College Visit-Uncomfortable w/ Activities

Jolynne_Smyth
Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:06:57 +0000

Garland–really interesting.

This:
“the mainstream binge-drinking, huge anonymous party culture”

is exactly what I’m not looking forward to for my son & worried about. He’s conservative in his actions (now) but I do see that he looks up to certain friends. Those friends happen to be smart, musical & not into drinking/drugs. But, what if it seemed the majority of social life at a U revolved around beer parties & bar hopping? Would he have the wherewithal to stand in a minority against that? Just think it might be asking a lot of a youngish teen on his first foray into the big world. I could be wrong…but just want to maximize the chances for success (while obviously not keeping him in a bubble!).

Thanks for your thoughts.