Oct Parents' Weekend

GroovyGeek
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:12:29 +0000

FauxNom, what do you mean by registering just one parent but not the rest of the family? Then only one parent can attend the events, right?



You will certainly get only one lunch on the lawn, if you care for dry burgers and not particularly tasty hot dogs, hardly worth $60. I doubt that they will enforce registration at the rest of the events, and I strongly suspect that they are barely worth attending. I would much rather lie on the lawn and chat with D than sit in on a class or listen to some lecture. In fact if it was up to me I would visit on a different weekend to avoid the crowds and the hoopla, but this would probably mean that our D would feel terribly lonely when many other freshmen have friends and family around.

During orientation they only checked registration when it came to serving food. Even if you register only one person, you can still buy up to 6 tickets for the football game. I just spent the $$ to register myself and mom ($120), an extra lunch for D ($12) and three tickets to the game ($105). We will skip the official tailgate party, and will play it by ear when it comes to attending the game. Since the tickets supposedly sell out, we should have little trouble reselling them at face value if we decide not to go to the game. Nobody in the family is a big sports fan, D went to HS football games only to hang out with friends, I doubt that she is burning with desire to go to a game with us :D