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Not an encouraging portrait from philosopher Steven Hales. For those teaching "average" students at an "average" institution of higher education: does this ring true to you?
If your last experience of undergraduates was 70 years ago, it’s possible that you are not in a position to understand how they have changed in the last 30 years. Indeed, in the last 5-10. You might take notice that the other commentators (who are not at places like Berkeley) are largely seeing what I am seeing.
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