Then and Now

Sexual mores have changed drastically in my 84 years of life as well as attitudes about family life race and religion. I hope to explorechanges in attitudes over my life span. This is not a research paper. I taught freshman English in two universities where the students were required to document carefully. I dont want to do that anymore. I may get a date or a name wrong. Some names I changed on purpose to avoid embarrassing the children or grandchildren of people who behaved badly. Instead of factual research I want to explore emotions and attitudes as they changed over the years. Why are emotions so important? We have just held a very divisive election. We are divided by politics and social mores. Yes it is better if our emotions are grounded in actual facts; our recent election proved how dangerous feelings are when fed by lies so I have tried to be as factual as my memory allows but in the end our behavior is shaped by how we feel.