I have mentioned many things about school and dealing with 20 somethings is one of them. On average a Econ Grad student is 26 and most of the department is 23 to 29. Both of my main study partners are 24, so I've had some interesting conversations.
Most of the time it is cultural references. Many times I reference songs and movies from before my friends were born. I once mentioned Risky Business and most people in the room had never seen it. I talked about the fall of the Berlin Wall and the break up of the Soviet Union, one friend pointed out he was 2. Yeah, I'm old. It is funny, most people are surprised to learn my age. And after awhile you forget. But then you talk about things, and it becomes painfully obvious I'm old.
Most recently I was in the computer lab with one classmate, printing out a paper that another classmate asked me to proof read. My classmate thought it was strange that I was printing it just to read it. I like to print out things to read and to write on them with pencil. Its just how I work. I also mentioned when I was in college I often wrote papers long hand first and then typed them. I no longer do that and it is easier now to type papers since I have a computer. In this conversation my classmate asked it I used a typewriter then. I told him about the word processor I had at UD and how it wasn't much different from an electric typewriter, except I could type it and spell check it before printing. My dad paid almost $300 for the word processor, a computer was nearly $3,000 then. I paid $400 for the laptop I am using to type this blog. Talk about a different world.
