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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to a "posh" college and I don't think the people there were particularly classy.  There were a lot of cliques and segregation and fratboys or lacrosse bros or whatever obnoxious white guys are called now.  I have met many sophisticated people from state schools.  You can cultivate class in yourself by reading a lot and being kind.  People always find that classy.

Cookie if you can guess what "top" college I went to.[/quote]

Duke?   I went there, and I could have written this and more.  I regret it, absolutely, but I don't think I would have spent any less time drinking at Local State U.  I am working on making sure my kids don't just follow the herd and hopefully wherever they go, they can spend time doing what they want to do instead of what they think is "cool".  [/quote]

Ding ding ding!!  We have a winner!  I wish I could email you and we could sit around and bitch about this, I feel so uncomfortable telling people who ask me about my college years that I sort of hated Duke.[/quote]

14:09 here...  I know!  It's so hard to smile and nod when people say "Oh, Duke, you must have had so much FUN there what with all the basketball games!"  Kindness was not something I saw a lot of at Duke; often it seemed like people were mean to other people for sport.  Nothing classy about that.  I actually think a lot of my friends really struggled there.  We certainly were all bulimic, which tells you something.  I realize that "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" and all that, and I feel stronger having made it through that difficult time, but also I have so many regrets about what I did and what I didn't do with those four years.

On the bright side, knowing what I know now, I've tried to help guide my kids' educations so they can hopefully see that there are other paths besides the one I took, and they can make a conscious choice about where to go and not just pick their school based on superficialities.

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See, this is funny.  I went to big/local state U because a lot of people from my high school went and it was a pretty typical path.  I didn't like my experience at all - trashy students, stumbling drunk, unkind, and not particularly smart either.  Many of us were also bulimic or anorexic.  I WANT my kids to realize they can go to Duke (or whatever school) and they don't have to follow the herd or do what's school.  [/quote]

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