Parents Tales of College

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<p>John (WashDadJr) is now off at college and has successfully, I hope, finished his first week. He sent an email to his mother that ended with “I love you,” and spoke with me on the phone several times. He really likes his roommate, but the other two suite-mates are “kind of wastoids.” His first college joke:</p>

<p>The male to female ratio at NMT is about 4 or 5 to 1.
The women say, “The odds are good, but the goods are odd.”
The men say, “Women at Tech are like college parking spaces: either taken or way out there.”</p>

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<p>Haha–they say that about the guys at Rose Hulman too.</p>

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<p>I say there’s just about one girl for every senior at Worcester Polytech. :)</p>

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<p>My D is in a dorm that has 3 floors of girls (ground, first, and third) and one of boys - 2nd. She is on the 3rd. Apparently over the weekend, horror of horrors, there was a “really big, Mom!” spider in her room. She stayed and kept track of the spider while roomie ran downstairs to get a guy to rescue them. (They apparently tried a few girls on their floor first, but none was available and/or within earshot of their cries for help.) Alas, the spider went behind furniture and was never seen again. (That’s their story, and they’re sticking to it.) However, the guy was nice enough to leave his phone number on their whiteboard, in case they need him again.</p>

<p>I had no idea my D was so creative. ;)<br>
(No - she really doesn’t like spiders. I do believe her. Really.)</p>

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<p>On the first official day of orientation, we separated for a couple of hours. I missed the parent talks because I offered to go to Wal-Mart and get the calculator that my daughter decided she probably would need after all (probable science major). When I came back, I waited for a while at our agreed upon meeting spot outside her dorm while she took a wrong turn a couple of times walking back to the dorm. When she finally gets there she asks, “Do I seem sarcastic.” </p>

<p>“Why yes, why do you ask?” I say. </p>

<p>Apparently she overheard a girl muttering to another girl “She’s SOOOO sarcastic.” Then she told me the remark she made and I laughed. Didn’t seem at all sarcastic. Wait till they hear the real deal. :eek:</p>

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<p>Dad: So, it’s been three weeks. How do you like college?</p>

<p>Son: Good. It’s like high school without all the c***.</p>

<p>Perfectly stated.</p>

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<p>WD, Isn’t it grand when your son wants to share so much information with you! I know that I have been there, but my son is much more of a conversationalist now than this time last year.</p>