The Young Idea
HERE was no doubt about it; The Rising Generation discussion was a most provocative, one. The milk-bar adolescents who were cajoled by Arthur E. Jones and Noeline Pritchard into giving their opinions of life, their elders, "sharp" dressing, New Zealand mores, marriage, and radio programmes were perhaps made, by skilful editing, to sound more articulate than they really are. But they made several telling points as trenchantly as any adult panel; they disposed of the notions that dress makes the juvenile delinquent, that this generation is more reckless than its parents’, and that a liking for Rock ’n’ Roll goes with loose morals. For any such session to have real sociological value, we would need to know more about the youngsters’ backgrounds, education, home-life and religion or lack of it, and how representative they were. Yet, listening to their accounts of their aims, interests and pastimes, I couldn’t help thinking that if they were representative, they and their parents form an indictment of our education system. "What do you do in the evenings?" said the questioner. "Go to stock-cars, pitchers, or dancin’"’ was the reply. "What else is there to do?"
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 932, 21 June 1957, Page 21
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194The Young Idea New Zealand Listener, Volume 37, Issue 932, 21 June 1957, Page 21
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