“And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend, legend became myth.” – Galadriel: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring –
I am amazed by the younger generations lack of knowledge of the of the world. Now I am not an old man. But I find that my youngest sisters generation is just ….. I almost want to say stupid. They have no concept of the world around them and they have no willingness to learn about it. I speak to so many of these young people and I am so shocked by how they are only interested by the things that influence them directly. It is like nothing else exists except for that little sphere of comfort that they call their world and everything else is judge by the iron fist of ignorance.
I think that is the scariest and saddest thing about it. The unwillingness to grow, to learn, to educate the self. The unwillingness to further ones self and to know some of the great people. These youngsters don’t know anything about people like Mother Theresa let’s not even mention Florence Nightingale. Florence who? And then when you try and tell them Florence who, they shrug and brush you off since Florence has no bearing on their current lives. It saddens me that great people of history are being forgotten and being left in the dark and now one cares about the people that shaped our world. But this does not just stop at history greats of our world, it includes musicians, actors, painters the lot. Our young people are writing history and their beginning starts with Britney fucking Spears.
