<p>if you want to live in a place where everyone is talking about either stuff they are doing for SLE or arguing points on philosophy/politics/etc (even say, over dinner) then do SLE. If that doesn’t sound appealing (which I don’t think it is for most people) then avoid it at all costs. There are some people that definitely love it though.</p>
<p>An example of why I could never live there: I was visiting one of my friends that was a staff member in one of the SLE dorms and we went to grab dinner. The SLE dorms were in the middle of having what was apparently a very big argument about the sustainability of the dining hall. There was a group of vegetarian/vegan students that was essentially insisting that the dining hall for the SLE dorms stop serving meat on certain days of the week for sustainability purposes. They also insisted that anyone who didn’t agree with them was dumb, because obviously Stanford students should be smart enough to realize they should give up meat for improved sustainability. </p>
<p>Anyway, we end up getting into an argument about this at the table and one of the vegetarian kids gets so upset he storms off to his dorm room ****ed. </p>
<p>But ya, there’s nothing wrong talking about philosophical/tough/controversial issues with Stanford students–that is part of while you’re there. My issue with SLE is that it just makes it hard to get away from since those conversations invade your living space.</p>