Sarah Palin probably had to attend so many colleges because

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all the pets in her neighborhoods kept disappearing.

[Profprileasn]

1. Ha Ha

She probably just changed her major as many of us did. I went to a few colleges - and I'm vegetarian.

[jobycom]

2. Not to mention the school mascots.

[sweetpotato]

3. 5 schools in 5 years isn't it?

She's only 4 years or so younger than I, and when I was in college, one of the reasons to change schools so often would be because of personal/social problems. Like getting such a bad "reputation" that you just couldn't stay there any longer.

By bad reputation - I don't just mean sexual promiscuity. A bad reputation could include any number of things that made one unacceptable in the social arena - like stealing, lying, cheating, betrayals.

We know she backstabs - from the reports of her rise in local politics - so maybe she just used up all her social capital quickly and had to move on.

At least, that's my take on it.

[MineralMan]

4. Perhaps it took her a while

to get diagnosed and given antidepressants. Lots of college kids are depressed, but go untreated. Lots of them drop out or change schools in an attempt to fix it.

She seems bipolar to me.