Secondhand WTF.

[feldjagerpistol]

I have a friend who is a tour guide for the university we both attend. While I am currently unemployed, I don't particularly envy her job. The parents of incoming freshmen are just...bizarre at times.

For example. One of the things she does is run Q&A sessions after the tours. Recently, she got this question:

"Will there be bed checks and curfews?"

Comments

[stardust462]

That poor, poor child. I can imagine this mother calling the university in a panic if she doesn't hear from her little baby for more than 12 hours.

[alicephilippa]

Heck, she'll probably phoning her offspring to ensure that said young adult is ready for bed at 9pm and not out partying.

[tortillafactory]

That describes my college experience to a T. And mom wonders why I moved 3000 miles away...

[jenufa]

Sad to say, this'll be me some day. Even if it's a lie, I'd like a slow nod in my direction so I can pretend my little angels stay that way. I just... I'd rather not think about what they're getting up to. :P

[bear_foot]

just like kids allways use brain bleach when it comes to ideas of parents boinking away ;)

[jenufa]

Exactly! I won't share my sex stories of me and their daddy, if they keep their adventures to themselves. :P

[corridor7f]

People will probably dislike what I'm about to say, but in some cases, if your parents are paying for you to go to uni... you kinda have to give in to them a bit and endure some excessive hovering, right?

[corridor7f]

It totally does.

I had a rather bland college experience anyway - I was 24, had 5 years of work experience already and lived on my own. Even then, from getting to know my peers at the time, the ol' crazy-sex-drink-stay-out-late stereotype is kind of fading away. Many on them were in their mid-twenties or older, had kids, etc.. and were quite responsible, yet fun.

Anyway, I can do the crazy-sex-drink-stay-out-late thing if and whenever I please since I'm 100% independent. Haha!

[1001cranes]

more understandable if you were going to a smaller, and more likely specifically christian or catholic college, but a state university with 15000 students? sorry, but her kid is going to be lucky if they aren't sexiled during freshman week. or do some sexiling of their own.

[cai1987]

Seriously. I knew one freshman who had to room with specific student (usually that was done by lottery) in the room next to the resident advisor. Except she was just barely seventeen. Unless you're dealing with an unusually young freshman or a student with psych issues that need monitoring, there's really no reason for those kinds of restrictions.

Also, bed checks? Seriously? That opens up a whole 'nother can of worms about privacy and whatnot.

[hiddensarah]

I work in higher ed. Those kinds of questions are a normal day in many functional areas of this field.

[greenlily]

Me too. (College financial aid administrator here.) A few years back, we had a male graduate student (of normal grad student age, 22 or so) whose mom came to grad student orientation with him to make sure he wasn't going to be living in a co-ed dorm.

[feldjagerpistol]

I just...I don't...WHAT. D=

[skeptic320]

You know, by the time I was 22 I had lived for six months with a boyfriend. My parents were not thrilled beyond belief but on the basis that I was an adult paying my own way, they didn't kick up a fuss. And that in turn smoothed out the daughter/parent relationship, built trust and made visits to the ol' homestead both more frequent and more enjoyable. Do these people not think about the fact that their kids are going to grow up eventually, like it or not, and if they insist on treating their grown offspring like five-year-olds the offspring are going to fight back?