[Dixielandjazz] Young Music Fans, Vol 52, Issue 57

[ALOHArose at aol.com]

Young are not being raised in a way that gives them ANY appreciation for 
ANYTHING that happened before the day they were born. I have heard them ENDLESSLY 
whine <<but that happened BEFORE i was born!>> as if that righteously 
terminated all past events/persons/history/MUSIC, etc.
OTOH, I was raised by a grandmother, and my musical aculturation went back to 
begining of the century, and that has stood me in excellent musical stead.   
*In my day*, there was NEVER any considering that children would not be 
interested in the world that existed prior to their birthdate.   Additionally, 
children were PRESUMED to be curious about the world before their time, AND WE 
WERE; i couldn't get enough stories of my GRANDmother's grandmother!
Times have changed, and these kids who have been catered to as *very 
special*, only because of being kids, sure aint gonna warm up to anything that went on 
'before their time'. 
It's the expected result of a dumbed down, junked up US culture. 
ALOHA!
Rose


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