momentum, it's our own fault that goofball took over. Even though my generation can point to some radical improvements, I still think we fucked up and left a mess.
I'm 64, my daughter is 46, my grandson is 10, I've told her to please let him loose a little more, let him make mistakes or try something he thinks he can't do. When he was in pre school, they referred him for some kind of testing because he would not draw letters or numbers, the kid has had a computer since he was 2, he could read when he was 3, he was reading for information to figure things out when he was 5. I told my daughter to let him be himself and avoid taking him for any testing as long as he was finding school interesting and not burning frogs with a lighter.