I'm encouraged, and it's a bit refreshing

I agree in encouraging young people in anything thing legal that they want to do. That means "biting my lip" if I think their question or project is "stupid". It is not stupid to them. Allow them to learn and gain experience. Then they can become connoisseurs and opinionated old farts like me.
Nice! When I see a young man bring a St. Regis to a local car show, I tell him "don't see many of those any more, thanks for bringing it out". Makes a big difference, other than saying "those were the worst cars, grumble grumble..."