And my answer is complex. On the one hand, I say, they're no different at all. They're just like you and just like me back when we were here, back when the earth's crust was cooling. That period from 18 to 21 still brings with it many of the same challenges. On the other hand, this is a remarkably different time.
Life is far more complex.
The context of student life today is multi-dimensional and fast paced, complicated and enriched by challenges some of which were unheard of 50 years ago, some five years ago, some only yesterday. Denise Bolger Kovnat wrote about the founding of the Eastman School for the last issue of Rochester Review.