Why are they cringe inducing? It's like going to school with my mom lol....you are obviously not familiar with the supernal, unspoken pact that has been upheld for over a millennium between mature age and normal students....they are to be allowed entry onto the University campus only at night, as their awkward and cringe inducing presence is only bearable under the dark veil of night. Whilst normal students are to roam during daylight, free from the otherwise constant threat of vicarious embarrassment of the mature agers.