My father is an academic. My boyfriend is too. I have bathed in academia my whole life and safe to say, am appalled and disturbed by its current direction. This piece is a breath of fresh air. Thank you. Notably, there is something to what you've described - the emotional intelligence and maturity of an 18 year old today is far lower tha…
My father is an academic. My boyfriend is too. I have bathed in academia my whole life and safe to say, am appalled and disturbed by its current direction. This piece is a breath of fresh air. Thank you. Notably, there is something to what you've described - the emotional intelligence and maturity of an 18 year old today is far lower than what it used to be. How this disparity is not taken into account seriously by policy makers and researchers is beyond me.
My father is an academic. My boyfriend is too. I have bathed in academia my whole life and safe to say, am appalled and disturbed by its current direction. This piece is a breath of fresh air. Thank you. Notably, there is something to what you've described - the emotional intelligence and maturity of an 18 year old today is far lower than what it used to be. How this disparity is not taken into account seriously by policy makers and researchers is beyond me.