What I learned from the returning freshman this week

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:21 schools listed. Honest question - Did you tape-record the comments or do you take shorthand?

It started as notes in my iPhone as I was trying to think about my other DC going through the process soon and wanted to remember 4 specific schools.

Honestly, I know these kids well (some since they were 4 or 5). Its a really tight community.
For the ones I talked to firsthand, its not that hard to remember? I mean it was just this week (some on Wed and some on Fri).
For the others (which I eavesdropped on or DC told me directly), also not that hard. I mean there are a LOT of kids whose feedback isn't included here.
This is a sliver.

You know this is incredibly, incredibly weird for a middle-aged woman, right? Just checking, because it sort of seems like you don’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:21 schools listed. Honest question - Did you tape-record the comments or do you take shorthand?

It started as notes in my iPhone as I was trying to think about my other DC going through the process soon and wanted to remember 4 specific schools.

Honestly, I know these kids well (some since they were 4 or 5). Its a really tight community.
For the ones I talked to firsthand, its not that hard to remember? I mean it was just this week (some on Wed and some on Fri).
For the others (which I eavesdropped on or DC told me directly), also not that hard. I mean there are a LOT of kids whose feedback isn't included here.
This is a sliver.

You know this is incredibly, incredibly weird for a middle-aged woman, right? Just checking, because it sort of seems like you don’t.

Also incredibly weird: Whatever it is you're trying to do in this thread. Let it go already.

[Anonymous]

DD came home from U. of Wisconsin-Madison. She likes her classes but said a number of girls on campus shaved their heads bald after the election loss.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD came home from U. of Wisconsin-Madison. She likes her classes but said a number of girls on campus shaved their heads bald after the election loss.

Love this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have serious psychological issues. Honestly. You really, really do.

+100000

Ignore the haters. As someone who will have a kid going through the process soon, this was very interesting to read.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have serious psychological issues. Honestly. You really, really do.

+100000

Ignore the haters. As someone who will have a kid going through the process soon, this was very interesting to read.

Agree! And please no one feed the weird troll hating on OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bleak city?? I guess I’m biased and envious of Case students because I’m from Cleveland. Have him check out the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame or the Cleveland Museum of Art. There’s also the Little Italy area by Case, West Side Market, and the Tremont neighborhood. Cleveland Orchestra. If he likes sports, he can catch a Cavs game.

He's from two major cities, so Cleveland doesn't feel like a real city, plus it's a depressed industrial city. I don't think he cares about sports much, and the Little Italy isn't ... "real" to him compared to the one in NYC or actual Italy. He's been going to the orchestra because it's free for Case students. I think he said a bunch of museums are on campus and he's been to them, but how much can you expect an 18 yr old to go to museums, you know?

What? I'm sorry PP with the boy at Case. Your son sounds high maintenance. Or he is one of those people who are often looking at life negatively. He will have a hard life ahead of him.

He's not high maintenance. He is going with the flow, and dealing with setbacks and overall has a good attitude. I'm really proud of him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:21 schools listed. Honest question - Did you tape-record the comments or do you take shorthand?

It started as notes in my iPhone as I was trying to think about my other DC going through the process soon and wanted to remember 4 specific schools.

Honestly, I know these kids well (some since they were 4 or 5). Its a really tight community.
For the ones I talked to firsthand, its not that hard to remember? I mean it was just this week (some on Wed and some on Fri).
For the others (which I eavesdropped on or DC told me directly), also not that hard. I mean there are a LOT of kids whose feedback isn't included here.
This is a sliver.

You know this is incredibly, incredibly weird for a middle-aged woman, right? Just checking, because it sort of seems like you don’t.

Also incredibly weird: Whatever it is you're trying to do in this thread. Let it go already.

Diff poster: i suspect lots of diff people have commented OP is a troll and a liar, and a bad one at that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:21 schools listed. Honest question - Did you tape-record the comments or do you take shorthand?

It started as notes in my iPhone as I was trying to think about my other DC going through the process soon and wanted to remember 4 specific schools.

Honestly, I know these kids well (some since they were 4 or 5). Its a really tight community.
For the ones I talked to firsthand, its not that hard to remember? I mean it was just this week (some on Wed and some on Fri).
For the others (which I eavesdropped on or DC told me directly), also not that hard. I mean there are a LOT of kids whose feedback isn't included here.
This is a sliver.

You need a life. A therapist. Help. You are engaged in bizarre attention-seeking behavior that is not healthy for you, your marriage, if you have one, or your children. You are vicariously living through these other children, keeping notes (OMG), wasting hours writing this up for what? To make yourself feel
momentarily in the spotlight? To receive unwarranted attention?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:21 schools listed. Honest question - Did you tape-record the comments or do you take shorthand?

It started as notes in my iPhone as I was trying to think about my other DC going through the process soon and wanted to remember 4 specific schools.

Honestly, I know these kids well (some since they were 4 or 5). Its a really tight community.
For the ones I talked to firsthand, its not that hard to remember? I mean it was just this week (some on Wed and some on Fri).
For the others (which I eavesdropped on or DC told me directly), also not that hard. I mean there are a LOT of kids whose feedback isn't included here.
This is a sliver.

You need a life. A therapist. Help. You are engaged in bizarre attention-seeking behavior that is not healthy for you, your marriage, if you have one, or your children. You are vicariously living through these other children, keeping notes (OMG), wasting hours writing this up for what? To make yourself feel
momentarily in the spotlight? To receive unwarranted attention?

Why are you being so judgmental about an internet stranger?

[Anonymous]

OP should report the off-topic posts to have them removed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:21 schools listed. Honest question - Did you tape-record the comments or do you take shorthand?

It started as notes in my iPhone as I was trying to think about my other DC going through the process soon and wanted to remember 4 specific schools.

Honestly, I know these kids well (some since they were 4 or 5). Its a really tight community.
For the ones I talked to firsthand, its not that hard to remember? I mean it was just this week (some on Wed and some on Fri).
For the others (which I eavesdropped on or DC told me directly), also not that hard. I mean there are a LOT of kids whose feedback isn't included here.
This is a sliver.

You need a life. A therapist. Help. You are engaged in bizarre attention-seeking behavior that is not healthy for you, your marriage, if you have one, or your children. You are vicariously living through these other children, keeping notes (OMG), wasting hours writing this up for what? To make yourself feel
momentarily in the spotlight? To receive unwarranted attention?

Why are you being so judgmental about an internet stranger?

Something OP wrote initially hit too close to the bone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:21 schools listed. Honest question - Did you tape-record the comments or do you take shorthand?

It started as notes in my iPhone as I was trying to think about my other DC going through the process soon and wanted to remember 4 specific schools.

Honestly, I know these kids well (some since they were 4 or 5). Its a really tight community.
For the ones I talked to firsthand, its not that hard to remember? I mean it was just this week (some on Wed and some on Fri).
For the others (which I eavesdropped on or DC told me directly), also not that hard. I mean there are a LOT of kids whose feedback isn't included here.
This is a sliver.

You need a life. A therapist. Help. You are engaged in bizarre attention-seeking behavior that is not healthy for you, your marriage, if you have one, or your children. You are vicariously living through these other children, keeping notes (OMG), wasting hours writing this up for what? To make yourself feel
momentarily in the spotlight? To receive unwarranted attention?

Why are you being so judgmental about an internet stranger?

Something OP wrote initially hit too close to the bone.

Maybe? Maybe they didn’t like that their kids aren’t at these schools? I don’t actually think that’s it, though. There are teens on here - it’s weirdly immature and aggressive in a way that’s bad even for DCUM!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP please calendar this for an update in December 2025. Thanks in advance.

OP here:
Sorry. I don’t think I will. I don’t understand the anger and vitriol.

If others can report disruptive “trolls” and agitators, perhaps this will get back on track.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP please calendar this for an update in December 2025. Thanks in advance.

OP here:
Sorry. I don’t think I will. I don’t understand the anger and vitriol.

If others can report disruptive “trolls” and agitators, perhaps this will get back on track.

I’m so sorry for the sh*t comments. I, for one, appreciated your post. It was interesting and I’d like to see how their experience evolves.