Single room for a freshman

parentologist
Mon, 24 May 2021 12:33:58 +0000

Living in communal houses with one’s own bedroom, where one can shut the door and have privacy, is totally different from sharing bedroom space, and usually a very small bedroom space, with someone who is mentally ill, or behaving in a sociopathic manner. The cases that I knew of were NOT quickly rectified - in fact, they were not rectified at all. College dorm space is so tight that it’s gridlocked. If there is a problem with a roommate, students are told that there is just no other space for them to move into. As for the isolation of Covid, there is a HUGE difference between having a single while being able to hang out in shared space (lounges, halls, visit each others’ rooms), and being locked-down in one’s own room, with no social interaction whatsoever!

For all who say that it’s fine, I say, YOU try living in a room with someone who is frighteningly mentally ill, or is behaving like a sociopath. It never ceases to astonish me, the way that adults will ignore incredibly stressful situations for children, and claim that it’s GOOD for them, that they just have to learn to live with it, when of course they themselves would NEVER be able to tolerate such situations, nor should they.