re: #212 Barefoot Grin
My kids look a little bit like that. Grinnell in Iowa is a great school and has had some stellar Asian History profs. But I can tell you anecdotally that it sucked ass living in rural Iowa for their families.
ETA: Sorry, I should have looked it up: Grinnell’s rep is Rod Blum; not Steve King. Anywhoo….
I’m in Texas. My oldest is going to Simpson College in Indianola for chemistry. My middle one, whose more of a writer/history type, is still deciding on what he’s going to do, but Grinnell looks like it might be a good possibility for him.