Intimidation
My son did not go to college until he was twenty-seven. Instead, he had diverse experiences working in Antarctica, creating art, learning languages, being a computer engineer, and many others. He recounted that recently he was waiting for an examination outside a classroom, where many students were apprehensively questioning each other. Confident that he knew the material, he withdrew to a bench and went to sleep. He was soon awakened by an anxious student who said, “Wake up! Would you freak out once in a while? You’re making me nervous!”