Thank you Ea for picking my note and for picking on it.
No, I am not in the team "youth these days". On the contrary, I do love them, (being the only one we have BTW). To day I made exams (oral) ad the last two were a joy for my heart. Bright, eager to meet challenges, full of life. Everything on quite different keys and ways than when I was of their age, but exactly for that, so lovable and interesting. Made my day, and thanks to those two kids I will start the new semester much more motivated.
Yes, mine is an elitist point of view. I certainly do not feel one with the 15% return illiteracy that is now plaguing several countries in Europe as recently debated on Swiss TV, the only with enough guts to bring this out in the open.
Yes, it is going on since I remember (Clockwork Orange,1971, great film by Kubrick based on a great novel by Burgess). Although, before posting this reply to your replay, I Googled "emotional illiteracy" and found a multitude of activities, and confirmations of all of your points (compliments), and of mine also, although in a minor way.
It is a very complex and debatable problem, where different points of view find their place legitimately.
Yes, communication is the base issue. It is undoubtedly more fundamental and useful than reading Anna Karenina and Crime and Punishment.
Over all I think that my original post could have been better formulated. A lesson for next time. Thank you.