Many thanks for this piece @lemouth. The first image reminds me of my time at the MIT in the Fall of 2017, yes Boston is a great place and reminiscent of some European cities in its building architecture. The the only difference I can think of as of now is that the streets/roads are bigger than some places I have visited in Europe (at least I know of Trieste in Italy).

Another aspect of your article that resonates with me is the fact that a Professor in the French system do not get to be assisted in teaching and marking activities. This is what is obtainable in most of the Nigerian Universities, but it’s worse because of the student to lecturer ratio. To put this in perspective, 2 Professors may be teaching a 700-900 class and they are expected to create and mark assignments, create mid semester exam, final exams and mark. This doesn’t stop there, there are some other administrative assignments that could be given to administrative staff, but the system will rather have Professors to take charge of that too….. I envy the American system a lot (in a good way)!

Thank you so much for this piece once again.