You might reflect they’re a pain,but the mature-age students I prepare for university are thrilled to receive the intellectual nourishment they thought was reserved for othersMature-age students are annoying, I know. I understand that when youre 18 or 19, and already know everything,theres not much of a reason to finish the readings or display up to tutorials having prepared. I also understand that there are these old people in class who should be doing other things – possibly retiring, or dying so they can give their destitute kids their overdue inheritance. They are eagerly asking questions (or worse, or answering them) and generally being a nuisance. Related: ‘I was worried that I wouldn’t fit in' – how can universities better support mature students? Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com