C'mon, seriously?

I work in higher education at a local private college and I continue to be surprised by the way people think...or don't think. For example, when students apply for admission or inquire about our school, we ask for an email address in addition to other pertinent information. Well, every so often (more often than I'd think!), I come across an applicant's email address that stops me in my tracks. Email addresses that include words like "farthead", "mymommaspimp", "knowuwantme" and other such things that give you a pretty good insight into the minds of our youth. Of course, most of them have numbers following the "fun words or phrases", which leads me to believe that more than 1 kid has decided on that email address. C'mon, seriously?

Perhaps the most disturbing part of all of this is that they actually didn't think hard enough to NOT include that email on their college application. I have an idea! Why don't you create a new email address just for college or job applications ... and save the creepy ones for your oddball friends. That is my tip of the day!

Oh, there are so many students who blow my mind in good ways. The hard-working but fun-loving students who do well in school, volunteer, get involved in athletics or music and spend time with their families from time to time. And no matter the email address, each student has the capacity to literally change the world. I just hope they all take the initiative to change it for the good. Lord knows we need all the help we can get!