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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 01:49 PM Original message |
There have been a lot of discussions lately about how college kids should work |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. I was an un/misdiagnosed bipolar college (and jr/sr HS) student. I won't tell you what kind of |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I wasn't sure what I was trying to say in the OP, but how is the average |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I hear what you are saying and yes it can be tough, but I think in dorms |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. The RA you get is as much a crap shoot as the room mate. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Which is why I suggest not leaving it in the RAs hands. Although things have changed and |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I was thinking about house mothers the other day. How many girls would end up |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I got up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night. Forgot to lock the |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. My son was asleep in his on campus apartment when a drunken apartment mate took a wrong turn |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. My husband and I walked into our daughter's dorm, past the desk and went upstairs into her room |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I got in huge trouble for letting a kid from a different campus sleep in our dorm lounge. He |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Yup, you were trouble on two legs, for sure. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Yeah. I wasn't particularly brilliant or stable back then. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Well, I was just teasing...you really didn't do anything wrong... |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Well, the door thing was wrong and I knew it. *hangs head* I was supposed to |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Uff da! There goes your political career... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. One of the things that always worried me about my kids is that they |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Yep. That was my problem, too. And I worry about my kids being in the same fix one day. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. The RA is often just another student, and the training |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Very true. The ACs were somewhat more like house mothers, though not nearly as strict and |
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jinto86 (787 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. One thing I have noticed |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. It's an observation I've made myself. If a scientist took a young primate |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
29. And the reason we do? Because the old draft age was 19. |
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Epiphany4z (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. I have always thought there is no cookie cutter |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. As some others have pointed out, college has changed. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. It's like the changes in the laws regarding the rights of mental patients. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Much like that... |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
23. who is saying they shouldn't have help besides Republicans? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 07:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. A number of DUers were responding that way to a poster who was |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. change roommates or get a single |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 02:08 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. That was the obvious solution but the school administrators weren't allowing |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. typical lazy admin |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
24. Left a master's thesis in second draft... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. As an example of the full circle of life, how many people have their |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
27. Great, thoughtful post, hedgehog. Recommended. n/t |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
31. Wow, we should just ban colleges.. ... nothing but suicide factories |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Now how did you get that from this post? |
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TxRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. It's a joke.. |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. One can never tell around here. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 02:09 AM Response to Reply #31 |
41. No, but we could all think before we type. n/t |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
33. I think parents need to be there for their kids no matter what the age. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 02:12 AM Response to Reply #33 |
42. What an adorable baby! |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
36. Careful with statistics. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 02:13 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. That wasn't the point. The point is that young people of college AGE |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 07:47 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. I hate to contradict you, |
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Artie Bucco (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-07-09 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
39. I inadvertently embarrassed myself in front of an RA.... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-08-09 02:14 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Ooops! n/t |
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