jla@inuxd.UUCP (Joyce Andrews) (12/06/85)
In a previous posting I asked for advice on whether my two
high school students (both of whom have chosen Purdue) should
live in the dorm or whether I should buy a small house and take
the interest as a tax deduction while renting any extra rooms to
other students.
To all of you who took the time to answer my request for advice, my
thanks. This is what you said:
The dorm is a must for the first year. Both my daughter, the
outgoing one, and my son, the introvert, will gain from living in
the dorm the first year. After that they should decide where
they want to live.
A very important consideration, offered by two of you, was that
my son may change his mind in the next two years and want to go
to another school. If I own a house in Lafayette he could feel
obligated to go to Purdue. That alone is good enough reason to
forget the house business. I didn't think of it--but you are
right.
When most of you told me that I should be careful how I presented
your advice to them, I took the electronic way out. I saved
everything in one big (enormous) file and let them read it. This
way the advice came from you, not me.
Now, what do I do with the dog, the cat, and the ferret when they
are gone? Where is it written that when kids leave home they don't
take their pets?
Thanks again,
Joyce Andrews (AT&T Indianapolis)
ihnp4!inuxd!jlamas3619@wucec2.UUCP (Marc Andrew Sarrel) (12/08/85)
You should be aware that your children will probably not be allowed to keep pets in the dorms, so you may be stuck with the ferret etc until one of them moves off campus. Taking care of a pet at school is more difficult than at home because of the irregular sleeping habits of students. Also, who wants to take a ferret to Florida (or wherever) over Spring Break? marc sarrel mas3619@wucec2 -- -Marc