Comments on: Twenty-First Century College Dorm’s http://www.openeducation.net/2007/09/05/twenty-first-century-college-dorms/ Free Education for All Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:50:19 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: L.W. http://www.openeducation.net/2007/09/05/twenty-first-century-college-dorms/comment-page-1/#comment-15 L.W. Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:18:30 +0000 http://www.openeducation.net/2007/09/05/twenty-first-century-college-dorms/#comment-15 This all sounds very exciting and I definitely understand the need for colleges to "keep up" and stay technologically advanced. And there is no question that a little more light in dorm rooms would definitely help the morale of students. However, having lived in one of the typical "cramped rooms with a community bathroom" that Schworm speaks of, I believe there is something to be said for this traditional rite of passage. Kids learn to adapt and adjust in ways they never would with custom made dorm rooms and private bathrooms. And who would ever get up for that 8 AM lecture if you could just beam it to your dorm room???? This all sounds very exciting and I definitely understand the need for colleges to “keep up” and stay technologically advanced. And there is no question that a little more light in dorm rooms would definitely help the morale of students.

However, having lived in one of the typical “cramped rooms with a community bathroom” that Schworm speaks of, I believe there is something to be said for this traditional rite of passage. Kids learn to adapt and adjust in ways they never would with custom made dorm rooms and private bathrooms. And who would ever get up for that 8 AM lecture if you could just beam it to your dorm room????

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