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KathrynJB@... writes:

> In fact, Perry (Julian's dad) should know better
> because he went to a prep school he hated, followed by Hippy College
> (Hampshire College, where we met), which he loved. His rants often hold
> Julian's best friend, Nick, as an example of someone in school, who is
> "Learning All the Time and Getting a good Education." It sucks for Julian

Kathryn, this is such a kick! My son Phil, the kid I wrote about who fired
me as his teacher, who unschooled himself after that, and who is now happily
at the college of his choice, is at Hampshire, lol!! And he loves it there,
too. He's home now for spring break, and it is such a treat to have him
here.

> Bizarre thing, and I wonder if anyone else has had this experience. I and
> many of my friends have noticed a strange tendency in many cool men we
know
> (including Julian's dad, actually) to get scarily more conservative as
they
> hit middle age...but women often becoming more and more liberal. Is this
> just
> our circle?

We've noticed that too. Maybe it has to do with confronting one's own
mortality. Women may approach it as a new beginning, a new post-menopausal
direction, and want to go with that flow. Men may see it as just an ending
-- and react with a desire to control more.

Marge

joanna514

--- In AlwaysLearning@y..., MBYeager@a... wrote:
> KathrynJB@a... writes:
>
> > In fact, Perry (Julian's dad) should know better
> > because he went to a prep school he hated, followed by Hippy
College
> > (Hampshire College, where we met), which he loved

Just curious. What makes it a "hippie college"?
Joanna