{"id":1093,"date":"2009-08-24T15:14:12","date_gmt":"2009-08-24T20:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shieldsgroup.com\/?p=1093"},"modified":"2013-08-09T11:31:23","modified_gmt":"2013-08-09T15:31:23","slug":"2009-back-to-school-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/24\/2009-back-to-school-message\/","title":{"rendered":"2009 Back to School Message&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I&#8217;ll never forget how ill-equipped some of the kids<\/strong> I went to college with were.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-style: normal; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/cathedralSG.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1062 alignleft\" style=\"border-color: #bbbbbb; margin-top: 0.4em; background-color: #eeeeee;\" title=\"Click for a Larger Rendering\" alt=\"University of Pittsburgh Cathedral of Learning\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/cathedralSG-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/cathedralSG.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/cathedralSG.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh &#8212; not academically. They knew their stuff in that area. And not socially. They did fine making friends. And financially&#8230; it was like money grew on trees, for some of them.<\/p>\n<p>Still, many of them were completely unprepared for what they were going to face as they went from their high schools to the university setting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This message is designed to give students some tools<\/strong> to use when they are confronted by some of the less-academic (and often less-than-honorable) challenges provided by the college environment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4805\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1093-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/2009\/20090823ToolsForGoingBackToSchool.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/2009\/20090823ToolsForGoingBackToSchool.mp3\">http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/2009\/20090823ToolsForGoingBackToSchool.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/2009\/20090823ToolsForGoingBackToSchool.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=1093-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shieldsgroup.com\/mp3s\/amq\/2009\/20090823ToolsForGoingBackToSchool.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20090823ToolsForGoingBackToSchool.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll never forget how ill-equipped some of the kids I went to college with were. Oh &#8212; not academically. They knew their stuff in that area. And not socially. They did fine making friends. 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