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by high_derivative 1638 days ago
We are not doing adults any favours by infantilising them at university. It's a big part of the problem related to contemporary college culture.
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"Treat a man as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he could be, and he will become what he should be." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
True. But very often mommy & daddy - who write the checks for college tuition - expect the college to change his (metaphorical) diapers. And never dish out serious consequences for their failure to potty train him.
And university/college is generally when they hit the wall of reality that it can’t and won’t happen any more.

Agree there is pressure, but the more admins cave, the worse it is for everyone.