談老生

Peter Drucker 在 1969 出版的 The Age of Discontinuity 就勸年青人先去體驗社會 想要讀書時再上學 斷絕的時代 The Age of Discntinuity
這在台灣還是少數
我1978年在英國的宿舍同層12人中有2名這種 older students, mature students (英國說法)
他們在讀書上可能比較不"靈光" 然而更善體人意
是可以交朋友的
就連我的英國研究生同學 (牛津畢業)也去工廠做過事 他說工廠太無聊了ㄅ

約10年前 我的朋友林董事長考上台大的EMBA
他讀完之後 覺得台大是"學店"而已 哈哈

OLDER STUDENTS FACE CHALLENGES WHEN THEY RETURN TO COLLEGE
The National Center for Education Statistics predicts that between 2005 and 2017 adult enrollment in U.S. colleges and universities will increase by 19 percent. The weak economy has sent many midlife adults back to school. That's despite more than 200 percent tuition increase since 1980. With the national unemployment rate close to 10 percent, more people are gambling that an advanced degree is an investment in a higher paying job. The article is in the Missourian.