A very bad "joke" at Oberlin

[Anonymous]

DD looked at Oberline. Family "was on the fence" about whether to proceed.

Friend sent us the attached which is not at all favorable. Is this what this school is all about or is it just another example of some flake at a SLAC going off the deep end?

Seems like we see alot of this nonsene at the SLACs?


http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/student_fesses_provocative_around_gPua3u7QkUlvOmTsVcWU0O

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
DD looked at Oberline. Family "was on the fence" about whether to proceed.

Friend sent us the attached which is not at all favorable. Is this what this school is all about or is it just another example of some flake at a SLAC going off the deep end?

Seems like we see alot of this nonsene at the SLACs?


http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/student_fesses_provocative_around_gPua3u7QkUlvOmTsVcWU0O

Obviously an exception not the rule, but I would never send my DC to a cloistered college town for the four years that there are expected to transform from a young adult (many in this are coming from sheltered environments) into a functioning member of the "real world." For the vast majority of people who hope to have jobs one day, the "real world" is urban, diverse, crowded and competitive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
DD looked at Oberline. Family "was on the fence" about whether to proceed.

Friend sent us the attached which is not at all favorable. Is this what this school is all about or is it just another example of some flake at a SLAC going off the deep end?

Seems like we see alot of this nonsene at the SLACs?


http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/student_fesses_provocative_around_gPua3u7QkUlvOmTsVcWU0O

Obviously an exception not the rule, but I would never send my DC to a cloistered college town for the four years that there are expected to transform from a young adult (many in this are coming from sheltered environments) into a functioning member of the "real world." For the vast majority of people who hope to have jobs one day, the "real world" is urban, diverse, crowded and competitive.

What rubbish. No one needs to live in an urban area to thrive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
DD looked at Oberline. Family "was on the fence" about whether to proceed.

Friend sent us the attached which is not at all favorable. Is this what this school is all about or is it just another example of some flake at a SLAC going off the deep end?

Seems like we see alot of this nonsene at the SLACs?


http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/student_fesses_provocative_around_gPua3u7QkUlvOmTsVcWU0O

Obviously an exception not the rule, but I would never send my DC to a cloistered college town for the four years that there are expected to transform from a young adult (many in this are coming from sheltered environments) into a functioning member of the "real world." For the vast majority of people who hope to have jobs one day, the "real world" is urban, diverse, crowded and competitive.

What rubbish. No one needs to live in an urban area to thrive.

Says the person on the DC area website . . . [sigh]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
DD looked at Oberline. Family "was on the fence" about whether to proceed.

Friend sent us the attached which is not at all favorable. Is this what this school is all about or is it just another example of some flake at a SLAC going off the deep end?

Seems like we see alot of this nonsene at the SLACs?


http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/student_fesses_provocative_around_gPua3u7QkUlvOmTsVcWU0O

Obviously an exception not the rule, but I would never send my DC to a cloistered college town for the four years that there are expected to transform from a young adult (many in this are coming from sheltered environments) into a functioning member of the "real world." For the vast majority of people who hope to have jobs one day, the "real world" is urban, diverse, crowded and competitive.

What rubbish. No one needs to live in an urban area to thrive.

Says the person on the DC area website . . . [sigh]

or maybe just a butthurt Oberlin Alum

[Anonymous]

I've got to wonder if that student has some kind of mental illness. There's a weirdness about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
DD looked at Oberline. Family "was on the fence" about whether to proceed.

Friend sent us the attached which is not at all favorable. Is this what this school is all about or is it just another example of some flake at a SLAC going off the deep end?

Seems like we see alot of this nonsene at the SLACs?


http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/student_fesses_provocative_around_gPua3u7QkUlvOmTsVcWU0O

Obviously an exception not the rule, but I would never send my DC to a cloistered college town for the four years that there are expected to transform from a young adult (many in this are coming from sheltered environments) into a functioning member of the "real world." For the vast majority of people who hope to have jobs one day, the "real world" is urban, diverse, crowded and competitive.

Another helicopter parent making their child's plans for the future.

[Anonymous]

New Yorker Post.....

[Anonymous]

Regardless..though...we agree it was done in very poor taste....right?

[Anonymous]

Yes, but I think it's also the dumb misguided action of one dumb misguided kid/brat/not-yet-adult/jerk/asshole/what-have-you. Who probably got more attention and coverage at a small school in a small town than he would in a bigger place.

I don't think it's a basis for arriving at general conclusions about SLACs. (Which I assume stands for small liberal arts colleges.)

Pick a SLAC, pick a sleepy college town, or don't, but I wouldn't base the decision on this kid or anyone like him.

[Anonymous]

Bet Oberlin holds a campus-wide meeting and invitational focus groups, and nothing is done. Why I dropped out of a SLAC in favor of a large urban U; reason # 17.

[Anonymous]

SLAC's are for kids who didn't attend private schools or kids who just can't get enough private high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:SLAC's are for kids who didn't attend private schools or kids who just can't get enough private high school.

Says someone who never attended one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
DD looked at Oberline. Family "was on the fence" about whether to proceed.

Friend sent us the attached which is not at all favorable. Is this what this school is all about or is it just another example of some flake at a SLAC going off the deep end?

Seems like we see alot of this nonsene at the SLACs?


http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/student_fesses_provocative_around_gPua3u7QkUlvOmTsVcWU0O

I'm pretty sure the student who did this will be expelled. He doesn't sound very bright.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
DD looked at Oberline. Family "was on the fence" about whether to proceed.

Friend sent us the attached which is not at all favorable. Is this what this school is all about or is it just another example of some flake at a SLAC going off the deep end?

Seems like we see alot of this nonsene at the SLACs?


http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/student_fesses_provocative_around_gPua3u7QkUlvOmTsVcWU0O

Obviously an exception not the rule, but I would never send my DC to a cloistered college town for the four years that there are expected to transform from a young adult (many in this are coming from sheltered environments) into a functioning member of the "real world." For the vast majority of people who hope to have jobs one day, the "real world" is urban, diverse, crowded and competitive.

Hmm, right. That explains all those failed Princeton alums I know.