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During a lecture on the great differences between generations, a presumptuous student took the trouble to explain to an elderly man sitting close to him, why it is impossible for the older generation to understand his generation:
"You grew up in a different world, almost primitive," he said loudly enough to be heard around.
"Today's young people grew up with television, internet, mobile phones, jet planes, space travel, our space probes have visited Mars, we have nuclear power ships and electric and hydrogen cars, computers with light speed processes ... and plus".
After a brief silence the elder replied:
"You're right, my son, we did not have those things when we were young ...
SO WE INVENTED THEM!
Now, tell me arrogant, what are you doing for the next generation? "
The applause was deafening!
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True ..
During a lecture on the great differences between generations, a presumptuous student took the trouble to explain to an elderly man sitting close to him, why it is impossible for the older generation to understand his generation:"You grew up in a different world, almost primitive," he said loudly enough to be heard around.
"Today's young people grew up with television, internet, mobile phones, jet planes, space travel, our space probes have visited Mars, we have nuclear power ships and electric and hydrogen cars, computers with light speed processes ... and plus".
After a brief silence the elder replied:
"You're right, my son, we did not have those things when we were young ...
SO WE INVENTED THEM!
Now, tell me arrogant, what are you doing for the next generation? "
The applause was deafening!
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Wow that's very profound. Others have corrected but thank you for posting such a thought provoking message. We take things for granted too often without appreciating the efforts of those who came before us.
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During a lecture on the great differences between generations, a presumptuous student took the trouble to explain to an elderly man sitting close to him why it is impossible for the older generation to understand his generation."You grew up in a different world, almost primitive," he said, loudly enough to be heard by those around them.
"Today's young people grew up with television, internet, mobile phones, jet planes and space travel. Our space probes have visited Mars. We have nuclear powered ships, electric and hydrogen powered cars, computers with light-speed processes ... and more."
After a brief silence the older man replied:
"You're right, my son. We did not have those things when we were young ...
SO WE INVENTED THEM!
Now tell me, my innocent friend: what are you doing for the next generation? "
The applause was deafening.
*** the word arrogant used as a form of address in the last line doesn't work. We can't really use an adjective like that in English. My retranslation, though, is moot. I felt it worked better for the older man not to be offering an unnecessary insult, though this does change the piece a little. If you wanted a noun to stand in for "arrogant" and be usable as a form of address, then American English includes "blowhard" or "smartass". In British English, "Know-all" might work.
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/119199/word-for-someone-who-is-ignorant-and-proud
https://dictionary.reverso.net/english-synonyms/arrogant+person
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