This college coach meeting hit a little too close to home.
"You have a good mother- she doesn't scream at you, insult you or beat you against a wall, or does she?"
Also, my mom talking, again, about how the iPad obviously is the reason I'm so distracted all the time. Even when I'm not using it.
And my mom talking about how the children in my school aren't being educated properly, "One girl even did a presentation about the benefits of being gay!"
I'm pretty sure I was at that presentation, and I recall it being about how you should respect gay people.
It's nice to know the presentation went from, "Hey, these are people. Perhaps we shouldn't insult and hate them?" to, "We are going to brainwash you to give you teh gays!"
Eh. I think that presentations like that do tend to go too far, but I agree with the core premise of not just going out and persecuting gays. I personally do find that education tends to be onesided. Brainwashing though? And "the benefits of being gay"? That's just paranoia and bullshit. I wouldn't recommend confronting your mother, at least not right now. Just take everything into consideration and try to pinpoint what you believe. Then think about why. Then when you have it down and reasonable, consider whether it's worth talking to your mom about or not. As per the iPad, all parents feel that way. And not for no reason. There are significant findings that indicate upcoming generations are becoming increasingly different, largely due to the influence of technology. And not all of the changes are for the better. But what it probably comes down to just with your mother is that she's either concerned about your future success, which just going on what little I know she shouldnt be, or she wants to spend more time with you. Either that or it's more paranoia about societal change. Try to empathize and if that fails, then try to stay focused on your own success and be passive towards your mother. If none of this advice helps, or if you find passivity to be indignant, which many do, try to find better advice. Ultimately though, your relationship with your mother will probably be your decision. Chances are, since you're in college, you've already made yours so the only thing I can leave you with is my hope that things go well.