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Finally! The final cultural quote from Elder Harold B. Lee's talk, "Today's Young People".
The Quote
"As I read that, I recalled a statement made by Dr. Fisher, former educational director of the Boy Scouts of America, who here in the Assembly Hall made an interesting remark. He said, “If the youth of today were not twice as good as were the youth of two generations ago, they wouldn’t be half as good as they are.” If you analyze that, I think you can understand why he would make that remark."
Let's pull that out a little bit -
If the youth of today
were NOT
twice as good
as were the youth of two generations ago,
they wouldn't be
half as good as they are.
Nope - still don't get it. I don't understand. Sounds like math.
Does anyone here understand?
Dr. Fisher's Work with Kids (and Volleyball)
I'm assuming Dr. Fisher may have been hit on the head one two many times by a volleyball, since he was the founder and first president of the United States Volleyball Association. Having been through enough volleyball tournaments in my teenage years, I know from my own experience how hard that volleyball can hit.
Seriously though, he created volleyball as a training tool for the military. That's pretty hardcore. It's a wonder I survived.
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| Volleyball is heck. |
He did serve in high-level positions with the Boy Scouts as well, and I'm assuming that Elder Lee is still referring to the perception of all kids being bad because of the perception of a few bad kids being extrapolated out to cover all kids.
We don't want to do that. Most people are basically good - I do believe that. If we control our focus and look for the good, we'll definitely find it. The bad can also be found, if sought.
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