General Discussion

But I imagine that student isn't every student either.

I returned to college in my 40s for a career change. I've seen what students nowadays can be like. It's . . . concerning. But this place can get a little, "the problem with youngins today . . ." and I wanted to provide some balance to the equation.

I have some solid professors. My current OB professor is so knowledgeable and eager to share.

But I have, in the past five years, encountered an increasing number of professors who offload teaching tasks to technology out of laziness, don't really engage in developing the critical thinking skills of their students (the Power Point People), or see a course as a series of boxes they check to say they did it so they can get paid.

As an adult student with years of experience in professional spaces, I have an extremely jaundiced view of some of these individuals, and I'm not afraid to address them as peers (which I know some of them do not appreciate).

I just wanted to counterpoint DU's strong "Kids today!" lean with a "Yes, but adults raised them," acknowledgement. I'm an older Millennial, and it got wearisome long ago to see elders getting all snitty about Millennials and Gen Z without acknowledging they're the products of the system the adults put into place.

If an 18 year old shows at up to college barely able to read, write, or think critically - and I've met plenty in recent years - is that really on the kid at that point? Someone has been letting that slide for years.