Just gone back to uni as a middle aged mature student. First week I was so self concious and embarrassed. I felt like everyone was staring at me,
so out of place. But then people started talking to me, and they were so friendly and welcoming. Young people can be so smart and mature. I grew up in a huge, seriously huge family, (23 first cousins, over 100 second cousins, cousins once removed) age thing has never been an issue for me. I have friends twenty years older than me. I have friends twenty years younger than me. If there's a connection, there's a connection. Seems people smart enough to go onto higher education are a lot more mature and worldly-wise than the general population.