#it takes them 60 years to graduate becaus they’re teenagers

[youmaycallmenora]

You could take this as elves being superior. You could also take it as someone who’s nearly a century old acting like a 20 year old.

One of these is slightly more accurate.

There is no way ever human could ever be on the same level as an elf. A species that, at least in natural lifespan, lasts forever must be so far beyond the human experience. By the time and elf would be fully considered adult by their culture, even if they reach maturity at the same rate as a human, any human would be close to or inside their grave. Imagine yourself, a lowly human, twelve years regular school, three years bachelor, two years master, maybe even three years until your doctor, twenty years education in total, competing against somebody who was schooled for 60 whole years just to hold the elven equivalent of a high school diploma.