How do I connect with younger people?

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I know I haven't posted anything of late, but the reason for that is because I have been very busy lately with my collage studies.

However the collage I am going to has a quite a lot of young people (about 18- 21) in it and when I try to remember the subjects I was into (eg SF shows and films, plus my more recent love of superheroes) I feel that I cannot really 'connect' with them.

Also, it seems, that quite a lot of them are somewhat socially 'ret*d' (if you pardon the expression) this may be due to some of them having conditions (one of them seems to have AS) but regardless of this I would much prefer to be able to chat to them between lessons and at lunch time.

As it stands I spend most of my free time (in the collage, not some much at home) reading James Bond novels hoping that someone would ask me about what I was reading (one young gentleman said that he had seen the movie of 'Doctor No' and had enjoyed it, but that was about as far as it went)

Can any of you out there give me some advise?

Truthfully, you just have to let it happen naturally. Perhaps you have "group projects?" That's an excellent way to connect to people, for you are forced to connect.

What are you taking up in school?

I've been to Liverpool once. I went to their art museum--enormously great! I also had a kidney pie.

I enjoyed the train ride there from Manchester. Merseyside is interesting.

Didn't do the Beatles thing, though. I like the Beatles. I would probably prefer to go to the Reeperbahn for Beatles historical purposes.

Thanks for the advice, I'll see if there is any group projects going on tomorrow, as I will be attending collage then.

As for he subjects that I am taking, well at the moment I'm taking an English course, and I am looking into doing a Maths one as well in the near future.

In September I'm hoping (it's quite a popular one, so spaces are limited) to join the catering course and the economics one as I plan to set up a snack bar in the next year or so.

I'm glad that you enjoyed your visit to our fair city and I hope that you plan to visit again sometime in the future.

LOL...I doubt that you follow baseball, and especially baseball from the 1970s--but your screen name is the name of a great pitcher from the 1970s, who played primarily for the Montreal Expos.

I do plan on coming back to Liverpool.

Good luck in your studies!

Really I did not know that as I don't really follow sports (barring the odd film) but the reason why I call myself 'Steverogers' is because it is the 'real' name of my fave superhero Captain America.

Still it was nice of you to share that with me, and thank you.

In talking with young people I find two reliable topics are gaming, and to a lesser extent movies.