Semester Review: The Classroom as a Mirror (What Worked vs. What Broke)

The university classroom is a microcosm of society. If you want to know where the culture is going, look at the students.

Another semester is in the books. I survived. But did the students?

In this honest retrospective, Professor Funk breaks down the real highs and lows of teaching Gen Z in 2025. We move past the usual "AI is bad" complaints to look at what actually connected. We discuss the "Soft Quitting" phenomenon through the lens of Byung-Chul Han, why group projects are still the ultimate social experiment, and the surprising moments where critical thinking actually clicked.

A look back at the wins, the losses, and the lessons. The syllabus is closed.