I'm trying to get this paragraph
Remembering what it was like not to be who we are now is vital to our growth and integrity.
The best professors remain friends with their past.
They remember what it was like not to know about their special topic – and so don’t talk over the heads of their students.
- what "remain friends" means?
- their past = the best professors' past?
- The last sentence = They don't talk over their students' head
because they remember the period they also did not know about many topics?
Best Answer
Well, "remain friends" means that they keep on being friends. "their past" refers to the life when they were young, when they were students. They are friends with this past: they remember, they respect, they care for their past, and they do what friends do with their past. You got the last sentence correctly. It means that they remember their youth and how hard it was and so they, now having grown up, understand the young students.