Is it ok to go home?

preamble1776
Thu, 03 Sep 2015 20:03:35 +0000

I’m not really a big fan of the notion that “the college experience” and natural maturation demands living in a dormitory and being around your peers at all hours – for one, it infantilizes commuters (who may have chosen to commute for a whole myriad of reasons) and two, it suggests that the desire to be around your family is somehow childish and you’re taking the “easy way out” of adulthood or something which ignores cultural upbringing and individual familial relationships.

Go home when you want. Or don’t. It doesn’t matter. If you want to make friends, participate in your university’s community, and build 4 years of memories that you’ll look back upon fondly, you’ll make it happen regardless of your living situation.