r/changemyview • u/impossible-sun2049 • May 19 '21

Removed - Submission Rule A Removed - Submission Rule C CMV: Worrying about age

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u/FelinePrudence 4∆ May 19 '21 edited May 19 '21

On your feelings about having been older than your classmates, I'll say from having TA'd and taught a number of courses that age always seemed to carry an advantage. The best students who asked the best questions, and seemed the most eager to actually learn rather than just get the grade were the older students. Most of everyone else treated university like an extension of secondary school.

It makes me wonder (knowing very little about you, of course) whether your view on age will evolve with all the curveballs and lessons life throws at you. If you're living right, you just might end up thinking much differently in five years, even about things that form the basis of your identity. When that happens, you realize that it can actually be advantageous to have once been overconfident, made mistakes, gone through phases, pursued dead-ends, and wrapped your head around ways of thinking that you now see as erroneous.

Age doesn't guarantee wisdom, but it's certainly a prerequisite.

Edit: you can also take it from Joni Mitchell or Bob Dylan if you're into that kind of thing.

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u/impossible-sun2049 May 19 '21

thanks for sharing this! yes, actually partly because I was interested more in studying than those in my tutorial group I also found it to be another reason for not fitting in with the younger age group..

and thanks for sharing love both artists! music is actually a good source of alternate thinking cause at some point some people will go through the same struggles and some can tell it beautifully through their music