Wednesday, July 7, 2010

It will be an adjustment

Well, our Turkey and Greek Islands vacation is coming up in only a couple of weeks. Last night I was refreshing my knowledge of converters/transformers and adapters for the various appliances. It doesn't look too bad.

We recently made a visit to L's new university and she is all registered for her first year courses (which are filling up really fast). Kids today are lucky...all the parents wanted to enroll.... nice
facilities. They even have laundry tutorials in residence, lol.

Some interesting facts we learned:

80% of students change programs in first year

Average grades drop 13%

If the kids are coming home too often, it's a sign they may not be adjusting well

The university is not liable to contact you for much beyond life or
death situations. They
have to respect the student's privacy as an adult.

Alcohol is the number 1 issue, especially in residence

It will be an adjustment for us. Some friends of friends...their son just
checked out of university and
with all the tuition money too! Don't know how they found out.

7 comments:

TBM said...

That is interesting information, Christine! But I think your L is going to be just fine :-)

I'm so excited to hear more about your trip! Take lots of photos please...

The Mind of a Mom said...

Is "L" going to UofT or is she going away? I hope yo have an amazing holiday!!

now known as
Polar Rose ;o)
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Christine said...

Japra, I'll try my best!

SoccerMom, Polar Rose...thanks. L's going out of town.

Michael said...

i never got why kids at college would waste so much on alcohol. I was never in to that and still am not. LOL.

Well, wen you do go, dear Christine, have a WONDERFUL trip!!

Michael said...

do go to Turkey, etc that is...nt back to college. lol

Kathy G said...

Having had two children go away to college, I know it's scary. However, I'm confident your daughter will do fine.

Lilly said...

Big changes coming with your daughter going to university. What an exciting time for her and she will ahve the time of her life. As for your trip woah!!! How exciting. you will love both of these places. Yes please take lots of photos!!!