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Post by kooch on Aug 21, 2019 19:11:58 GMT -6
Just finished packing my daughter’s stuff up for the trip to her freshman year at St. Mary’s University in Winona. Time flys my dudes. Time flys.
This is a strange feeling.
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Post by biglakebass on Aug 21, 2019 19:16:55 GMT -6
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Post by Sandbur on Aug 21, 2019 19:46:24 GMT -6
My two daughters have moved out. At least one had been here most of the time until the last week or so.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Aug 21, 2019 19:49:04 GMT -6
It flies, My youngest is going to U Of Minnesota on Monday
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Post by nhmountains on Aug 21, 2019 23:00:01 GMT -6
You guys are getting all teary eyes and sound like old farts. Meanwhile yesterday was move in day at the college in the town I work in. My old boss Sully at the college when I was on work study used to say "the pucid pukes" are back. Things change in a small college town when the kids roll in each fall. It's fun watching the kids grow up as I drive through the campus on my way to and from work each day. The freshman 30 happens before my eyes each fall as the road cuts through the campus we see the same kids walking or the upper class guys sitting on their dorm porches drinking trying to impress the new crop of ladies. In a week or so there'll be some of the new students outside the dorms with their parents packing up and heading home because they couldn't cut it. In January you'll see them walking with no jacket and or in shorts. After the Christmas break the freshman 30 people really start to show their weight gains. By the first warm day of spring they'll be back outside playing beer pong. In May, they pack up and head home. That's when my old college boss used to say "the pucidity level has dropped severely". Things quiet down for the summer and we start the whole process over the next August. Good luck and best wishes to all of your kids. May they be safe, have fun, and learn as they go off to school.
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Aug 22, 2019 6:42:28 GMT -6
I would be fucking pissed knowing they will be subjected to all that liberal bullshit for the next 4 years......fuck college.
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Post by smsmith on Aug 22, 2019 6:50:40 GMT -6
I don't know about you Mo, but I'd prefer my health care professionals to have university degrees. Especially any cardiologists or oncologists I may require in the future.
Also, there are plenty of private universities/colleges who don't push a liberal agenda.
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Post by kooch on Aug 22, 2019 6:53:25 GMT -6
I would be fucking pissed knowing they will be subjected to all that liberal bullshit for the next 4 years......fuck college. My daughter is a softball player. At one point, she was being recruited by a few of the local DIII schools, including St. Mary's. As part of my work, I've been on campus at Macalaster College a few times. Even a few years ago, that place was a social warrior paradise, just a loony bin. She got a letter from the softball coach there saying she liked her and wanted her to come there. I told my kid, "I'm not sending you there." Later, during a visit at St. Mary's, the coach asked us what other schools we were considering. I mentioned we were NOT considering a few places for social reasons. "I refuse to send my daughter to a school and pay $100K to teach her to hate me and people like me." The look on their faces was funny. The softball coach actually said she understood what I meant and it shouldn't be that way there.... Only time will tell. Maybe she'll just learn to hate and resent me on her own. Hasn't happened quite yet. I believe she has a decent head on her shoulders. Fingers crossed. But yeah, in general, I think you're totally right. Hard to do what she wants to do for a career without a formal education though.
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Post by sd51555 on Aug 22, 2019 6:59:49 GMT -6
I would be fucking pissed knowing they will be subjected to all that liberal bullshit for the next 4 years......fuck college. My daughter is a softball player. At one point, she was being recruited by a few of the local DIII schools, including St. Mary's. As part of my work, I've been on campus at Macalaster College a few times. Even a few years ago, that place was a social warrior paradise, just a loony bin. She got a letter from the softball coach there saying she liked her and wanted her to come there. I told my kid, "I'm not sending you there." Later, during a visit at St. Mary's, the coach asked us what other schools we were considering. I mentioned we were NOT considering a few places for social reasons. "I refuse to send my daughter to a school and pay $100K to teach her to hate me and people like me." The look on their faces was funny. The softball coach actually said she understood what I meant and it shouldn't be that way there.... Only time will tell. Maybe she'll just learn to hate and resent me on her own. Hasn't happened quite yet. I believe she has a decent head on her shoulders. Fingers crossed. But yeah, in general, I think you're totally right. Hard to do what she wants to do for a career without a formal education though. Just make sure she doesn't fall in love with someone from Chicago. Organized crime sends their kids to St. Marys to keep them away from the violence back home.
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Aug 22, 2019 7:02:27 GMT -6
I would be fucking pissed knowing they will be subjected to all that liberal bullshit for the next 4 years......fuck college. My daughter is a softball player. At one point, she was being recruited by a few of the local DIII schools, including St. Mary's. As part of my work, I've been on campus at Macalaster College a few times. Even a few years ago, that place was a social warrior paradise, just a loony bin. She got a letter from the softball coach there saying she liked her and wanted her to come there. I told my kid, "I'm not sending you there." Later, during a visit at St. Mary's, the coach asked us what other schools we were considering. I mentioned we were NOT considering a few places for social reasons. "I refuse to send my daughter to a school and pay $100K to teach her to hate me and people like me." The look on their faces was funny. The softball coach actually said she understood what I meant and it shouldn't be that way there.... Only time will tell. Maybe she'll just learn to hate and resent me on her own. Hasn't happened quite yet. I believe she has a decent head on her shoulders. Fingers crossed. But yeah, in general, I think you're totally right. Hard to do what she wants to do for a career without a formal education though. The worst part is the kids will come out of college taking part in the Student loan scam and liking Bernie Sanders because he said he will pay it off for them. As I said, fuck college.
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Post by Foggy on Aug 22, 2019 8:51:47 GMT -6
My grandson graduated from college last spring and will be practice teaching in Spain this fall. Wonder where those things were when I was a kid? . He was one of the few conservative kids at his college. He did have some issues with others who were libby's......but they got along. He will be a teacher.....and as some have said......he is very hirable as a teacher and coach as the schools need more male role models....with all the young kids that are coming from single parent households. Dunno.....but he should make a good teacher. I have two grandkids that have graduated college and another one that is a Junior in college. They are all good kids and will get thru college without any debts. Bright futures in good jobs. (teaching, engineering, speech therapist) Having grandkids that have graduated from college really makes you feel old. .
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Post by badgerfowl on Aug 22, 2019 9:26:54 GMT -6
Loved college. Wouldn't trade it for anything. Even the liberal UW. Although when I attended I don't remember politics being involved/discussed at all. Only free shit we cared about was food. This was almost 20 years ago so I left w/ no debt. But the cost was still very reasonable. I'd go back and do it all over again in a heartbeat, but I doubt I'd be going back into the same UW if I went now.
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Post by kabic on Aug 22, 2019 9:29:02 GMT -6
My Daughter is headed to UW-Riverfalls next week.
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Post by biglakebass on Aug 22, 2019 10:06:08 GMT -6
Boy we are all getting old guys.
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Post by Foggy on Aug 22, 2019 10:12:33 GMT -6
Boy we are all getting old guys. Yep.....you guys are dinosaurs. Get used to it. FORE! .
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