Did anyone else’s kid get a great fall schedule?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I seriously don’t think my parents ever knew my class schedule. Land the helicopter.

Did text and Facetime exist when you were in college?

Why would that have mattered? Texting existed, but not FaceTime. I probably told my parents what classes I was taking, but I don’t remember ever telling them my entire schedule.

And that is YOU. Our kid let us know his schedule because he wanted to share. He also didn’t want us trying to call or text him in class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I seriously don’t think my parents ever knew my class schedule. Land the helicopter.

Did text and Facetime exist when you were in college?

Why would that have mattered? Texting existed, but not FaceTime. I probably told my parents what classes I was taking, but I don’t remember ever telling them my entire schedule.

And that is YOU. Our kid let us know his schedule because he wanted to share. He also didn’t want us trying to call or text him in class.

NP but assuming he silences his phone, what would it matter? Would you call 911 if he didn't call or text back within 5 minutes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I seriously don’t think my parents ever knew my class schedule. Land the helicopter.

Did text and Facetime exist when you were in college?

Why would that have mattered? Texting existed, but not FaceTime. I probably told my parents what classes I was taking, but I don’t remember ever telling them my entire schedule.

And that is YOU. Our kid let us know his schedule because he wanted to share. He also didn’t want us trying to call or text him in class.

Why would that matter? He can just put his phone on silent. I call BS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I seriously don’t think my parents ever knew my class schedule. Land the helicopter.

NP: Responses like these are just annoying. Like you know anything about OP's kid.

All the point scoring and schooling on this forum is such a buzz kill. It's like there are a couple of really unhappy and/or pompous people that have to weigh in on a judgmental tangent on everything. Ugh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:haha heck no she's not coming home, sounds like a good schedule to get a part-time job or something.

Same for that one. Like you know the inner workings of OP's kid. Sheesh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:haha heck no she's not coming home, sounds like a good schedule to get a part-time job or something.

Same for that one. Like you know the inner workings of OP's kid. Sheesh.

ok so I am the PP that posted that. I will rephrase it, NO she shouldn't come home. Get a part-time job, or join more clubs. If she's 4 hours away from home, she choose to be in a non-commutable location. Let her enjoy college and don't expect her to come home. She'll come when she wants.

I say this as a parent of a DD two hours away. She absolutely could come home every weekend if she wanted to, but I wouldn't want that and neither would she. College is a unique time, she should enjoy it and immerse herself in it.

[Anonymous]

My kid (who just graduated) would discuss her schedule with me: what to take when (to meet grad & prerequisite requirements), classes she wanted but could not get into or they clashed with other requirements. It is a big deal to schedule classes when you are in college.

When a new semester started, she would share her schedule, so I would know when I might expect to reach her. I did not want to distract her with texts, etc.

It is normal if you are close/have a good relationship.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I seriously don’t think my parents ever knew my class schedule. Land the helicopter.

We are paying for the college he was allowed to attend. He certainly was not permitted to apply for a college in a state we didn’t approve of. We pay for tuition, food and a room. We pay for his car and insurance and his phone. We have the paid version of Life360 on all our phones.

We know his schedule and have places set for every building he has classes and the Dining hall plus every bar and his fraternity.

If he skips class, we would know. If he is late, we would know. He texts us if a professor lets them out early as we would see him leaving the building outside of class hours. When he starts paying, we will not be watching.

Are you kidding me?

I was with the OP ... I have a general sense of my kid's schedule, because we chat, LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE.

This is way over the top.

[Anonymous]

I’m close to DC and they share a lot with us…. What they are thinking regarding classes, minors, etc etc So it’s natural that I know their classes and their general schedule. To answer OPs question, DC is a sophomore with classes on t w th and they have Mon and Fri free. It’s a sweet schedule for the fall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:haha heck no she's not coming home, sounds like a good schedule to get a part-time job or something.

Same for that one. Like you know the inner workings of OP's kid. Sheesh.

ok so I am the PP that posted that. I will rephrase it, NO she shouldn't come home. Get a part-time job, or join more clubs. If she's 4 hours away from home, she choose to be in a non-commutable location. Let her enjoy college and don't expect her to come home. She'll come when she wants.

I say this as a parent of a DD two hours away. She absolutely could come home every weekend if she wanted to, but I wouldn't want that and neither would she. College is a unique time, she should enjoy it and immerse herself in it.

Sheesh-PP here. Now this is helpful. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I seriously don’t think my parents ever knew my class schedule. Land the helicopter.

We are paying for the college he was allowed to attend. He certainly was not permitted to apply for a college in a state we didn’t approve of. We pay for tuition, food and a room. We pay for his car and insurance and his phone. We have the paid version of Life360 on all our phones.

We know his schedule and have places set for every building he has classes and the Dining hall plus every bar and his fraternity.

If he skips class, we would know. If he is late, we would know. He texts us if a professor lets them out early as we would see him leaving the building outside of class hours. When he starts paying, we will not be watching.

Are you kidding me?

I was with the OP ... I have a general sense of my kid's schedule, because we chat, LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE.

This is way over the top.

I'm really hope that's not a real person. Right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I seriously don’t think my parents ever knew my class schedule. Land the helicopter.

We are paying for the college he was allowed to attend. He certainly was not permitted to apply for a college in a state we didn’t approve of. We pay for tuition, food and a room. We pay for his car and insurance and his phone. We have the paid version of Life360 on all our phones.

We know his schedule and have places set for every building he has classes and the Dining hall plus every bar and his fraternity.

If he skips class, we would know. If he is late, we would know. He texts us if a professor lets them out early as we would see him leaving the building outside of class hours. When he starts paying, we will not be watching.

Are you kidding me?

I was with the OP ... I have a general sense of my kid's schedule, because we chat, LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE.

This is way over the top.

When it is our investment, we have all this say and yes power over how it is spent. Want to waste our money blowing off classes to go the bars and endless frat parties and end up on academic probation or suspension, we continuously monitor our investment. He knows the parameters of what we require.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I seriously don’t think my parents ever knew my class schedule. Land the helicopter.

We are paying for the college he was allowed to attend. He certainly was not permitted to apply for a college in a state we didn’t approve of. We pay for tuition, food and a room. We pay for his car and insurance and his phone. We have the paid version of Life360 on all our phones.

We know his schedule and have places set for every building he has classes and the Dining hall plus every bar and his fraternity.

If he skips class, we would know. If he is late, we would know. He texts us if a professor lets them out early as we would see him leaving the building outside of class hours. When he starts paying, we will not be watching.

Are you kidding me?

I was with the OP ... I have a general sense of my kid's schedule, because we chat, LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE.

This is way over the top.

OMG-you are so damaged.

A child is not an "investment"!

They are a gift. You are entrusted with supporting them to become who they aspire to be. You may have taught your kid how to make money, but you failed woefully in teaching him how to love and nurture to adulthood.

When it is our investment, we have all this say and yes power over how it is spent. Want to waste our money blowing off classes to go the bars and endless frat parties and end up on academic probation or suspension, we continuously monitor our investment. He knows the parameters of what we require.

[Anonymous]

My son always has a sweet schedule. Every time I text him he texts back, call you later i'm golfing.

COVID did help with that. One teacher got cancer and just cancelled class mid-semester, gave them their current grade and an option to bring it up if they wanted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I seriously don’t think my parents ever knew my class schedule. Land the helicopter.

We are paying for the college he was allowed to attend. He certainly was not permitted to apply for a college in a state we didn’t approve of. We pay for tuition, food and a room. We pay for his car and insurance and his phone. We have the paid version of Life360 on all our phones.

We know his schedule and have places set for every building he has classes and the Dining hall plus every bar and his fraternity.

If he skips class, we would know. If he is late, we would know. He texts us if a professor lets them out early as we would see him leaving the building outside of class hours. When he starts paying, we will not be watching.

Are you kidding me?

I was with the OP ... I have a general sense of my kid's schedule, because we chat, LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE.

This is way over the top.

When it is our investment, we have all this say and yes power over how it is spent. Want to waste our money blowing off classes to go the bars and endless frat parties and end up on academic probation or suspension, we continuously monitor our investment. He knows the parameters of what we require.

I think you are misguided if you think he's not doing those things, regardless of your "monitoring".