I am somewhere in the middle, being almost, not-quite 30. I still have vivid clear memories of my mindframe when I was entering highschool. I was pretty had good ideas of what was what, discovered my voice and didn't like to be told what was what cause I was going to figure it out for myself. And thus far I have. And I took a lot of detours, and pit-stops, and fell into a couple pits disguised as solid ground along the way. I slowly found out the more I listened the more I learned. I found a trust and gained respect for the people who had been there before me. So much to a point now that I am eager for and anticipate a good story, advice or opinion from a person further up their path than me. I also learned in a difficulat way that the ones younger than our selves also should never be shushed and need to be heard maybe even more so. To teach a child to be afraid of his own voice can be a terrible thing. I value the optimism and idealsim and energy of the youth around here, because it brings me back to a place where anything was possible, where the world was dead straight ahead with nothing to stop me but fear. I was braver then and a lot less cynical, and a lot less fearful too because at that point I had not seen the lows humanity is capable of. (meaning I had less to be afraid of then)

Thank you and I think the bickering is cute:)