Aristotle on Youth.

Aristotle writes in his Rhetoric book II ch. 12 that "[youths]... are shy, accepting the rules of society in which they have been trained, and not yet believing in any other standard of honour."  

This is interesting.  What about the counter-culture?  Aren't youths today exactly the opposite of that?  Is it not the self-proclaimed duty of the youth to challenge today's culture?  Has Aristotle made an error regarding the qualities of the youth in general, and instead, for once, simply made an observation about how those who were his contemporaries behaved?  

But wait.  

Today's culture is about going against the standard.  What does that mean?  It means that following the culture is the same as going against it.  Strange paradox, is it not?  But think about it...  the only youths who don't follow the culture are the ones that do, conversely.  Interesting.  As a disclaimer, I'm not making a judgement here.  I'm not saying that either following or not following the culture is better, or anything like that, it's simply an observation.  =)