old wise and old hat

the gentleman who is head of education in the central united states is old, very old, he is 70 and still going. they asked him to stay for a little longer past retirement. a testament to his wisdom. he is soft spoken and absoutely non accusitory. still he can lay things on the line. quite a talent. he never raises his voice or uses body signals to undermine his statements. he admists his bias, ie couldn not work on west coast with its liberlism, but absolutely recognizes jewelry etc as cultural not salvation issues. old wise.
i am being good and fitting into a conservative place. i don't wear jewelry, not even my pins. save that for trips. don't think of it as being hypacrital though. if anyone asked me views i would tell them. only trying to be fittable into this culture. i am not completely silent...ie the cell phone thing. but i didn't say anything about egw on our little heritage trip, like her family eating squirrel and such while they were in colorado and supposedly eating meat at the end of her life. you never win firends or converts by tearing down heros or heroines . some of the campus team remind me of persons who figure out stuff in high school, ideas, hair styles, religious beliefs etc, and never revisit them... old hat.