We had a little event last night for some students from Florida Atlanta University who had some levels of interest in trading and learning how. Things like this are, interestingly enough, more education for us sometimes than for them.
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I'm old school. I went to college before SAT preps and all that nonsense where you got by because you could navigate the dewey decimal system and new how to to decorate your library carrel (now selling as antiques). The art of verbal communication was paramount as what passed as a word processor was an IBM Selectric II (3 pages at a time in memory) and there was NO internet. None. We communicated thoughtfully and respected research based knowledge. I've been therefore somewhat scornful of the recent college crops with the grade inflation, the casual view of history and ignorance of just plain things...music, literature, philosophy...the liberal arts in general. I've found them to be, snobbishly I'll admit, boring conversationalists.
So back to last night. Up turns a dozen or so early 20 somethings who were interesting on a number of levels. They were courteous and curious, smart on any number of levels and very verbal. They spoke well. They thought about what they were saying. Their questions were well framed and probing. Above all they were very very nice people and a pleasure to be around.
Of course we hope that some choose to pursue further prospects with us and we would gain a lot by having them among us. Not to be too maudlin, but I would feel comfortable having them around and perchance to be friends with them.
As you can see I got more out of this than I bargained for and feel better for the experience. These are bright people and FAU should be and I am sure is proud to have them as future alumni.