Suzy Weiss is, like her sister, a delighter and thoughtful writer. But I differ here. In WWII, literally millions of children had up to 5 year gaps in their education. They came out well. We have become a weak society, fragile, whining instead of adapting. The story almost celebrates that impotence. I think ti is a mistake. Better to poi…
Suzy Weiss is, like her sister, a delighter and thoughtful writer. But I differ here. In WWII, literally millions of children had up to 5 year gaps in their education. They came out well. We have become a weak society, fragile, whining instead of adapting. The story almost celebrates that impotence. I think ti is a mistake. Better to point to what others have done in worse conditions as inspiration.
I'm not referring to Americans, obviously. For Europeans -- they rebuilt a slaughtered civilization within ten years. And the children of the Holocaust -- most recovered and rebuilt lives, certainly not the lives they might otherwise have had, but they persisted. The lockdown in the pandemic, though stressful for sure, is nothing compared to what other generations of young have endured. It's American weakness, compounded by ignorance of anything that occurred before, say, 1990, that is a primary cause of what Weiss describes. And surely the fault of their ahistorical parents.
Suzy Weiss is, like her sister, a delighter and thoughtful writer. But I differ here. In WWII, literally millions of children had up to 5 year gaps in their education. They came out well. We have become a weak society, fragile, whining instead of adapting. The story almost celebrates that impotence. I think ti is a mistake. Better to point to what others have done in worse conditions as inspiration.
I'm not referring to Americans, obviously. For Europeans -- they rebuilt a slaughtered civilization within ten years. And the children of the Holocaust -- most recovered and rebuilt lives, certainly not the lives they might otherwise have had, but they persisted. The lockdown in the pandemic, though stressful for sure, is nothing compared to what other generations of young have endured. It's American weakness, compounded by ignorance of anything that occurred before, say, 1990, that is a primary cause of what Weiss describes. And surely the fault of their ahistorical parents.