Learning from and interacting with all age groups helps develop a more prepared person.

Definitely.

New hires that show up out of public school graduation and look at someone in their 40s like they are from another planet.

Haha. I've seen this look, too, with some of the high school/junior high students. And then I meet some of these homeschooled kids that are able to actually have a conversation and meet me on a human to human, mature level, and it blows my mind.