In article ,
Louise wrote:


On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 20:59:08 EST, illecebra
wrote:

Most colleges, regardless of a
parent's opinion on the matter, require ALL freshman to live in the
dorms unless they live with parents and commute to school. I find this
unfair.

Interesting. I have never heard of any universities with this kind of
rule, except in the USA.

Most of the schools in Ontario (Canada) had this rule back when I was
in school. I don't know if they still do.

I certainly didn't intend to be pushing anyone into not living in
residence, or to be pushing them into more independence than I thought
they would be ready for a year later. Mostly I got into these
conversations with the young people who seemed to be having particular
difficulty with some facet of living in residence for the month-long
camp, such as the food, the difficulty of keeping early hours when
everyone around you can handle late hours, or bathroom privacy. In at
least one case, a young woman was relieved to hear my opinion that
living with her parents in university might be a workable and
socially-acceptable solution. It also seems useful to me to let young
people know that different universities have different residence
arrangements, so that they can consider those factors in their
investigations and decisions. Some cafeterias cater better than
others to vegans, for example. At some universities, first-year
students can get single rooms, and at others they can't.

I think I overracted to your suggestion. This more detailed
explanation sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

--Robyn