Recommendation

To be fair to those living on Neptune, they have their own difficulties.

You know what, a group of extra-terrestrials outside the solar system came to visit the Earth recently and commented that the faculty should put up more support to the students.

(I must admit the real difficulty for us is to support, in its Cantonese sense, the ones who made such an report.)

For those who are familiar with the tactics of administration, you may be aware of this trick: When you are asked to give some recommendations but cannot think of any, it is always possible to say "It would be nice to have ..." and name something you heard of from Utopia.

And the receiving end would run like chickens of no head. (Well, it's quite a bit of fun to watch - if you're not involved in the running.)

The wiser man would obviously see through the thing and understand nothing could be done to actually improve the situation.

But, he simply cannot declare publicly that nothing useful could be done.

Therefore, the best strategy is - thanks to the teaching of Humphrey Appleby - to appear to be doing something.

Alas, our friends in Neptune know the tactics. Let's be less critical.