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<p>That was obviously a political statement aimed at students involved in OWS. </p>
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<p>Agreed. My post didn’t express that expectation (I hope.) My intention was more to point out that college students leave after a semester, or even in the middle of a semester, for personal reasons that aren’t related to character flaws or who is paying the bills. Jobs has said that he left because he didn’t want his parents to pay for college when he himself wasn’t sure why he was there. </p>
<p>So maybe the kid in Wisconsin is going through the same type of doubts and doesn’t want to cost his parents any more money. </p>
<p>And for the record, I agree that if he knew his relatives were trying to reach him, he should have responded right away rather than let them worry. That makes him inconsiderate, not some kind of moron.</p>