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To: NYCynic

First, I messed up. Sorry . It is NOT Bennett's list but he did do the intro to the book and seems to endorse the list. See link.
http://www.thomasaquinas.edu/news/pressroom/college_guides/isi/bennet.htm

Yes, there are some weirdos on there. They were only looking at academic excellence and comprehensiveness. I guess the idea is that a kid who is strong can survive one of these places without damage. The risk is that your kid comes back a raging treehugger or poverty pimp or John Kerry.


35 posted on 11/17/2005 1:52:14 PM PST by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: Right Wing Assault
Yes, there are some weirdos on there. They were only looking at academic excellence and comprehensiveness. I guess the idea is that a kid who is strong can survive one of these places without damage.

Exactly what I believe. If you give your child a strong foundation, there won't be anything at any school that will change him. I'm sure many freepers here survived some very liberal schools.

Or you can take the route I took: Go to a blue-collar state school where the vast majority of students work a job in addition to taking classes. Not only do these kids not have any time to misbehave, they respect the value of hard work. It was funny watching the well-fed, over-educated NYPIRG brats try to recruit on campus.

44 posted on 11/18/2005 9:56:58 AM PST by NYCynic
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