Anonymous
Post 09/04/2018 14:10     Subject: Re:Homesick Freshman
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Anonymous wrote:No air conditioning is an issue, their room is 95 at night.


This is the real problem for my nephew and son right now and they are in CT and upstate NY where we thought unairconditioned dorms would not be an issue.


Order them some fans.


They have fans. It is still hot.


Tell them to stay hydrated. The heat is miserable but I remember actually getting used to it after awhile.

Hopefully the worst of the heat will be over soon and next thing you know they'll be complaining because the school hasn't turned the heat on, yet.


I'm the 1st poster. They are sleeping in the hallway because the air is moving in the hallway. He tried sleeping in front of the minifridge but it didn't work. I told him to go to an air conditioned library and sleep there between classes.

This sounds like a great way to make friends. The whole dorm floor sleeping in the hallway = ice breaker


Yea, it's a coed floor.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2018 14:06     Subject: Re:Homesick Freshman
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No air conditioning is an issue, their room is 95 at night.


This is the real problem for my nephew and son right now and they are in CT and upstate NY where we thought unairconditioned dorms would not be an issue.


Order them some fans.


I hope you're just a troll. 90s in a dorm room is legitimately unsafe to sleep in. A fan will do nothing to cool that down, esp with humidity.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2018 14:05     Subject: Re:Homesick Freshman
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No air conditioning is an issue, their room is 95 at night.


I'd be tempted to treat for a hotel room (if affordable in the area) for a cool treat..


Kids will get over. Thousands of kids before went thru the same thing.


yeah, when college used to be 5 thousand a year and you could pay for two semesters with a summer landscaping job. now it's 25 thousand minimum and upwards of 75 thousand per year for private.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2018 14:02     Subject: Re:Homesick Freshman
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No air conditioning is an issue, their room is 95 at night.


This is the real problem for my nephew and son right now and they are in CT and upstate NY where we thought unairconditioned dorms would not be an issue.


Order them some fans.


They have fans. It is still hot.


Tell them to stay hydrated. The heat is miserable but I remember actually getting used to it after awhile.

Hopefully the worst of the heat will be over soon and next thing you know they'll be complaining because the school hasn't turned the heat on, yet.


I'm the 1st poster. They are sleeping in the hallway because the air is moving in the hallway. He tried sleeping in front of the minifridge but it didn't work. I told him to go to an air conditioned library and sleep there between classes.

This sounds like a great way to make friends. The whole dorm floor sleeping in the hallway = ice breaker
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2018 13:57     Subject: Homesick Freshman
Sure, but at some point it’s pretty nasty. Some of these schools, particularly the ones with fat endowments, need to wake up and realize this is the new normal. Pause the climbing wall with brick-fired pizza cafe and AC the dorms.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2018 13:34     Subject: Homesick Freshman
It’s fine for them to sleep in the library.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2018 12:48     Subject: Homesick Freshman
My DS attended William and Mary. Some of the freshman dorms did not have AC.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2018 12:45     Subject: Re:Homesick Freshman
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No air conditioning is an issue, their room is 95 at night.


This is the real problem for my nephew and son right now and they are in CT and upstate NY where we thought unairconditioned dorms would not be an issue.


Order them some fans.


They have fans. It is still hot.


Tell them to stay hydrated. The heat is miserable but I remember actually getting used to it after awhile.

Hopefully the worst of the heat will be over soon and next thing you know they'll be complaining because the school hasn't turned the heat on, yet.


I'm the 1st poster. They are sleeping in the hallway because the air is moving in the hallway. He tried sleeping in front of the minifridge but it didn't work. I told him to go to an air conditioned library and sleep there between classes.



Cold wash cloths
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2018 12:36     Subject: Re:Homesick Freshman
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No air conditioning is an issue, their room is 95 at night.


This is the real problem for my nephew and son right now and they are in CT and upstate NY where we thought unairconditioned dorms would not be an issue.


Order them some fans.


They have fans. It is still hot.


Tell them to stay hydrated. The heat is miserable but I remember actually getting used to it after awhile.

Hopefully the worst of the heat will be over soon and next thing you know they'll be complaining because the school hasn't turned the heat on, yet.


I'm the 1st poster. They are sleeping in the hallway because the air is moving in the hallway. He tried sleeping in front of the minifridge but it didn't work. I told him to go to an air conditioned library and sleep there between classes.

Anonymous
Post 09/04/2018 12:30     Subject: Re:Homesick Freshman
Anonymous wrote:"Fewer kids went through it before because the climate is warmer now than it was just a generation ago. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/30/cli...h-hotter-is-your-hometown.html"

This is NOT true. Yes the climate is warmer but only by 2 or 3 degrees.

Yes that leads to larger swings in temperature so there are more warmer pockets than there were before.

However, most colleges in those warm pockets have added AC over the last generation.

The reason more kids are going through problems with warm dorm rooms is that the fraction of homes with AC has risen.

More AC at home makes it harder for kids to do without in their dorms.

https://www.eia.gov/consumption/residential/reports/2009/air-conditioning.php


It is not just a matter of how many degrees hotter it is. It is a matter of the number of days of extreme heat, especially consecutive days.

Did you read the link? Or did you disregard it because you are a science denier?
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2018 12:28     Subject: Re:Homesick Freshman
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No air conditioning is an issue, their room is 95 at night.


This is the real problem for my nephew and son right now and they are in CT and upstate NY where we thought unairconditioned dorms would not be an issue.


Order them some fans.


They have fans. It is still hot.


Tell them to stay hydrated. The heat is miserable but I remember actually getting used to it after awhile.

Hopefully the worst of the heat will be over soon and next thing you know they'll be complaining because the school hasn't turned the heat on, yet.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2018 12:25     Subject: Homesick Freshman
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DS has adjusted well to college and likes being there. But he also has the advantage of being close enough to home that he can visit during the weekend if he wants to. And this weekend he wanted to, so he did.

I think it's less home sickness than it is "why choose one when you can have both". He was happy to come home for a little while and he was happy to go back.


How long have they been there? A week or two? I'd be really careful about letting this become a habit. You don't want a kid who runs home every time they are bored or feel lonely. You're paying for access to all those clubs and activities he's not checking out if he's coming home.


I doubt it'll become a habit. I didn't get the impression that he's feeling bored or lonely at school, he just wanted to spend a little time with us, too, which was nice. He's doing well.

Anonymous
Post 09/04/2018 11:40     Subject: Homesick Freshman
Regarding emotional adjustment
-Resiiance
-learning to make new friends
-relying on one's self

these are good things
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2018 11:37     Subject: Re:Homesick Freshman
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No air conditioning is an issue, their room is 95 at night.


This is the real problem for my nephew and son right now and they are in CT and upstate NY where we thought unairconditioned dorms would not be an issue.


Order them some fans.


They have fans. It is still hot.
Anonymous
Post 09/04/2018 11:30     Subject: Re:Homesick Freshman
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No air conditioning is an issue, their room is 95 at night.


This is the real problem for my nephew and son right now and they are in CT and upstate NY where we thought unairconditioned dorms would not be an issue.


Order them some fans.