Dear Next Generation: ‘Self-Confidence Comes From Accomplishment’

Dear Next Generation: ‘Self-Confidence Comes From Accomplishment’
Dear Next Generation, an advice column from readers to young people. Photo by Shutterstock
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Dear Next Generation,

At the age of 97, I still remember how all through high school I believed I wasn’t smart enough to go to college. Before I had time to seriously consider it, World War II came along, and there I was, in the Army.