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[quote=Anonymous]For the same reason that someone who spent time in jail for a crime they were falsely accused of would be offended if someone who spent time in jail for actually committing that same crime tried to relate to them.

You were isolated because you didn't work hard enough to get into a good college. Your nephew, on the other hand, was isolated [i]because[/i] he worked hard, first to skip a grade, then to get into a good college. I mean, if he went to a lackluster state college, he wouldn't feel so left out. Lower ranked colleges almost always accept AP credits and dual enrollment credits, so a lot of students enter with sophomore, and even junior, status, meaning that seniors under 21 are a lot more common there. So your nephew would be far from the only senior not allowed to go to bars had he slacked off in high school like you did and gone to a lesser college. But the combination of putting in the effort to skip a grade [i]and[/i] going to an elite college has resulted in him being excluded. Naturally, he feels this is unfair.

In short, he got punished for working hard, while you got punished for being lazy.[/quote]

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