Just Your Average 68-Year-Old College Freshman
These kids are smarter than me. Much smarter. There’s been a large and measurable rise in IQ scores over the past half century—if the Flynn effect is to be believed. This generation grew up in a world that manages and digests knowledge in more productive ways.
So you can imagine how wapperjawed I was when a bright young student yelled for the attention of her professor using only his last name. Kimberly, nooooooo!
Maybe book smarts aren’t enough. Maybe a gap year spent in any kind of employment involving cooking fat would helpful.
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