Out with the old! (not)

As students, we are constantly pressured by our teachers to learn about the ways of the old, and see how awesome the world today is compared to that. It seems like the world was so different back then....back where technology ceased to exist and we still thought that fire was a pretty cool discovery. But how different are we from our ancient ancestors really?
"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."
Guess who said that! And no, it wasn't your mom, dad, aunt, uncle, grandma, grandpa, or 50 year old hippo. In fact, this quote is from the long deceased mummy of Socrates, 400 BC. Good to know that we youth haven't lost our spirit in 2409 years, eh?