Oh, definitely go with W&M, I mean aside from all the rest of it, the college's small size keeps classroom numbers down, so that there can be more individual attention, and as well, you're right there next to Colonial Williamsburg, which is really just a great area all around. I actually used to live inside the colonial area, over behind the apothecary in a place called Scrivner's kitchen, and you almost always pick up new facts about the founding fathers. William & Mary has been around since before we were the United States, and those cannons on the campus actually have a history to them of their own.
Aside from that, Williamsburg is a really nice college town, and even with the tourist aspects, has a thriving mom & pop industry (memorably, subway got pushed out of the campus area by the local delis). There's the library tavern for when your daughter wants a fun night out, as well as Busch Gardens, and if she absolutely needs to see some ocean or city life, Norfolk and Va. Beach are only 1 hour away.
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I'm not sure what to make of the Taliban apologist going to Yale? The Taliban are religious zealots who tried in their way to impose their beliefs on a nation, by force and by cruelty. Are we not trying to impose our way on Iraq? I don't think anyone called us and said please invade us and make us like you. But I realize that is off the point. Yale may feel this adds some element to their school that in a strange way has positive impact and the Taliban spokesman will now be an educated pawn of America.
If we were as industrious to become good as to make ourselves great, we should become really great by being good, and the number of valuable men would be much increased; but it is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness; and i pronounce it as certain that there was never yet a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous." - Ben Franklin
Imagine what good we can do if we all joined together, united as followers of Christ - M. Russell Ballard
BOOHOO. A nameless avatar on a message board said my kids are conservative (which they are) and now I'm sooo mad!
I recommend you go outside where nobody can hear you and have a big long cry. While you're crying you should shake your fist to the heavens for maximum effect. Also be sure to drool a lot to maximize the number of bubbles that form from your mouth and nose during the cry. Afterwards, you can come back and begin posting again.
Originally Posted by Gaffer