<p>Gotakun, forget Boston, you want Ann Arbor. :P</p>
<p>This thread is a fail.</p>
<p>You’re right… I do want Ann Arbor :). I forgot about the Boston accent… Hm… I wonder what I would think about someone cute with one, though… I might like it… >_>;</p>
<p>I hear Boston is very gay-friendly, too… ;P~ I would need an extra push to get me to consider it for realz, though.</p>
<p>Also, NonAntiAnarchist, you don’t have any idea how much that would mean to me!</p>
<p>Gotakun- One that is sure of the righteousness of their own path should never have any reason to fear being judged.</p>
<p>All opinions will never be equal when you only pay attention to those opinions which agree with your framework of the world.</p>
<p>My hunch is that too many people get caught up into caring about these sort of things in College. It is your life and you can choose to live it in whatever fashion you want to.</p>
<p>I think one of the greatest evils in the world is the spread of misinformation and the perpetuation of pseudo-science. I, personally, feel that it is flat-out immoral to condone either of those. The belief in misinformation and pseudo-science is completely avoidable and is and has always been a direct source of countless evils. How many murders have taken place in the name of religion (an example of a pseudo-science)? How many innocent people have been imprisoned due to the DEA’s scheduling system (an example of misinformation)?</p>
<p>This is why, even though I might agree with someone’s conclusion about drugs, I have to disagree with their methods of coming to that conclusion. On this, and on any topic, much more is at stake than what “fashion” one person chooses to live their life in.</p>
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<p>If you work hard in College you might not have to be that person sitting in the cubicle wondering why they are in the cubicle and the other guy is in the office. Maybe, Maybe Not.</p>
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<p>Okay. But what if people don’t consider going out at night as fun? Going to the party/club/bar doesn’t appeal to me and it probably never will. Rather read/do homework, design, and do Math.</p>
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<p>The only real advantage of living with mommy and daddy is that you don’t have to pay rent. Other than that; it is living like a 16 year old.</p>
<p>What many people don’t understand is just how lucky they are to be able to live in the dorms. I read that slightly under 30% of the general population in American can even afford to go to College. And with the current recession; a lot of students will inevitably be living at home for at least part of the process.</p>
<p>I’d wager that a 20-year old living with mommy working 30 hours per week and majoring in Engineering is more responsible than a 19-year old living in a dorm majoring in English/History/Psychology/TheEasiestCirriculumPossible and wasting their parent’s money and taxpayer’s money for a so called education. I’d argue this point to death.</p>
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<p>People on planet Earth like and hate drugs. The problem is not in the way the information is being presented; it is in the interpretation of the information by the human mind. Do you want to try and change the human mind? Drugs can do just that.</p>
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I think it is almost entirely due to misinformation. You’re one of the ones misinformed! Lol. Of course, it will seem like a black and white issue to you.</p>
<p>Prove it.</p>
<p>Go and tell the people to start experiencing drugs because it is the easiest way to experience new things.</p>
<p>Okay lets bring this discussion back on topic. There’s no such thing as an overrated or “rediculous” college experience; I don’t care how many times you watched American Pie, but college isn’t one big binge drinking fest that revolves around frivolity as being the core experience that many seem to think is requisite of turning a young lad into a man or a innocent girl into a ****. But there is a function, and that function of the university is to educate you and help you develop into an intellectual who can make a worthy contributions to society. Now that’s obviously a terribly vague generalization of the purpose of college, but the point to be emphasize here is that regardless of what experiences you had, failing to satisfy the above function essentially means losing out on the full “college experience”. Argue all you want about what you believe constitutes four years well spent- but ultimately, only the individual himself will know whether he has in fact gotten the most out of his tenure at the institution. Choose wisely.</p>
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How is that a relevant experiment in any way to test the hypothesis that pseudo-scientific propaganda and misinformation are to blame for the taboo placed on drugs? Not everyone who “likes” drugs is an active user. That’s a false correlation that seems to be a theme of yours. For example, I’m a proponent who isn’t an active user.</p>
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I think the real issue is that many students go through school fairly mindlessly. They’re just zombies on a train. It’s only in hindsight that they regret not having the “college experience.”
Too bad we don’t have the wisdom to make that decision ;). I guess we’ll just have to be smart about our choice ;).</p>
<p>In actuality, most of us do- we just choose not to act on our conscience. It doesn’t take wisdom to understand the difference between choosing to act responsibly versus acting like a complete idiot. But you bring up a very good point, Gotakun, most students these days seldom question the purpose of their education and tend to just “go with the flow”.</p>
<p>Yeah… I just went with the flow for the first two years, and I regret it. I’m glad I took a year off to realize this. I hope I can find time to be a freshman again as a junior :(. If I’m lucky, enough CC classes won’t transfer to give me a nice semester of fun :).</p>
<p>I’ve lived at home and commuted, then lived on campus last two years.
I’ve been an adult community college student who commuted.
I am the parent of a daughter who attended community college and lived at home.
I am the parent of another daughter who had terrible first year dorm experience, great second year dorm experience, even better off campus apartment experience.</p>
<p>From what I’ve seen: I recommend living on campus. With all the possible problems and exceptions, most people mature more quickly away from the parents and high school friends.</p>
<p>If room and board expense is a problem, I’d settle for a less expensive school rather than shortchange myself or my kids this way.</p>
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<p>If you are so sure that you are right then why don’t you start a campaign. Arguing with me about your opinion isn’t going to change my mind and isn’t going to change the world.</p>
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<p>Hardly anyone I have met on this planet would be willing to create a purpose for higher education other than:</p>
<p>“How can I get the highest grade possible by expending the least amount of time possible so that I can I get a large paycheck?”</p>
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<p>“How do I pass the class with putting in the least amount of effort possible?”</p>
<p>Grades don’t always correlate with making a large amount of money nowadays anyway.</p>
<p>But seeing the end goal as “I want to make a lot of money” already causes a vital flaw in the plan.</p>
<p>College is truly a business.</p>