"Student legions descend with more gear than ever; The fine art and sweet science of move-in day" September 03, 2011|By Billy Baker, Globe Staff
Successfully transitioning all those students from home to dorm comes with its own set of challenges, which do not change like the number of power outlets.
Students come with lots of baggage, and that baggage is not entirely physical, especially for the freshmen. They bring parents. And those parents often have a hard time leaving.
“From a university perspective, we want the parents to say goodbye as quickly as possible so the students can begin on that journey,’’ Marc Robillard, who has been the director of housing at Boston University since 1987, said....
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Time to log on to the Net:
"College freshmen never knew a world without the Net" August 24, 2011|By Dinesh Ramde, Associated Press
MILWAUKEE - Mention Amazon to the incoming class of college freshmen and they are more likely to think of shopping than the South American river. PC doesn’t stand for political correctness, and breaking up is a lot easier thanks to Facebook and text messaging.
These are among the 75 references on this year’s Beloit College Mindset List, a compilation intended to remind teachers that college freshmen born mostly in 1993 see the world in a much different way: They fancied pogs and Tickle Me Elmo toys as children, watched televisions that never had dials, and their lives have always been like a box of chocolates.
Once upon a time, relatives of the current generation swore never to trust anyone over the age of 30. This group could argue: Never trust anyone older than the Net.
Gross.
The college’s compilation, released yesterday, is assembled each year by two officials at the private school in southeastern Wisconsin. It also has evolved into a national phenomenon, a cultural touchstone that entertains even as it makes people wonder where the years have gone.
I thought it was to INFORM and EDUCATE!
Remember when the initials LBJ referred to President Lyndon B. Johnson? Today, according to the list, they make teens think of NBA star LeBron James. And speaking of the NBA, these kids didn’t want to be like Mike - they fawned over Shaq and Kobe.
In their lifetimes, Major League Baseball has always had three divisions plus wild-card playoff teams, and every state has always observed Martin Luther King Day. This generation has always seen women serve as Supreme Court justices and command Navy ships.
Then there’s OJ Simpson. These students were still in diapers when the former NFL star began searching for the killers of Nicole Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
This is what qualifies as major news during their lives, huh?
“Hmm, I know there was some scandal about him,’’ said Alex Keesey, 18, an incoming freshman from Beloit. “I think it was robbery or murder, maybe both.’’
Comments like that can be a little jarring to older folks who imagine that everyone knows about the Simpson murder trial and subsequent acquittal....
The authors say teachers need to be extra-vigilant about where this year’s students are going for information.
Yeah, or the kids MIGHT ACTUALLY LEARN SOMETHING!!
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