I think my weirdest characteristic comes from being really really successful at formal schooling in a family that held it as the main value. Because my experiences in education have almost exclusively been easy top-tier success, I entered adulthood with an air of effortless invincibility that has been both out-of-line with some practical life skills and has also led me to take big swing-for-the-fences risks in the course of finding my place in the world.
It's also really hard for me to relate to people who have grievances against institutions that are similar to schools. In my life school has just been a tree full of goodies and I've basically fed my myself by shaking the tree as much as I've wanted to. It's hard to see any other view when that's the condition that's shaped me. Just hang out under the goodie tree bro.
