It used to be considered conventional wisdom, to learn from one’s elders. But one other important piece of wisdom is to know which elders to listen to. After all, there are a lot of people out there, some of whom are entitled, delusional and plain ol’ nasty.
A young man shared his mildly infuriating and somewhat hilarious experience with a boomer who tried to talk him out of a Yale scholarship because of the risk of “indoctrination.” We reached out to the young man via private message and will update the article when he gets back to us.
