young men and women today are finding it more and more necessary to protest against what is known as the ‘ establishment’: that is, the people who wield power in our society. clashes with the authorities are reported almost daily in the press. the tension that exists between old and young could certainly be lessened if some of the most obvious causes were removed. in particular, the establishment should adopt different attitudes to work and the rewards it brings. today’s young people are ambitious. many are equipped with fine educations and are understandably impatient to succeed as quickly as possible. they want to be able to have their share of the good things in life while they are still young enough to enjoy them. the establishment, however, has traditionally believed that people should be rewarded according to their age and experience. ability counts for less. as the establishment controls the purse strings, its views are inevitably imposed on society. employers pay the smallest sum consistent with keeping you in a job. you join the hierarchy and take your place in the queue. if you are young, you go to the very end of queue and stay there no matter how brilliant you are. what you know is much less important than whom you know and how old you are. if you are able, your abilities will be acknowledged and rewarded in due course---that is, after twenty or thirty years have passed. by the time you will be considered old enough to join the establishment and you will be expected to adopt its ideals. god help you if you don’t.

　　there seems to be a gigantic conspiracy against young people. while on the one hand society provides them with better educational facilities, on the other it does its best to exclude them from the jobs that real