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Back from VT Orientation. Here are some random thoughts ...


1. I still love that place - it truly is 'home'.
2. The logistics of orientation are very well done. Many of the presentations are at best corny, and at worst, worthless. I tried to put myself in the shoes of someone who wasn't familiar with VT and still thought many were worthless.
3. My GOD are there some helicopter parents out there. Some of the questions being asked blew my mind. I wanted to ask a follow-up question saying 'do you still wipe your child's ass?' I feel badly for those kids.
4. I have one real concern about the direction of VT. In several presentations, including the first two hours, each group leader introduces themselves and says what pronouns they identify with. So, for example, I would say 'Hi, I'm vt90 and I use he/him pronouns'. WTF??!!!?? Why is that necessary? I am all for inclusivity but that is taking it way too far IMHO. Also wonder why they focused on gender issues rather than race or any of the other identity issues they could have seized on. OH - and another concern. They now refer to freshmen as 'first year students'. Are we trying to become UVA? Thankfully they still said sophomore, junior, and senior so perhaps they are afraid of the 'men' part of 'freshmen'. Either way ... ridiculous.
5. Love the new buildings I got to see and how the overall campus design is coming along.

That's it for now. Back to making up all the hours I missed while I was gone.

Posted: 07/18/2018 at 6:10PM



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