I would argue that a minority of boomers have the common sense and understanding that you do. My frustration is with the ones who you’ve been battling with all your life.
It’s hard enough dealing with my peers who are space cadets when you’ve got the ones who are supposed to be responsible encouraging it!
I was very disenheartened when I went to university and saw all the fluff courses. That is part of why it took me so long to go back. I had teachers telling me how to do things when I had done them years previously and knew how things actually worked. I had some great teachers, but way, way, way too many of them were wedded to the whole ethic of secular humanism and determined to weed out everyone who thought otherwise. I was so glad to be finally done, where I could be assessed on merit rather then just regurgitating what the prof believed.
But I went, I actually finished, and managed to do it my way, not theirs.
I know it is very frustrating right now especially when you see people so blind to the danger that is before them. I have always taught my children and grandchildren the following. If someone asked you how you feel whether than what you think about any topic, then take this person with a grain of salt. Always question what they say and never accept their views as fact.
Please hang in there and do not give up. At my age, I still have not given up because for every one person that you instill they are capable of beyond mediocrity and can rise above any obstacle set before them, will in turn teach those behind them.
Please know that in the circle you are in, boomers like me are rare but in the entire country, we are the majority. Thank you for taking the time to have an open discussion and allowing me the opportunity to know a great person. Never give up and if I may, call you my friend.