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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here. Thanks. Neither my husband nor I ever experienced US college communal living. Sounds gross. This country is so rich, why on earth are dorms so uncomfortable and weird?
Oxford has a lot of private rooms and ensuite baths.[/quote]

It's so funny when I hear Europeans say this. College in the US is different. It's an incredibly social and fun and crazy and interesting experience and pretty one of a kind. All of my children went to schools where they could have been put in a single room. NONE of them wanted this and would have been pretty crushed if they were put in one. Being social and living together is part of the fun. [/quote]

Yes, it's hilarious to have extraverted, social children and not understand that other families are introverted and private. Also, it's interesting that the USA is the foremost country in the world to respects the individual and value personal space, and really insist on that in preschool and K-12. But all this goes out of the window when older kids travel together for team sports or Model UN or whatnot, when they're two to a bed. Non-Americans would be scandalized. It's really weird after years of being told not to get too close to your classmate! And then in college you're supposed to use Soviet style shower blocks? What the actual heck?

At least admit that the USA has very conflicting lifestyles for different age groups, but since it's "tradition", few notice the discrepancies. Also, the winner here is American colleges, fleecing the rubes to the tune of $50K+ a year, and getting away with prison quarters... [/quote]

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