Gross generalisation. But, hey —I'm a lot nearer to 55 than I am to 25. So what the hell! Older people "learn" stuff. Younger people "access" information SOURCE: Nearly two decades in university teaching. When I started out, you'd explain something and students would make notes. You'd rarely be asked to explain that "thing" again. Latterly, I found it almost impossible to convince students to take notes and they'd of…
Yes, well... I was in college 40 years, I was back to get a more useful credential 20 years ago, and I saw plenty of students write down stuff that wasn't so, and which they should have known wasn't. My college French teacher ca. 1975 complained that her students seemed to keep their knowledge in walled off compartments, and from what I can see that happens still among many of the cohort.