I studied typography at Algonquin College. The first year was great the second was kinda wonky. Ultimately I left wanting to know more about typography, it's history, typography masters etc.

Maybe we could start a running dialogue on this stuff.

As for students and bad design, considering some students spend their life up to design school surrounded by questionable design (and unable to discuss what good design is) it's a wonder they can produce anything worth while at all. Let the de-programming begin.

Of course, I work in IT, so I shouldn't talk about worth while design.