[stands2reason]

Wisdom is earned the hard way; it's not innate. Most kids are still foolish at age 20, especially those whose hormones are running rampant and those who've lived safe lives and haven't had the opportunity to earn that wisdom.

[bvw]

Wisdom can be taught by good teachers. Colleges have few. They are all pensionaires -- well, most and many. Advanced degree gold-brickers. There are some good and a few diamonds of great teachers though. I'd mention a few that people would know, but that would be seriously inappropriate on this thread, walking thorugh the overflowed cesspool of a subject.

Duke's Ivy League swingingness wasn't broken a beat it seems. They still had that in the last few days -- at least there's been a mention of it on thread -- "Senior Pub Crawl". Lesson ain't a'learned, so to speak.