College Days
College Advisor: “They’re Fine”
By: Ned Ketyer, MD By Ned Ketyer, MD Originally posted at www.thePediaBlog.com on December 12, 2019
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versity, Leslie Zacks has “a front row seat people, and that’s how I know they something. Don’t panic. This (usually) watching 200 new freshmen flor around are totally fine. vandalism or rebellion. Most They are nice to our teenaged kids and chatty with us whenisn’t they’ve had enough sleep. The adorably every fall.” The Zacks family is universities have a rock or a wall or gratefully devour the freshly Zacks baked we that occasionally leave the common treated well enough by the “semi-interestrelayscookies 8 other indicators your some otherin semi-permanent structureroom lik they’ve ed” first-yearnever students. tasted sugar. college freshman is perfectly fine: that gets painted by spirited groups > They are nice to our teenaged kids 1. They joined something. Anything. It on campus […] They go totally bonkers, drop down on all fours and speak in tongues every time they and chatty with us when they’ve had seriously doesn’t matter what it is. Usuenough sleep. They dog. gratefullyBut devour ally it’s an a capella group. Couldus be ana lot because 3. They quit something. Maybe it’s meat. encounter our they don’t hang out with they are incredibly busy the freshly baked cookies we occainterpretive dance company, or a fringe Or an instrument. Or a hometown honey. focused people, and that’s howpolitical I know they are totally fine. sionally leave in the common room committee. Maybe it’s a sorority. They showed up with something that like they’ve never tasted sugar. Their choice might surprise you. Personwas seriously woven into the fabric of relays 8 other indicators that your college freshman is perfectly fine: ally, I might draw the line at improve, but their personalities for as long as they > They go totally bonkers, drop down on guess what – parents don’t get to weigh can remember and then they woke up They joined something. Anything. It seriously doesn’t matter what it is. Usually it’s an all fours and speak in tongues every in. Whatever it is be happy. They found one day, got distracted, and, without capella group. betheyan interpretive dance oreven a fringe political committee. M time they encounterCould our dog. But their people and they are notcompany, alone. deciding, dropped that thing like a
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