Re: Just What are they wearing?
Posted by Kerry in BC on 9/06/08
On 9/06/08, Mr. Gripe wrote:
> Help! I don't recall this kind of attire in my day when I
> was in school, or maybe I am just getting old. These kids
> are watching too much MTV and so are their parents!!!! I
> just felt like griping.
Hi Mr. Gripe, Just prior to reading your post, I was reading
an online excerpt on amazon. com that relates to what you
were saying! I was so surprised to read that you were
thinking on the same sort of topic that I had just been
considering.
You might be interested in having a read.... the author talks
about teenage fashion--and adults wanting to be teens rather
than adults! Although the excerpt ends just as she's
beginning to make the point that TV started it all right
after WWII, the author would agree that there's too much MTV!
Prior to that time, kids turning 13 wanted to be ADULTS--the
term teenager wasn't even invented till 1941. Now we have
adults who aspire to be teenagers!
Very interesting reading... I've ordered it from the public
library.
Below is the link to the book,"The Death of the Grown-up: How
America's Arrested Development is Bringing Down Western
Civilization" by Diana West (2007)
Kerry
Excerpt from "Death of the Grown-Up"