Last night
Was Junior orientation night at the Oglets school. We have to start looking at universities for her, and it isn’t going to be easy.
Nor cheap.
Nor painless. but it’s the only job I have to do that has any actual value attached to it, so I might just as well get it right.
Damn. When did she get so big?
I heard that. I keep thinking about how quiet it will be next year here at Fort Knox.
And expensive Might be time for me to dry clean my Chippendales outft and earn some extra cash a la Chris Farley.
Knox: Just let me go on first, and you’ll be the beefcake by comparison
No. Currently it is NOT WORTH IT. Really. I’ve been in academia all my life as a student, professor, and staff person and currently work and teach in the IU system.
Trade school. Encourage her to learn a trade. THEN, and only then, should she consider a going to a university. And somewhere within her learning she should travel. Far. Out of her comfort zone.
Those things are all in the plan. Well, sort of; physicians assistant, or somesuch, to begin with, so there will always be a fallback. And yes, travel.
There are fine universities (with instruction in English) in places like Canada and Scandinavia, and many have tuition for foreigners that is cheap by American standards. If you have the family heritage to wangle any EU passport then Scandinavian ones are even cheaper — they have to treat you as “in state”, even for the programs with free tuition.
Oglette is scary smart, she can do anything she wants to. She just needs the tools.
If she wants to check out any schools this way, she always has a room at my little place.
Speaking of the Oglet, since you’ve mentioned her interest in forensic science, I will point out this book. About the only reason I can think of not buying it for the Oglet is once she sees the book, she’ll want the author’s $247 dollar kit. And that doesn’t include a microscope.