Generational Drift

Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them. (Deuteronomy 4:9, NIV 1984).

My Musings – “The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side.” I included this movie* quote in a recent e-mail. The response I received, from a colleague in his late twenties, was — “I don’t know what this means.” My son, who in the next few days will pass the mid-thirties’ mark, would have recognized it instantly.

Granted, the movie premiered in 1939, and it it became a favorite of his because it was a favorite on mine and I introduced him to it. And in defense of…