New Student/Family Orientation

littlegreenmom
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:50:50 +0000

I would definitely agree with Paying3tuitions. They should work it all out together, and make the decisions together. This situation happened to my son last year, and even though they all had the same check in time, 2 of the boys got to the room faster due to a backlog at the check in table. By the time we got there, they had chosen the beds and set them up. My son decided not to make an issue of it, getting the top bunk, but did say that the RA’s would help set it up so that they could put the the third bed on the floor. The other two thought that would take up too much space in the room, and that they would “take turns” with the top bunk.

This never happened. The boy on the bottom bunk also bunked with his girlfriend about 2 or 3 times a week, which made for an even more awkward situation. He didn’t think they were getting lucky, but it really messed with his sleep cycle, because they would be chatting and moving on the bed directly beneath him. Son just didn’t spend much time in his room, and I wouldn’t say his RA was very proactive when problems came up. Every RA is different, though. He just let it go. If it had been me (or my other son), I suspect we would have handled it far differently.

Had they all had beds on the ground level, it would have been a better situation for all the boys, but instead, it was a control issue and did set a bad tone for the year.