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Title: How my son ends up going to college close to home
Post by: Yaobing on September 23, 2013, 08:15:22 pm

Today I took a day off from work because of Jason's college orientation at the University of Chicago.  He moved into his dorm yesterday and is now officially a college student.

About one and half years ago, he said he wanted to go to a college on the east coast.  "It is too boring to stay in the same city."  About one year ago, he had a change of heart.  "If UChicago admits me in Early Action, I will not even try applying to other schools in regular round."  That is the concise story of how he ended up close to home.

Title: Re: How my son ends up going to college close to home
Post by: rjm on September 23, 2013, 08:42:43 pm

Less fossil fuels consumed and tighter closer bonds with family and friends will be a trend for the next hundred years.

Title: Re: How my son ends up going to college close to home
Post by: JimH on September 24, 2013, 07:25:16 am

Congratulations to Jason and his proud father, Yaobing.  It's a very happy day for both.

Title: Re: How my son ends up going to college close to home
Post by: mojave on September 24, 2013, 08:53:04 am

Congratulations, Yaobing and Jason! Living in a dorm is still quite a change from living at home.

Quote from: rjm on September 23, 2013, 08:42:43 pm

Less fossil fuels consumed and tighter closer bonds with family and friends will be a trend for the next hundred years.

(http://filipspagnoli.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/correlation-rock-music-quality-oil-production.jpeg)

Title: Re: How my son ends up going to college close to home
Post by: Matt on September 24, 2013, 04:12:21 pm

Congrats from me as well Yaobing.

Hopefully Jason gets to experience the time honored tradition of eating Mom and Dad's food each weekend :)

Title: Re: How my son ends up going to college close to home
Post by: kstuart on September 24, 2013, 04:44:04 pm

mojave - you do realize that the chart indicates that Oil Production is driven by Great Songs (rather than the other way around) ?   ;D  In fact, it indicates that Oil Production is driven by songs released five years previously...

Title: Re: How my son ends up going to college close to home
Post by: jmone on September 25, 2013, 01:00:34 am

All the best Yaobing to your family!  It was your great work in the early days on DVB-T that brought me to j.RiVerS

Title: Re: How my son ends up going to college close to home
Post by: John Gateley on September 25, 2013, 07:00:07 pm

Yaobing, that is cool!

John

Title: Re: How my son ends up going to college close to home
Post by: Yaobing on September 26, 2013, 08:10:16 am

Thanks y'all.

Now that Jason is out of the house, I begin to appreciate more the fact that he is actually nearby.  He spent his entire school years at the University of Chicago Laboratory schools.  It is his comfort zone.

Title: Re: How my son ends up going to college close to home
Post by: MrC on September 26, 2013, 12:51:03 pm

Have you converted his room to a home office yet?  Get on it, man!

Title: Re: How my son ends up going to college close to home
Post by: Yaobing on September 26, 2013, 03:24:09 pm

Quote from: MrC on September 26, 2013, 12:51:03 pm

Have you converted his room to a home office yet?  Get on it, man!

No, I have not.  His sister is taking over the room, and we are forcing him to a smaller room in the house.

Title: Re: How my son ends up going to college close to home
Post by: MrC on September 26, 2013, 03:26:17 pm

You are a good father.