My spouse and I both went back to school in our forties - different programs, different universities - and we thought we'd be supportive study partners but instead we're competitive and weird about each other's successes. When one of us does well the other gets insecure, and when one struggles the other doesn't know how to help without sounding condescending.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two adult learners are finding that their separate educational journeys are triggering unexpected competition and insecurity, preventing them from supporting each other's learning processes.
“Where Are You with Teaching as learning — the teacher's examined life?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.