Student's acceptance to Clemson goes viral

KCTV5.COM ^ | 21 DECEMBER 2013 | KCTV5.COM

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Oooooo, you’re a bad man.

[RightGeek]

The ClemsonLIFE program is for people with intellectual disabilities and is aimed to give them an opportunity to have "postsecondary experience on a college campus," according to the program's website.

Why?

[Tax-chick]

How did the parents know it would be an acceptance letter? Surely Clemson has more applicants each year for their program for the disabled than they can accept.

We didn’t know what our National Merit Scholar son’s letter from Appalachian State said until we opened it.

[FredZarguna]

So football players will have someone to talk to.

[FredZarguna]

To tap into a whole new revenue stream.

[Slump Tester]

It looks to me like if parents know a kids already going to have problems, they'd not saddle him with a stupid name like that.

Who spells Ryan as "Rion"? That's no different than black folks coming up with dumb names like "Barackisha" or "L-a" (Ladasha)

[RightGeek]

Actually I was thinking if they put this kid in the football players’ courses, he could graduate with a regular degree.

[shibumi]

He’s probably above their pay grade.

[FredZarguna]

So minorities can get out of the bottom quartile.

[FredZarguna]

So they have a whole new category to drive guilt nails into white kids during the no-credit mandatory diversity seminar.

[FredZarguna]

Tell me when you want me to stop.

[RightGeek]

Keep going, you’re on a roll!

[muir_redwoods]

To learn life skills like looking gor an appropriate job, shopping, preparing meals, sharing an apartment or other home, handling money etc. Their parents are not going to live forever. It’s a good program.

[Mercat]

stop

[rawhide]

You ought to be so ashamed of your stupid post! I would suggest you ask the FR mods to delete it!

Next time do a google search and you will find Rion is a popular name, especially in Ireland. The name Rion is an Irish baby name.

[trisham]

Meaning of “Rion”
Irish name

In Irish, the name Rion means- kingly. The name Rion orginated as an Irish name. The name Rion is most often used as a boy name or male name.

Irish Name Meaning - kingly
Origin - Ireland

Read more: http://www.meaning-of-names.com/irish-names/rion.asp#ixzz2oA0AJU2d

[Dr. Sivana]

We didn’t know what our National Merit Scholar son’s letter from Appalachian State said until we opened it.

When I was applying, it was understood that a fat or large manila envelope meant acceptance. The regular envelope with one page in it was rejection or wait listing.

[sharkhawk]

Why?

I know I am going to catch a lot of grief for agreeing with you, but what is the purpose of this program? How much does it cost us the taxpayers versus a typical group/work home. What extra skills do the students get from this? I could see it as part of a training set for some kind of Special Education degree, but do people with Down's syndrome really "need" to go to college.

[sharkhawk]

Why?

I know I am going to catch a lot of grief for agreeing with you, but what is the purpose of this program? How much does it cost us the taxpayers versus a typical group/work home. What extra skills do the students get from this? I could see it as part of a training set for some kind of Special Education degree, but do people with Down's syndrome really "need" to go to college.