May 19 2012: Hi, I have a snapshot memory of a talk which I saw quite a while ago and which I would quite like to re-watch. However, I only seem to be able to remember some vague details! I was just wondering if you might be able to help? Here are my memories it:
-The talk was conducted by an older gentleman - maybe in the range of 50 - 70.
-He was a university professor of some sort (philosophy possibly) - I think in America.
-The example I remember him using (which may have very little to do with the talk), consists of him saying that he sets less work for his students then he did say 20 years ago. This is not because kids have got less intelligent, but because they have other worries and other concerns. Before people would grow up, go to university to get a degree, get a girlfriend/ boyfriend, get married and settle down. Where as people nowadays are living in a much more interconnected world and are learning far more life skills, rather than just purely academic skills, from their university experience.
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-The talk was conducted by an older gentleman - maybe in the range of 50 - 70.
-He was a university professor of some sort (philosophy possibly) - I think in America.
-The example I remember him using (which may have very little to do with the talk), consists of him saying that he sets less work for his students then he did say 20 years ago. This is not because kids have got less intelligent, but because they have other worries and other concerns. Before people would grow up, go to university to get a degree, get a girlfriend/ boyfriend, get married and settle down. Where as people nowadays are living in a much more interconnected world and are learning far more life skills, rather than just purely academic skills, from their university experience.