Re: dorm living

Russell.Martin@xxxxxxx wrote:

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This type of accomodation is expected and yet students complain about
the high cost of tuition and the subsequent debt load. Go figure.


True, both those points are brought up in the article. IMO
some of these kids are plain spoiled, but...

I saw that while I was teaching. I often saw students abusing the facilities and, when I'd tell them to stop, I'd sometimes get a I-paid-for-it response. Nice attitude.


"Students who take advantage of the perks tend to shrug
off comments from college alumni who scoff at the
pampering they never had."

" "Going to school today and living as a young adult in this
world is completely different than when they grew up. What
could be looked at as spoiled for them, is not necessarily
spoiled for us," says Josh Hoffman, a 19-year-old sophomore
in New York University's jazz performance program. He took
a Madpackers limousine to school this semester."

Actually, IMO that isn't "living like a young adult", it's like
living like a young version of an older adult who has earned
enough money to afford such luxuries.

Exactly. I didn't start buying some decent furniture until after I started working on my first master's degree as I'd been in industry for two years and had saved some money during that time.

I wonder if this is
partly why we see the trend of young people moving back
with their parents. They think that if they can't afford to live
like their parents on what they earn, they can't afford (or
won't accept) living like young people have always been
expected to live, i.e. without granite countertops. This
isn't to say that many young people are not being
genuinely squeezed by today's economics.

I also think they are influenced by TV shows that portray members of their generation living in such accomodations. If they can't afford something like that, they may feel like failures.


Cheers,
Russell

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