A colleague is writing a book -- a real one, for real money, with a contract and everything -- that will be geared toward adult learners in the general marketplace, not for an academic audience. She has asked me to ask my readers for the pros and cons of teaching older, "nontraditional" college students -- everything from the trickiness of having older people in a class of largely traditional-age students (the older know-it-alls come to mind, as well as the disrespect that some kids can show to older students), to the pros and cons of their having "grown-up" type life issues that kids living in a dorm or Greek house don't have, to ... just whatever. She's looking for thoughts, anecdotes and quotes.

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