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34.

1) However

2) Moreover

3) Although

4) Otherwise

Are young people today worse than ever?

‘We live in a decaying age. Young people no longer respect their parents. They are rude and impatient. They frequently inhabit taverns and have no self-control.’

Does this sound familiar? Those who think it does may be surprised to 30_______ out that this comment is actually an inscription from an Ancient Egyptian tomb. However, replace the word ‘taverns’ with ‘bars’ and it may begin to sound all too familiar to today’s youth.

It seems that people 31_______ to find a way to complain about the youth today from every possible angle. Whether in newspapers, television shows, or even general chit-chat — young people 32_______ to be everyone’s scapegoats.  People may claim that young people have become ruder than the ‘good old days’, when they 33_______ up to their elders. 

34_______, have there ever been any ‘good old days’ when it comes to young people? Could there be any truth to the claims that today’s young generation is the worst ever? I believe that there is probably some truth to the idea that young people are more impatient than they once were. We live in an extremely connected world with huge amounts of information right at our fingertips. Technology has enabled us to do things more quickly, so naturally, we 35_______ things to be done more quickly. 

The youth, too, may argue that the elders are unfair and misjudging. For them, only time will 36_______ whether opinion changes with age or each new generation truly differs from the previous one.