one does indeed get used to it -- I've been dealing with fresh-faced firstyears since 1981. Tim, who lectures the course I teach the labs for, was born in 1971 -- the year *I* started University.
As one of my colleagues (a biology instructor) pointed out one September I was wailing about the then-latest crop of infant undergrads, "the trouble is, they stay the same age - it's just YOU that gets older".
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Date: 2008-01-11 08:05 pm (UTC)As one of my colleagues (a biology instructor) pointed out one September I was wailing about the then-latest crop of infant undergrads, "the trouble is, they stay the same age - it's just YOU that gets older".