Questions about Hofstra

EhNonymous
Sun, 19 Nov 2006 11:52:52 +0000

The on campus safety is fine. There is no way into the freshman dorm complex any time without going through security. And like everywhere else, access to dorms is by key card. Off campus, it depends where you go, like everywhere else too.

My son tells me there are lots of “regular” kids, but there are kids who drive BMWs and wear designer labels. Frankly, that’s the real world, too. We’ve tried to give our kids a sense of values about material things and what really matters. From my personal observation, those kids are not prevalent, but like anthing else, a small minority can make an overwhelming (and wrong) impression.

One more thing - they seem to be increasingly serious about academics; he has two papers and a test this week, including a test on Tuesday night before thanksgiving…