Thanks, SamAdams76, for taking the post in the spirit in which it was offered. You should be jealous, sir. You missed out on a great time to be alive in America.
I am immensely glad that I was born when I was. I was able to be “sentient” in 1950-54 to enjoy the popular music of the day and then to be a teenager when rock and roll erupted in 1955. And I never saw it as a rebellion to my parents, either.
In school, all of us were proud to recite the Pledge of Allegiance every morning in class. We admired our government, too. And for good reason. Lucky America, to have Dwight Eisenhower as its President. A man of integrity.
And to address your comments about children in the 50s. If you failed in school, you failed and were kept in that grade for another year. No excuses were made to or by the parents. Individualsm ran rampant in those days. And I can remember getting hit in the behind with a paddle by more than one teacher; deserved it, too. And strangely enough, those teachers were not disciplined, nor was the police called.
A better time, sir, a better time.
” A better time, sir, a better time. “
Most certainly . I was born in 1952 BTW .