@BCinternational can you quote where aunt bea was “racist”? I couldn’t find a hint of racism in what she said. Since you are a US citizen why can you go stay with friends or extended family when the dorms are closed or just have an adventure and check out a hostel?
I went to an international boarding school and most kids could only afford to return to visit their parents once a year, usually over summer, even Americans that were working abroad, and these were only high school kids but they made arrangements to stay with either friends or family when the dorms were closed. My high school roommate’s parents were in diplomatic service (not for the US) living in Iran during the US American Hostage crises, she could not return to visit her family in Iran when the dorms where closed because it would be unlikely she’d be allowed back in to the US, she stayed with people from a local church.
It sounds like you are upset about your lack of planning. Weren’t you told when the dorms would be closed and that you have to find alternate accommodations during those dates?
@Madison85 " At Barnard, the term “international student” applies to:
a citizen of a country other than the United States who has been educated abroad
a US citizen educated abroad
a US citizen or citizen of a country other than the United States who has been educated at an international school which follows a system similar to the United States"
@bouders The point is “international students” however you personally wish to define them, don’t have a home in the United States and have to pay a lot of money to get there. In addition, a lot of the students, NOT ALL, but many, who are “international students” come from low-income backgrounds and cannot afford to pay this ticket “home” wherever they define it to be.