^^ Would those professors have been so accommodating to students if the election had gone the other way? I doubt it.
^There probably wouldn’t be a need to…
Son said mood is somber. Lots of campus outreach to minority groups inviting students in for food and companionship all day all over campus. Students coming together to support each other so no one is alone. They are having a solidarity march at 5:30.
I will still be curious and looking for the statistics of what percentage of eligible college students voted, but I suppose there is no way to parse that.
My daughter called quite upset. She’s in a red state and there was never any chance that it wouldn’t go red, but she’s now upset with friends who voted red. She knew they were going to and she wasn’t mad about it, but now is. I tried to explain that those weren’t the votes that changed the outcome but she’s not ready to accept that yet.
Its quite the lesson for our first-time voters, a lesson they will not soon forget, to be involved in such an acrimonious battle for leadership of our country. They have been and will continue to see how politics can destroy friendships and ruin relationships. I am sad for those students who feel beaten up before and after the election, both sides. If nothing else, it is my hope that these students can take this experience and learn empathy and compassion from it and in the future help this country move forward in a positive way.
She sounds like a great kid. 
Crying and rioting over the outcome will not to solve anything, and in fact only make matters worse. We’re all in this together as Americans, regardless of race, sex, and religion.
The hysteria is amazing. Good Lord. This happens every four years, and each time there are always some people who aren’t happy. No need for rioting, starting fires, blocking roads, demonstrations, crying, mourning, canceling classes, etc.
We will all get over it and move on. What choice do we have?
(Mock elections at my kids’ school went for Clinton).
To some degree, it does happen every 4 years…but this year it was very different. And while I don’t condone rioting or any violence, I do think people need a chance to stop and grieve a little before moving on.
Deleted my earlier words because they did not deal with the original question.
But I would say that this is very different from the elections I experienced since 1972, when I was a college student casting my first vote. And students then had a very real reason to be worried and afraid, since they were subject to the draft.
Here in Texas, minority students are sad and scared, specially at conservative and religious campuses. I’ve heard or read comments from UT, UTD, TCU, Baylor and A&M. I hope fellow students and teachers reach out to everyone and make it a time for majority to gracefully rise above differences and make everyone feel safe. These are places to learn and to evolve, to teach empathy and inclusiveness.
Closing thread since I had to delete several posts.