Which Reminds Me

Yes, I vaguely remember that someone, perhaps my mother, was musing on the sad condition of those people, and lamenting that perhaps their mothers don't teach them anything. But that was only an abstract thought expressed in passing, not an application for a teaching credential. Some people just never learn so why are we wasting our breath on someone else's backhanded commentary? So mangled I can barely recognize the original concept. So why bother?