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Perspective of a College Veteran: Why Students Behave Badly

on January 20, 2012 in Campus life, College Life, Parents

The last  couple of days, I’ve been  exploring why some teenagers can’t emotionally handle their freshman year in college while other students behave worse than toddlers. Here are the posts:  A Nightmarish Experience at an Ohio University Could This Student’s Freshman Year Have Been Saved? I was ready to move on to other topics – [...]

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Could This Student’s Freshman Year Have Been Saved?

on January 19, 2012 in Campus life, College Life, Parents

I want to thank everyone who commented on the plight of a bright young woman, who left the University of Dayton after her freshman year. Her first roommates were pigs and her experience unnerved her and her mother. If you missed the post and the accompanying comments, here is where you can find them: A [...]

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A Nightmarish Experience at an Ohio University

on January 18, 2012 in Campus life, College Life, Parents

I wanted to share with you today a comment that I received yesterday from a California mom, who shared the heart-wrenching experience of her bright daughter, who started college in Ohio. She was prompted to write after reading my college blog posts about students who desire to attend schools far from their homes. Here are [...]

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Starting College With the Jitters

on August 11, 2010 in Academics, Campus life, College Life, College readiness, Other, Parents

I’m getting up before dawn tomorrow. My son Ben and I are catching a 6:45 a.m. flight to Chicago. Ben will be starting college on Saturday and he’s nervous. But hey, aren’t all college freshmen nervous? Coincidentally, I found a great blog post today, written by two college professors, who shared ways that college freshmen [...]

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