On Apr 5, 2009, at 7:36 AM, Nate Duehr wrote:

> but Solarwind is a college-bound young person

(This thread is OT, right?)

The "Living in your parent's basement" phase would tend to come AFTER  
the enthusiastic college bound young person" phase.  Once you get OUT  
of the parent's house to a college dorm, you have MUCH more freedom  
and opportunity to FAIL.  School Pressures, Unprecedented Competition,  
Alcohol, Online Gaming, Sex, Drugs, Too much money, Not enough  
money...  (and when I was in school, those damn Computers were one of  
the Distractions...) Not to mention the "what do you mean that my  
degree in X doesn't get me a job with a salary high enough to rent my  
own apartment?" issue alluded to in other threads.
Solarwind is aimed nicely, but he hasn't arrived anywhere yet, and  
that pre-med (that's what "healthcare" means, right?) track it pretty  
fraught with perils.  I wish him luck...

BillW

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