My 18 year old son is headed to college this fall.
Being the organized person that he is (this proves that \u201cthe apple CAN fall far from the tree\u201d), he got the college checklist of necessary items from target, and began reading the list off.<\/p>\n
\u201cGaming station\u201d, stood out in my mind as one of the most important necessities for college. \u201cToilet brush\u201d was probably second. <\/p>\n
\u201cHey, Dad,\u201d Caleb mused, \u201cThey don\u2019t even have pencils on the list.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow about paper?\u201d I inquired.<\/p>\n
\u201cNope.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLittle multicolored erasers that you put on your pencil?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot that, either.\u201d<\/p>\n
All told, there were 5 different devices listed which are used for entertainment.<\/p>\n
College sure has changed since I was there. For our entertainment, we played Round Robin ping pong until the Resident Assistant shut us down around midnight. Then we sat up \u2018till 2 am solving all of the world\u2019s problems. Then the troublemakers in the dorm would get drunk, and throw Chinese Throwing Stars at the drywall until 4 am.<\/p>\n
If I need to go back to college for another degree, I\u2019m gonna have to buy a lot of batteries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My 18 year old son is headed to college this fall. Being the organized person that he is (this proves that \u201cthe apple CAN fall far from the tree\u201d), he got the college checklist of necessary items from target, and … Continue reading