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RokZRooM Special ! You Can Win by Shiv Khera

Through which was flowing a sullen tide.
The old man crossed in the twilight dim;
The sullen stream had no fears for him;
But he turned, when safe on the other side,
And built a bridge to span the tide.
"Old man," said a fellow pilgrim, near,
"You are wasting strength with building here;
Your journey will end with the ending day;
You never again must pass this way;
You have crossed the chasm, deep and wide--
Why build you the bridge at the eventide?"

The builder lifted his old gray head:
"Good friend, in the path I have come," he said,
"There followeth after me today
A youth, whose feet must pass this way.
This chasm, that has been naught to me,
To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be.
He, too, must cross in the twilight dim;
Good friend, I am building the bridge for him. "

--Will Allen Dromgoole

Socrates taught Plato; Plato taught Aristotle; Aristotle taught Alexander the Great.
Knowledge, had it not been passed along, would have died.
Our greatest responsibility is to pass on a legacy that the coming generations can be
proud of.

CHANGING VALUES--TODAY'S VALUES

Change is inevitable. Whether we like it or not, it is going to be there. We have had
enough of the "me" generation and situational ethics which have led to the loss of strong
communities. There is sadness for getting caught rather than remorse for having done
wrong.*
A survey of high school principals in 1958 asked this question: What are the main
problems among your students? The answer was:

1. Not doing homework.
2. Not respecting property--for example, throwing books.
3. Leaving lights on and doors and windows open.
4. Throwing spitballs in class.
5. Running through the halls.

The same survey question was asked 30 years (one generation) later, in 1988. The
answers were startlingly different. Here are the main problems of today's high school
students:

1. Abortion
2. AIDS
3. Rape

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