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From: trey@nadine.UUCP (Trey Chapman)
Newsgroups: net.college
Subject: Re: A Mother asks advice--this time not housing
Message-ID: <577@nadine.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 24-Nov-85 14:20:13 EST
Article-I.D.: nadine.577
Posted: Sun Nov 24 14:20:13 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 27-Nov-85 01:18:41 EST
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Reply-To: trey@nadine.UUCP (Trey Chapman)
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In article <818@inuxd.UUCP> jla@inuxd.UUCP (Joyce Andrews) writes:
>Thanks for all the replies about housing info for my daughter,
>who has chosen Purdue.  
>
>Ok, underneath all of this is a request for advice. 
>  The question:  is the
>first year in the dorm important?  Will living off campus be a
>deterrent to the whole "college life" scene?  My daughter is
>out-going and very attractive--she models part time and has a
>confident, extrovert personality.  My son is content to live his
>life connected to a computer keyboard (*ANY* computer
>keyboard--not even any loyalties--is that abnormal?).  He does
>not make friends easily, and prefers to be alone most of the
>time.  Does he need the dorm life more than she?        

I think that the 1st year and/or the 1st semester is great to
be apart of the dorm life.  
1) you get to meet many new people, and become part of the 
   social life you probably would never get if living off campus.
2) after you understand what is going on in the dorms, then when
   moving off campus, you still have ties that allow you to be
   part of the dorm activities.

>One other request for advice:  if I were YOUR mother, would you
>prefer I get the heck out of your life and let you make all the
>same mistakes everyone else makes or would you prefer that I
>continue to research my database and offer suggestions?  (BTW,
>I only offer suggestions--I never say "Do it this way!")
>

I would probably perfer that you get out of my life and let me
make all of the same mistakes.   BUT..... one thing I have learned
is that parents get a lot smarter as you grow up! (They were so
dumb when I was in college!)
	- trey -