Would you let your child go to Penn State?

[iowajerms]

This has been a big topic on ESPN since the Freeh report has come out.

 

[fordman84]

This has been a big topic on ESPN since the Freeh report has come out.

Were any of the kids abused students? If not, seems like the safest place.

 

[beardown07]

I will encourage my kid to go to a Trade School personally

 

[Taz_Hokie]

Yes. Stuff like this could happen anywhere. With it happening at Penn St, I'm sure they will be taking a good amount of precautions to make sure this doesn't happen again.

 

[iowajerms]

The "State Penn" option is kind of a "Who is Penn State?" type of thing.

 

[Smart]

No, but it has nothing to do with Sandusky. I'd want my kids to go to a better school, and if not, i'd like them to go to a school in a cultural hub, not some podunk town.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

No, but it has nothing to do with Sandusky. I'd want my kids to go to a better school, and if not, i'd like them to go to a school in a cultural hub, not some podunk town.

And, if you happen to get a high powered lawyer job in Philadelphia, with the law degree that you do not yet have, and your child wants to go to PSU, and feels it is the best fit for him/her?

Your intellectual elitism is through the fucking roof for someone who still hasn't accomplished anything in life. LOL.

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

not right now

not when everyone involved in the institution including the school president all lied just to protect the university's name.

 

[757Hokie83]

And, if you happen to get a high powered lawyer job in Philadelphia, with the law degree that you do not yet have, and your child wants to go to PSU, and feels it is the best fit for him/her?

Your intellectual elitism is through the fucking roof for someone who still hasn't accomplished anything in life. LOL.

 

[KansasSooner]

Let's see, if they are 18 they can do as they want according to the law. How could you stop them if they are set on going there?

 

[Smart]

And, if you happen to get a high powered lawyer job in Philadelphia, with the law degree that you do not yet have, and your child wants to go to PSU, and feels it is the best fit for him/her?

Your intellectual elitism is through the fucking roof for someone who still hasn't accomplished anything in life. LOL.

If my child truly feels it is the best fit for them for a reason they can clearly articulate, fine. I just have a really negative opinion of "college towns."

When I talk to my friends who have gone to a variety of different schools, the gap between people who go to school in college towns and those who go to school in real cities is clearly apparent. The college town bunch do not know how to entertain themselves while sober, all their stories are the same (I did some stupid things while drunk....i'm so special), and they just aren't as well rounded as individuals. It isn't about elitism or intellectualism. It's about humanity, and whether a person can enjoy themselves without being self-destructive.

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

Let's see, if they are 18 they can do as they want according to the law. How could you stop them if they are set on going there?

I'd say it would be better worded to say that I'd do my best to convince my child to attend a different institution.

 

[NDHoosier101]

My child, as in like my young kid being sent for a summer camp there? Or my child as in college student? Either way I'd let them go. The university made some mistakes, but they will not let it happen again. I can guarantee that.

 

[fordman84]

Let's see, if they are 18 they can do as they want according to the law. How could you stop them if they are set on going there?

Like this: "Billy, if you go to UT you will pay for it yourself. If you go to A&M I have a nice new truck for you and I'll pay for school."

Done.


In reality, my son will be going wherever offers him the best scholarship

 

[KansasSooner]

If my child truly feels it is the best fit for them for a reason they can clearly articulate, fine. I just have a really negative opinion of "college towns."

When I talk to my friends who have gone to a variety of different schools, the gap between people who go to school in college towns and those who go to school in real cities is clearly apparent. The college town bunch do not know how to entertain themselves while sober, all their stories are the same (I did some stupid things while drunk....i'm so special), and they just aren't as well rounded as individuals. It isn't about elitism or intellectualism. It's about humanity, and whether a person can enjoy themselves without being self-destructive.

Sounds like elitism to me. You are basically saying that the only good education comes from living in large metro areas.

 

[ckhokie]

If my child truly feels it is the best fit for them for a reason they can clearly articulate, fine. I just have a really negative opinion of "college towns."

When I talk to my friends who have gone to a variety of different schools, the gap between people who go to school in college towns and those who go to school in real cities is clearly apparent. The college town bunch do not know how to entertain themselves while sober, all their stories are the same (I did some stupid things while drunk....i'm so special), and they just aren't as well rounded as individuals. It isn't about elitism or intellectualism. It's about humanity, and whether a person can enjoy themselves without being self-destructive.

Again, Smart with another opinion, tried to pass as fact, that lacks any and all empirical evidence.

 

[NDHoosier101]

If my child truly feels it is the best fit for them for a reason they can clearly articulate, fine. I just have a really negative opinion of "college towns."

When I talk to my friends who have gone to a variety of different schools, the gap between people who go to school in college towns and those who go to school in real cities is clearly apparent. The college town bunch do not know how to entertain themselves while sober, all their stories are the same (I did some stupid things while drunk....i'm so special), and they just aren't as well rounded as individuals. It isn't about elitism or intellectualism. It's about humanity, and whether a person can enjoy themselves without being self-destructive.

What garbage.

 

[ckhokie]

When I talk to my friends who have gone to a variety of different schools, the gap between people who go to school in college towns and those who go to school in real cities is clearly apparent. The college town bunch do not know how to entertain themselves while sober, all their stories are the same (I did some stupid things while drunk....i'm so special), and they just aren't as well rounded as individuals. It isn't about elitism or intellectualism. It's about humanity, and whether a person can enjoy themselves without being self-destructive.

You really convinced yourself of this? Do you know what kind of stigma UW-Madison has? It is commonly listed in top party schools and as full of drunks as any 'college town' universities.

Shame everyone can't go to a distinguished university where we all yell 'FUCK YOU EAT SHIT' at football games

 

[Smart]

Sounds like elitism to me. You are basically saying that the only good education comes from living in large metro areas.

It has nothing to do with education. It has everything to do with how one entertains themselves and what values an individual has. I do think that there is something intrinsically better about cities with better cuisines, better museums, better music venues, more sporting events, more street life, prettier geography, etc. In a city like Madison or Minneapolis or Chicago or Washington DC or New York or Austin, TX, or Columbus, or Ann Arbor (the list goes on and on), you have everything you could do in a State College or a Champaign, and much, much more.

I guess one could claim it is elitism, but only in the most rudimentary manner. I don't think it is that crazy to suggest that having more options is worthwhile.

 

[NDHoosier101]

It has nothing to do with education. It has everything to do with how one entertains themselves and what values an individual has. I do think that there is something intrinsically better about cities with better cuisines, better museums, better music venues, more sporting events, more street life, prettier geography, etc. In a city like Madison or Minneapolis or Chicago or Washington DC or New York or Austin, TX, or Columbus, or Ann Arbor (the list goes on and on), you have everything you could do in a State College or a Champaign, and much, much more.

I guess one could claim it is elitism, but only in the most rudimentary manner. I don't think it is that crazy to suggest that having more options is worthwhile.

Please be trolling.