In my day we went inside to discover ourselves, a process we intuitively knew would be both arduous and painful. Nowadays kids make external choices to invent themselves – a process summed up by fashion and in particular the tattoo.
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Pat Francis
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I've always believed in long stretches of boredom for teenagers to discover what they would really like to do with their lives.
Totally agree. Kids nowadays expect life to entertain them – to make them happy. It never occurs to most that they can make anything interesting simply by becoming interested.
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I've always believed in long stretches of boredom for teenagers to discover what they would really like to do with their lives.
Totally agree. Kids nowadays expect life to entertain them – to make them happy. It never occurs to most that they can make anything interesting simply by becoming interested.
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