Christmas/Easter/Pentecost in August! Gordon “absorbed” a college I once attended (but never graduated). Gifts is gifts, wrapped in shiny paper, rolling out of a cave, or flowing like fire. I hope their goof fortune extends to people in need of a good education.

Dr Freud, my slip is showing… That should read gooD not gooF, as in good fortune. As Dave Letterman used to say, “Things that make you go ‘hmmmmmm’”.

I’m all for money for education….and this is a lot of money. It will be used well, I’m sure.

I’m all for money for education….and this is a lot of money. It will be used well, I’m sure.

An evangelical college on Boston’s North Shore is about to become nearly three times richer, thanks to a $60 million gift from a California couple whose two grandchildren attend the school.
1 Canadian Penny says that those grandkids have the WORSE GPA in this history of GPAs.

I, too, am for money for education. I’d as soon a lot of money went to a public institution; they have great needs, too. But i looked through Gordon’s website a bit and based on what I saw there (and I could be wrong here all too easily) the money probably will indeed be well spent. It looks like, aside from their basic theological assumption, the college’s heart is in some of the right places.

I am really not trying to be sarcastic; that is not why I am writing this post. But this is to nnmns and to the anonymous person who wanted to bet one Canadian penny. I have a serious, legitimate question about your statements [1] that the grandkids will have the worse GPA and [2] that the college’s heart is in some of the right places. My question is this. By what authority do you determine these statements? Who gets to decide where a college’s heart should be? And who gets to assume that any particular student in any particular school is going to fail? I’m just curious about what criteria you have used to reach these conclusions?
No disrespect intended.

“It looks like, aside from their basic theological assumption, the college’s heart is in some of the right places.”
Oh my goodness. Did Nnmns just say something vaguely a little nice about a religious institution? I’d bet more than a Canadian penny it’ll be raining fire and brimstone soon.
God bless.

WC, I get to determine where I think a college’s heart should be. What did you think, I was speaking for the government or something? Or, as an atheist, did I lose the right to an opinion?
I thought the failing student was a bit low but I understand where the idea could come from. I’m sure a nice gift from a relative has eased the college careers of some students. I’m sure a lot of people have wondered how GWB graduated from Yale; that’s one possible answer.

Joey, I’m sure some people have expected me to be hit by lightning years ago. So far, nada. Don’t hold your breath for the Biblical weather.
And I have occasionally said niceish things about religious institutions. I even praised the RCC for having supported science relatively recently; it remains to be seen whether that wisdom will survive the present pope.

*Regarding this:
“An evangelical college on Boston’s North Shore is about to become nearly three times richer, thanks to a $60 million gift from a California couple whose two grandchildren attend the school.
1 Canadian Penny says that those grandkids have the WORSE GPA in this history of GPAs. ”
Actually, if you could only meet those two kids. Their granddaughter was my suitemate my freshman year at Gordon (2004-05) and I have NEVER met anyone so studious – her GPA has got to be at least a 3.8 or more, but they both are very intelligent people. Hard working kids – despite all that money, their grandaughter still worked for her $$ at the college fitness center, and eventually became a student manager (I think she stil is.).
How ’bout them apples. May as well keep your penny.