College Life Part II.....

So, the college experience is over - it was good stuff - a lot of information again today. And I got to debate with the housing department as well. I think I won that one :-)

Today the students and the parents were split up for the whole day and the parent sessions were about things such as auxiliary services and campus safety. The students got the fun stuff like registering for classes and making their schedule!

There was, of course, a number of idiotic parent questions today, however the best one came during the campus safety presentation. Now this mother had asked this question yesterday and the Dean didn't even know what to say in response other than, "this would be a good question to ask during the campus safety presentation tomorrow" LOL!!
The head of campus police is there and talking about how the campus is safe and there isn't really any campus crime, etc. Very clear cut, easy information.
When it came to Q&A time, this one parent says her daughter is a commuter student and she (the mom) is really worried about her driving back and forth to class each day, more so worried about the drive home. So the police officer is telling the mom that there is a "service" where the student can be escorted to their car, plus there really hasn't been any problems on campus at all - the campus is kind of tucked back in one area of the city, so no one is really on the campus if they don't need to be.
So then the mom asks if the student can carry a small key-chain with mace on it, or is that considered a weapon. The police officer's response is pretty much the same - which makes sense to me (and the other people there....), but the mom continues and says her main concern is her daughter driving back home after the classes; not the campus safety, but the actual drive - like while she is in her car driving.
Dude!! Seriously!! I am like, dumbfounded at this because I cannot fathom what in the hell a campus police officer is going to do to help this mom/student when she is on regular public city streets and/or highway.
I mean, what can he do? He is not too quick to reply, but when he does, he suggests she contact some kind of neighborhood patrol to help, b/c again, what can he do?
So as I think about this, I am wondering, what did she want? If she is that worried about her daughter driving, then maybe she shouldn't be a commuter student - then she wouldn't have to drive? This conversation threw me for a loop because I just don't understand where people come up with these questions!!
It boggles my mind that people think things, never mind saying them out loud. But whatever.

The students had an awesome day of sessions (from what I hear) and from how it sounded at check-out, they were excited to have met each other and exchanging contact info and I heard a lot of "I will friend request you on Facebook!" Pretty cute.

We drove to Tallahassee tonight. Just got to the hotel. Ready for a good night sleep and then the rest of the drive tomorrow - 6 hours or so I believe.....this trip has been awesome so far, but I miss Luna and Chloe and can't wait to see them and to sleep in my bed!!