tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637802895814137825.post8961537268091431083..comments2023-05-02T14:07:48.207-04:00Comments on The Resident Alien: I miss . . . .Mark Goodacrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05115370166754797529noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637802895814137825.post-26229832957908211062007-08-28T20:35:00.000-04:002007-08-28T20:35:00.000-04:00Hi Jacqui. Good luck to your youngest. Unfortuna...Hi Jacqui. Good luck to your youngest. Unfortunately, I don't get a Labor Day holiday -- it's teaching as normal at Duke. But the kids will be off school.Mark Goodacrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115370166754797529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637802895814137825.post-79955921511451831882007-08-27T10:41:00.000-04:002007-08-27T10:41:00.000-04:00Hope you have a good day, I don't envy you wil all...Hope you have a good day, I don't envy you wil all those freshman.<BR/><BR/>My youngest starts today at the University of North Texas, so I will be interested to see how she fares. My other kids started last week. <BR/><BR/>I don't think US High schools (well in TX at least) prepares kids well for the change to University as I have seen many of my elder daughter's friends and my own Son flounder badly in their first year.<BR/><BR/>Then with all the working to pay for fees and cost of living, by the end of 4 yrs (if they are lucky), a lot of them are pretty burn out. No luxury of resits over here, fail a credit and you pay again. High GPA but still companies are insisting on masters. Its a very hard world these days for students.<BR/><BR/>You may have lost a bank holiday but you have gained a Labor Day :)Jacquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06016343780777256307noreply@blogger.com