I'm taking a moment here to summarize the amazing discoveries of the semester. These observations are glib, of course. If anyone wants to query/dispute them, feel free.
- Students have become swots, but they're not brighter for it
- A number of subjects have emerged between the old subjects, and struggle for recognition
- Mathematics seems to have got easier since the early 90s, but it is also taught better
- Large scale student political engagement seems to be finished
- The practicality of subjects studied is unknown to both students and staff
- Mature students are assumed to not exist at undergraduate level
- The facilities have improved dramatically
- Costs have increased for everything from courses to books to food
- The Internet and mobile phones have changed the face of interaction as much for students as everyone else
- It's hard to find people who can make decisions
- It's hard to find people who have plans for the future beyond a few years ahead
- Staff appear to treat students more like children than I recall in the past
- There seems to be no central congregation point for the student body
- Students as a group seem to be disjointed, fragmented, compartmentalized
- There's a higher level of respect for authority than I remember
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