My son is now a college man.

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Dave

Dave

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My son started college today. We didn't know he was going to, but I brought him in for a meeting with a counselor and they signed him up. As I left my own meeting (he went to his meeting on his own), he was being sent to class. English Comp I. This class is going to kill him. He's not exactly a wordsmith.

Every Tuesday/Thursday this semester he'll come to work with me and hit class, then come back to my desk. I'll take him home for lunch.

I'm not sure he's ready for this.But it gets him out of the house, right?
 
Dave

Dave

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At least the price is right. We pay for the books but the schooling itself is totally free because I'm an employee.
 
GasBandit

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So what you're saying is, he's taking AP courses? Or is he already a HS grad and is just taking the lightest freshman semester evar?
 
Dave

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GasBandit said:
So what you're saying is, he's taking AP courses? Or is he already a HS grad and is just taking the lightest freshman semester evar?
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He's a HS grad and two classes are all that we could get him into this semester due to the lateness of the application. I figured he'd just start in summer but after having taken a full year off I'm not exactly against having a light schedule the first semester before he goes full time. Get him back into the swing of things.
 
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Chazwozel

Dave;354961][QUOTE=GasBandit said:
So what you're saying is, he's taking AP courses? Or is he already a HS grad and is just taking the lightest freshman semester evar?
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He's a HS grad and two classes are all that we could get him into this semester due to the lateness of the application. I figured he'd just start in summer but after having taken a full year off I'm not exactly against having a light schedule the first semester before he goes full time. Get him back into the swing of things.[/QUOTE]

That's actually a really good idea. If you overburden him (like many, many college kids do), all you'll do to him is stress freak him out about the whole experience. I took light courses my first semester freshman year and then my last semester senior year. Man, it was nice to cushion myself with a solid 4.0 GPA when I started, and then ride out my 3.8 when I was leaving.
 
K

Kitty Sinatra

Free College. Damn idiot if he passed that up.

And because it's free, he doesn't need to rush it either. He can go at his own pace and not worry about racking up a huge debt from living expenses and college.

Just don't let him turn into Van Wilder. That's a hip reference right?
 
Dave

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I just hope he meets a girl and gets laid. Or a guy. Or a fish. Something. He's never been on a date, never expressed interest in ANYONE whether the same or opposite sex. I know he looks at porn - really weird, really disturbing porn - but the only reason I know that is because of my key logging software.

Boy turns 19 in May and needs to find a life while he still can.

(Damned learning disabilities and social dysfunctional disorders!)
 
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Disconnected

Congratulations, first steps in a brave new world. Sounds like he may have a tougher time but nothing wrong with slow and steady. He'll break out of his shell, my son took a while too.
 
Fun Size

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Use what you've learned from the porn and introduce him to someone he might like.

"Hey, this is my friend Mika. You two have a lot in common. She likes hamburger joints, horror movies, has a penis and fantasizes about getting raped by a tentacle."
 
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Chazwozel

Dave said:
I just hope he meets a girl and gets laid. Or a guy. Or a fish. Something. He's never been on a date, never expressed interest in ANYONE whether the same or opposite sex. I know he looks at porn - really weird, really disturbing porn - but the only reason I know that is because of my key logging software.

Boy turns 19 in May and needs to find a life while he still can.

(Damned learning disabilities and social dysfunctional disorders!)
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Didn't you guys get that escort I ordered for him?
 
K

Kitty Sinatra

Oh I failed to actually say "Congratulations."

so, yeah: Congratulations.
 
Cajungal

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Great! Congrats to the young Nihsen man. I'll sacrifice a chicken to the gods of "getting laid" for him, Dave, if you think that'll help... or if Chaz's escort fails to show up.
 
North_Ranger

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Fun Size said:
Use what you've learned from the porn and introduce him to someone he might like.

"Hey, this is my friend Mika. You two have a lot in common. She likes hamburger joints, horror movies, has a penis and fantasizes about getting raped by a tentacle."
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You know what really creeped me about that statement? That's a male name in Finnish.

Otherwise, congrats to Papa Nihsen and Little Nihsen. Just give him a beer bong and get him to some sorority house, and let nature take its course.
 
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Disconnected

After watching that video I was going to say college sure has changed. Then I thought for a bit. I thought why is he talking in a song, he's ruining the beat. Then I thought why did he (or his parents) pay all that tuition when he could party anywhere. Then I thought why is the overlay ID backwards. Then I thought this video could do with its own thread.

My college days rocked in comparison.
 
Shegokigo

Shegokigo

My GF is in college, we attend dorm parties frequentely. That song is pretty dead on.

Also, talking = ruining a song? Snoop Dogg's entire career would care to disagree with you.
 
Shannow

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I miss college. almost enough to make me quit my job, take out a shit ton more loans, and go back to grad school. (Such...such a good idea...)


But in all seriousness, congrats to you and yours, Dave, and I wish your family all the success it can handle, and then some more.
 
Dave

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I just found out that he CAN'T go full time without taking out loans. They reimburse up to 30 credit hours a year. So 10 classes per year. Which means 4-5 years to complete. Still living at home.
 
Shannow

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Wait, isnt 12 classes a semester full time? So why not just do 15 and 15 for fall and spring, and he is full time and covered. Summers off to work, etc.
 
GasBandit

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12 qualifies as full time for most "on paper" purposes... but when I was in school, if I wasn't taking 16+ credit hours a semester, my old man accused me of slacking off or having a 5 year degree plan.
 
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Dave said:
I just found out that he CAN'T go full time without taking out loans. They reimburse up to 30 credit hours a year. So 10 classes per year. Which means 4-5 years to complete. Still living at home.
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I go that route, why take out a loan? Don't have to rush things (it would be easier on him too)

Well.... there are always college babe/dudes out there ;)
 
Dei

Dei

I assume since his son started school *now* that the school in question is a trimester school? Because you could easily be full time on credits in a 2 semester school with 30 credits a year, but would only be 10 a trimester and not full time in a trimester school.
 
Shannow

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GasBandit said:
12 qualifies as full time for most "on paper" purposes... but when I was in school, if I wasn't taking 16+ credit hours a semester, my old man accused me of slacking off or having a 5 year degree plan.
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Yes, true, that is how most of us were. But when the kid is getting the classes for free, I would personally take the 12-15 credit route, and use the extra time for work/fun/interning. Not to mention focus on the classes being taken.
 
ElJuski

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Ugh I fucking hate Asher Roth, that stupid no-way-like-college party bullshit he's touting. I've been to some insane parties, and yet, nothing so audaciously toolbox and cliché.

Hey freshman shut the fuck up and go play beer pong in your dorms.
 
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Chazwozel

Shannow said:
I miss college. almost enough to make me quit my job, take out a shit ton more loans, and go back to grad school. (Such...such a good idea...)


But in all seriousness, congrats to you and yours, Dave, and I wish your family all the success it can handle, and then some more.
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Grad school is depressing, you think it's going to be awesome like undergrad, but it's not.

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bigcountry23;355230][QUOTE=Disconnected said:
After watching that video I was going to say college sure has changed.
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How long have you been out? I graduated seven years ago and this song is still fairly accurate (beer pong, thirsty Thursday, natty light (/shudder)).[/QUOTE]

I graduated in 2004, and that music video describes pretty much half of my time spent in undergrad.

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ElJuski said:
Ugh I fucking hate Asher Roth, that stupid no-way-like-college party bullshit he's touting. I've been to some insane parties, and yet, nothing so audaciously toolbox and cliché.

Hey freshman shut the fuck up and go play beer pong in your dorms.
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Juski: The original unique party animal.
 
ElJuski

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Pffft. Hardly. I'm just calling bullshit on that "just like college" business. I have seen and been through some wild fucking shit, and it's not like that. We can all pretend it is, but it ain't! Pieces withstanding, of course, because yes, I'm sure I've done plenty of the things described in that stupid song...but that song just jacks the douchebag level up 1,000 points. That shit is for highschool seniors to get hyped on college for.

I will, I swear, write a parody song one day...
 
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