| My MIT students love their Superfund Site dorms. They can paint, draw, build, and whatever else they want. It's perfect for them - that's why they chose to live there. They do their own cooking and can therefore eat what and when they want.
They are both thriving in the academic culture. Much learning goes on in the dorm (or wherever) working on psets with friends who also want to learn.
It's not perfect - my youngest is not thrilled with his biology class or recitation this semester, and neither am I. But he's learning biology by studying on his own and asking friends for help, and I think it's a source of pride for him that he's doing well. |