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Thread: COVID and the college student
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05-15-2021, 08:56 PM #351
Congratulations to all of your recent grads...sorry the last 14 months of your kids college years were not what they were supposed to be.....hope all your kids move onto bigger and better things......
My kid is staying in town/working and taking summer courses.....I guess I should of looked how much it cost before telling her....”sure, that sounds cool”......the bill came yesterday....10,000.00 for 6 credits....holy shit...that’s gonna hurt.
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06-10-2021, 02:13 PM #352
UVM just announced they will be requiring the vax. My son has been digging in deeper and deeper refusing it. We've been being nice and using logical arguments. Today he got to the point where he would not go back to school if he has to get it. Despite getting A/A- both semesters of first year. And despite now owing some cash that would be for naught. My wife did what she should have done all along and completely lost it on the kid. Screaming, yelling, jumping up and down, etc. Telling how he's putting his grandfather at risk, being a selfish little prick, to get off the fucking internet, that his aunt in Germany can't get a jab, that we won't pay for anything more, that we'll be pissed about the money WE borrowed for tuition as a gift, that he should go live under a bridge, and aliens killed JFK, wait, what? etc. It was epic. I don't want her that mad at me, ever. And she has been plenty mad before. The kid tucked his tail between his legs and went to the walk-in clinic.
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06-10-2021, 02:19 PM #353
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06-10-2021, 02:21 PM #354
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06-10-2021, 02:28 PM #355
He doesn't want the gubmint telling him what to do and using it as leverage to get him to comply. That's funny, he didn't have any issue with his selective service registration.
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06-10-2021, 03:07 PM #356
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06-13-2021, 06:52 AM #357Registered User
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It would have been simple, get the shot or move out. See ya kiddo.
So this college graduate thing isn't all it's cracked up to be right now. Both of my girls are back working in the local market they worked summers at before because "real jobs" are not really out there. I guess the pay isn't bad but damn... One is going to grad school next semester so I guess she's off the hook but the other one had to put off taking the GRE until the fall so she's baking cookies and decorating cakes for the next few months, at best.
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06-13-2021, 07:08 AM #358
Wait
What?
Aliens killed jfk?
Is George bush an alien?. . .
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06-13-2021, 07:40 AM #359
Ya. Well, I'm glad for you that things are that simple at your house. He actually would go live under a bridge if I was the one to do as you suggested, just to prove a point. I could see my discussion with him leading there when he got to the point of maybe not going back to school if he has to get the shot. So I pulled the plug on our chat and ratted him out to mom. It had to be mom losing her shit on him. There was no other way. He's a tricky one.
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06-13-2021, 07:41 AM #360
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06-13-2021, 08:44 AM #361
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06-13-2021, 09:58 AM #362
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06-13-2021, 01:41 PM #363
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06-14-2021, 07:15 AM #364
Now I just need the Canadian border to open and quarantine rules to relax. My daughter finished her 4years at UNB Fredericton and is going back to get her education degree. She'd rather work an extra two weeks than spend two weeks in quarantine. She's fully vaxxed.
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06-14-2021, 10:29 AM #365Registered User
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06-14-2021, 10:44 AM #366
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06-14-2021, 02:12 PM #367
I have a COVID grad in Thing #2 as of last week. He has been at home and studying since March of last year. Commencement was at home (he wasn't interested in the zoom version the school offered) with a few friends and fam, "Pomp and Circumstance" was played on the bass fiddle by a friend, and a mismatched, borrowed (incorrect colors/years) cap and gown. I gave the address and cried a lot. It was great. He's stoked to be done.
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06-14-2021, 02:36 PM #368
Excellent, congrats
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06-14-2021, 03:23 PM #369
Congratulations…onto bigger and better things…..
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06-14-2021, 03:58 PM #370
You went further than we did. My daughter was out of town for work and actually at work in the field for UNB virtual graduation. My wife and I watched it on the interwebs. For a "party" my daughter chose take-out with my wife and I at a park by the lake without her brothers. She got a card and we helped a little on her car purchase and a new laptop.
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06-14-2021, 04:48 PM #371
Congratulations to both the kids and parents!
I can’t imagine how proud you must feel to watch your offspring graduate college. I’m really looking forward to seeing my daughter do the same."boobs just make the world better really" - Woodsy
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06-14-2021, 08:15 PM #372
Pretty huge cathartic experience at darling daughter's bucolic tree lined campus, literally everyone - parents, grads, family, friends, went to the green for pics and celebration after the graduation ceremony. Thousands without masks, together in a huge spontaneous party. I admit, I got a little teary. These kids have been through a lot.
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06-14-2021, 10:33 PM #373
I got him a carbon Santoku Zwilling/Kramer knife with an engraving from Bob's shop. What a fucking time this has been.
As for the party, gotta hand it to my GF who has been gently encouraging me to do something beyond my usual 'good food and a few peeps' thing. I had every intention of doing something, but she helped me find my way to doing an actual thing. Thanks babe.
No, she isn't here.
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06-15-2021, 12:32 AM #374
Hell of a gift, thought about spending my graduation money on a bob Kramer original that was floating on eBay for a while.
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07-16-2021, 09:29 AM #375
COVID and the college student
Got the email today that UVM requiring all students to be vaccinated/proof of vaccination….Both kids got vaccinated last spring so no worries for us, but wonder how this requirement will effect enrollment? (I think most UVM students were vaccinated anyway…but will be interesting to see how many don’t return)
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