It happened to me a lot since I have a knowledge about bitcoin sometimes I put bitcoin or cryptocurrency in the topic. And then most of the time my teacher ask me what is bitcoin etc. and then I end up explaining the bitcoin to the whole class. I think a lot of people or even professionals doesn't really have knowledge about bitcoin, bitcoin is not yet ready as an online currency and it is still in the progress of adaptation. A lot of people don't trust bitcoin-like my professor because it is just digital and doesn't have a physical form and he says that you are just investing in something that is imaginary meaning anytime you could lose it. I think he has a point but in my experience on the market supply and demand works.
Totally agree, Most of the time there is no way you could pursue them into bitcoin because every news about bitcoin are evolving scam also a lot of people in the community don't like digital thing because it is just so easy to lost money online and you don't have control in it, most of the time people who'd go into paper or fiat money because they have the assurance in it and it is produced by the government, etc.
What needed here is to continue the bitcoin adoption when bitcoin is already popular and a lot of people is gonna get a chance to try it, when they already have experience in it they will finally going to understand bitcoin and cryptocurrency.