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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I concur with the sentiments above.  I have had terrific experiences teaching adult students -- including those who may have served several years in the military before going to college.  It's great to teach people who have real world experience because they ask better questions and question some of what they're learning and what they're being asked to assume.  I also really like teaching people who are paying their own tuition -- because they tend to take the whole educational experience much more seriously.

I taught at a top tier university and the top student I encountered was an older guy who had transferred in from a community college.  (See above).  The elitism and disdain in the original question are laughable, quite frankly.  I've seen people who started out at community colleges go on to win Rhodes scholarships, Fulbright awards, etc.  There are decent, hard working smart people in all sorts of unlikely places, it's a joy to teach recent immigrants in particular, and often people who don't get everything handed to them have a much better work ethic.  (They are also much less likely to have their parents "proofreading" -- er, writing -- their term papers; managing their semester's tasks because of their 'diagnosis' of executive skills deficits, and they are also much less likely to have to bring an emotional support animal to class.)
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