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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This older student is also going to be in classes with 18 year olds and in study groups and group projects with 18 year olds. It’s hard going back to school as a mature student. Not everyone can do their education at 18. I think it’s admirable to go back to school at 18 and I don’t think being male or 37 makes him a creep or a predator. If they were sharing a dorm room, that would be an issue. But sharing an apartment when no one cares about mixed gender. Not a big issue. They each have their own rooms. If it’s what allows him to be at school and he doesn’t have other options and was assigned there by housing, then so be it.[/quote]

I can definitely understand why the 18 year old college students wouldn't want to have a 30 something as a suitemate but you're absolutely right. No one knows his circumstances and since he's in college at 37 I think it's safe to assume that he probably doesn't have a lot of assets. Are people advocating for non-traditional students to be barred from college? Are they suggesting that he has to have enough money saved to afford 4+ years of off campus apartments? A lot of the people that post on DCUM are rich and extremely privileged. They can't even imagine a scenario where someone might have to stay in whatever housing the college has available. Most likely this was the best available because a suite is probably four locking bedrooms with a common area/bathroom rather than having him share a room with someone. [/quote]

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