Just submitted my application to go back to school. BS after a PhD

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I went back to school at age 51 for a Education degree. One interesting thing that I noticed about the difference between older and younger students is that younger students often have an amazing ability to parrot the text book. However, just as often they don't know what it means. This is not meant to criticize - it is just that being young, they lack the experience (context) in which to evaluate ideas.

I also thought that when it came to assignments, some of the younger students tended to work harder than smarter - lots of energy, but not much planning.

On the other hand, I'm sure some of the younger students thought I was an old fogey!