Congrats to both your boys they are fine young men and it sounds like very good students. In know way was I trying to suggest there is only one way to do it. Hey different strokes for different folks. I surely never suggested that the education would be different from a classroom standpoint, the degree will be the same no matter what route you take.
My son went to school in Arkansas his first semester in fall of 2020. Shortly after he got there he learned that there was going to be no in person class and no football season. He lived in a dorm from right after the July 4th to around Halloween, only able to work out in the morning and go to the cafeteria. Other than that if he wanted to be out of the dorm it had to be off campus. It was like house arrest so he came home and finished on line. When he came home I told him he was more than welcome to live at home during school but it would be under my rules. He thought for all of about 30 seconds and said “you know I think I’ll find some roommates and move out. He later joined a fraternity and is enjoying the college experience. For him, even though I live a few blocks off of St Mary Blvd, the college experience was very important than the ease and comforts of Momma and Daddy’s house. Also I am paying less than I would if he were home, because I would have to provide 3 squares a day, in which I don’t because he pays living expenses.
I guess 13th grade may have not been the right term. Being from NI we had a good mix of students that would move out of mommas and house and live on or near campus and there were also those that would live at home and commute back and forth everyday. We referred to the kids that moved out as going to “college” and the kids that commuted just went to “school”. (I know there are exceptions to the rule.) The ones that went to “college” usually were the ones taking part in the full college experience. You would see them in SGA, UPC, on fraternity and sorority row, at homecoming week activities, intramurals, football, basketball and baseball games etc. The kids from NI that would commute you would only see them during the school day when you walked by places like Guillory hall or the Union where they hung out between classes if they had a break. They rarely got involved in any student organizations, joined any clubs or participated in extra curricular activities. They drove to Lafayette went to class and when class was over they drove home. They weren’t coming back on school days for extra stuff.
There are definitely different ways to get that education, but its hard to get the full college experience living with momma. Thats all I was trying to say.
. . . that is why I was practicing law at 23 while many of my colleagues were still mastering the art drunkenness, bars, DWI’s and regularly reaching out to their mommy’s or save them from their troubled lives . . . and struggling to complete a 4 year degree in 6 years of going to college . . . and at 24 I owned my own house, nice vehicle and a boat . . . but go ahead and knock it . . .
Just reading through the comments about changes in the offseason and in camp. I am not saying this is good, bad, or ugly just an observation.
I go to Reds every morning of the work week. Part of my route is down Cajun Dome Blvd from Eraste Landry to Johnston. I get to the light at Cajun Dome and Congress every morning between 4:50 and 5:10. During Napiers years I could see cars of ball players pulling in from all directions into the parking lot when sitting at the light during June and July. This year I haven’t seen one car in the parking lot at that time.
Just one difference in strategy that I have noticed.
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