Would you restrict your child from going to a school because of distance from home?

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<p>"I don't know how going to school, learning, being with friends 24/7 and having virtually no responsibilities outside of your school work can't be the best time of your life."</p>

<p>Easy. Because in college, you are still having to jump to others' tunes: your parents, the professors, the rules of the college. </p>

<p>After college, you have more ability to create exactly the life that you want. Sure, you have responsibilities, but one has responsibilities in college, too, such as the responsibilities to get the grades that will allow you to remain in college.</p>

<p>Afterward, you have much more control over your responsibilities, and you have much more freedom to live exactly the kind of life that you choose. You also have more wisdom to avoid some of the problems and challenges that you may have faced in college.</p>

<p>I have no interest in going back and being in college again as a fulltime student. I enjoyed teaching college lots more than I enjoyed being a college student. I think it's more fun to create the syllabi, tests and lectures than to have to sit through them and dance to the professors' tune.</p>

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<p>"Easy. Because in college, you are still having to jump to others' tunes: your parents, the professors, the rules of the college."</p>

<p>You will have the same "tunes" while working. But this time you'll have those and some more with all the institutions (all your services, water, rent, etc) you will needing and with the federal government and all those have more serious consequences than missing class a couple of times and/or forgetting to do hw once every so often... mine are not that bad.</p>

<p>"After college, you have more ability to create exactly the life that you want."</p>

<p>In college you can also create the life you want, can't you ?. You can decide what to study, where to study, what people to hang out, etc.</p>

<p>Sure I have responsibilities right now, but they are nothing compared to what some older adults have to deal with. I rather worry about my friends and my school work than worrying about where I'm going to live, or if I'm going to have a stable job, or paying all the bills, or providing for an entire family, or dealing with other "grown-up", boring things.</p>

<p>"You also have more wisdom to avoid some of the problems and challenges that you may have faced in college."</p>

<p>I don't mind problems and challenges, specially when they are school-related. I doubt anybody would stress out more over homework and tests than about worrying about the future and security of an entire family or other things of that nature...</p>

<p>"I think it's more fun to create the syllabi, tests and lectures than to have to sit through them and dance to the professors' tune."</p>

<p>well who wouldn't ? lol. But you forget you also have to "dance to your boss's tune", and your boss has to dance to his boss's tune... I don't mind it my bosses being people wanting me succeed at the highest level possible and teaching me things...I bet many adults out there, wished they had bosses like that. heh</p>

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<p>I don't agree with you RijeosXeper but I think it's excellent that you feel that way. I've liked just about every stage of my life (with the exception of Junior High and maybe a year of high school) but there's a big difference between creating the life you want and having a good time with a temporary lifestyle. College should be a wonderful experience but who is to say that we're only allowed one wonderful time of life?</p>

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<p>ohh, I hope I don't have just one wonderful time in my life. I was just saying, I find it hard to believe having virtually no reponsibilities, living on my own and having fun with friends wouldn't be the best time of my life. Maybe others have had better life experiences later on, some may not. It was just my $.02</p>