Disadvantages Of Living On Campus

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March 2, 2012 Janelle Myrick Professor Rhodes ENGLISH 101-07 Disadvantages of Living on Campus When I was in middle school transferring into a high school student, I was so excited about college, and couldn’t wait to graduate to experience college life. Of course I knew college was all about school work, maintaining a high GPA, and not falling under negative influences, but my main idea about college at the time was freedom and abiding by my own rules. Now that it has been seven months since I graduated high school, and now that I am a freshman attending Virginia Union University, I have the experience to tell you how college life really is, and its advantages and disadvantages. An eleven o’clock curfew Sunday through Thursday and a one o’clock curfew Friday through Saturday, as a college freshman makes me feel like I was living with my parents all over again. As a college student, being limited to the free time you have when you are done with your classes is one disadvantage. I am a young adult learning the ins and outs of being independent and responsible. Also, the rule “if you are not in your room before curfew, you will be fined $150” is awful. Sharing a bathroom with sixty other girls is another disadvantage, and also very unsanitary. For example, I stay in MacVicar Hall. There are three levels in my dorm and the freshman stay on the first floor. The first floor has to the most uncleanly floor on campus. There have been occasions where young ladies have defecated in the toilet without flushing. They have even defecated in the showers, left their personal products in the shower and toilet. This is the most unsanitary I’ve seen in my life and I believe as females we should never allow these things to take place. Secondly, there’s no privacy. You are sharing a room with another girl and you are putting yourself in a position for your items

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