Why Do You Love Grinnell?

M_s_Mom
Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:56:58 +0000

BengalMom, there are a few things that keep him from confusing Grinnell with Paradise:

1) No matter how good the food is on campus-and it’s very good-you do get tired of it, and there are only a handful of good restaurants in a town of 9,000 people. More choices would require a car, which he doesn’t have, though some friends do.
2) He’s too far away to easily visit for a weekend-I know he misses us. But this would be true anywhere not within commuting distance.
3) He knew it would be cold-but mid-western cold takes getting used to. There weren’t a lot of days when you would want to be outside from mid-Jan (end of winter break) to mid-March (start of spring break).
4) He works hard. Sometimes-before exams-very hard. But he always has time for his ECs, so we figure it can’t be that bad.