"People" always used to say that if you got into Harvard it was impossible to flunk out but I never thought to look into that statement since it has never had any relevance to me.
I would say, I was just a kid/teenager and didn't realize it at the time, but my time spent on university/college campuses in a place like Cambridge/Boston with all the things we used to do (classes/museums/library) and sharing the T with them, seeing the med students literally taking a nap on their huge pile of textbooks as they rode along...it really made a deep impression on me regarding all the different types of people that go away for their education, how they act, how prepared are (or aren’t) to be set loose. Like, a newby freshman who literally didn’t know how to purchase a loaf of bread at the store would send us into peels of giggles...how’s that for social skills hee hee)
I always got the general impression that the people at MIT were “more mature” (unlike some other places I won’t mention where co-eds used to seem to not have their senses about them - hanging out of dorm windows, yelling rude things to us commoners on the street - or just be super-snobby in more of a social class way than an intellectual way).
As for my DD, she currently has absolutely no intention of going to college and won’t hesitate to remind anyone. But I think this is totally normal for an 8 year old (especially since she probably thinks college is just more years of what she does at school now LOL!)
