Yep, I am cursed for youth. It's my looks, which I let my facial hair get scraggy for, and my behavior, a youthful enthusiam mistaken for inexperience.
I laugh at the commercials for getting out the grey hair! I would buy a product that puts grey in. There is a valid prejudice for experience which seems unfair to the extra sharp and motivated youth. You are right if you recognise this silliness.
Good life lesson for all about prejudice. Everyone deserves the benefit of the doubt. Race, sex and age are factors of experience, but give everyone a chance. They deserve it.
And sometimes you simply have to demand respect, because you know what you can do. I got a story about that. A door hanger friend was "manager" for the Ga. Tech football team and rode on the team bus with the guys. There was a quiet guy who was always reading and was teased by the other guys on the trip. My buddy asked him how he was able to handle it. Dude replied, "I know what I can do".
That dude became a Dallas Cowboy and has a Super Bowl ring...or two...or three.
Quiet confidence.
Eh...I didn't drift off topic. You did.

The message is that for any outstanding young man like yourself should realize that the higher you fly, the more you can expect hurdles from the jealous and lazy. You don't have to jump over them, as they are set for you to fall. Jump if you must, but avoid these obstacles if you can. They just want you to fail.
Never give up, and always move forward.
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