Wednesday, August 6, 2008

John's Matriculation After Grade 12

Maureen has already determined where John will be attending his primary and secondary education. So, I thought I'd open it up to the rest of you to give me your two cents on where he should matriculate upon completion of high school. Below, you'll find the school's and my thoughts:

Loyola Marymount University: It's been my experience that anyone who attended that school has this unnatural love for the school. They all flock to live around the campus and they attend the sporting events. Why? They haven't had a winning team in God knows how long. On top of that, there are some very liberal Jesuits there. I'm shocked they haven't been excommunicated for some of the things they've said. Then again, I shouldn't say anything bad about the Jesuits since my confirmation name is Ignatius.

UCLA: I didn't have a great experience there. I didn't have a bad experience there. It was just blah. The professors are far too liberal for my taste. I can't tell you the number of lectures that I sat through which bordered on Marxist teachings. If I were a political science major, that would have been fine, but I was an economics major. WTF?

Brymann College: Maureen and I both remember watching the commercials for this nursing school back in the day on the local tv channels (KCOP and KTTV to be precise). If John wants to be a nurse, then so be it. If Gaylord Focker could forgo medical school in favor of nursing school, JD can do it too.

Devry University: Back in the day, I remember that it was called the Devry Institute of Technology. When it changed names, I cannot recall, but their commercials always have happy people talking about their great jobs and dancing around. Who wouldn't want to be happy and dancing? Maybe Leonard Cohen, I don't know.

The Hypnosis Motivation Institute: I tossed this one in there because I used to work there. I was called a production assistant, but my title should have been Boy, as in, "Boy, go get this. Boy, drop off the mail." It's fully accredited and in a lovely spot on Ventura Blvd. Plus, they'll teach him that "Success is truly not an accident."

USC: I'm torn on this one because it is UCLA's rival school; however, John's grandfather, Dick, went there. Plus, he could make connections there that will last him a lifetime. And, it's probably not as liberal as UCLA.

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