Maxwell 22: Maxhell University Coursework

[spork78]

57 minutes ago, bertnee said:

At my college, freshmen were more likely to have the tiny dorms with bunks. An example below -

Those look very similar to the freshman dorms at my alma mater. Those dorms had two sets of bunked beds in one room and everything else (desks, minifridge, microwave, whatever) in the other.

Upperclassmen shared suites: two single beds in one room (which most people bunked or made into lofts), two single beds in another, and a shared common room/bathroom in the middle.

2 hours ago, JermajestyDuggar said:

Now I’m remembering the dorms... 

The hallways for the men’s dorms smelled like straight ass. It was so nasty. The hallways for the girls dorms smelled fine. I don’t think men fart or sweat that much more than females. I think their bathing and cleaning habits sucked though. I refuse to raise males that don’t know how to clean up or wash their ass on a regular basis. 

All the male-only floors in my freshman dorms smelled like beef jerky, dirty socks, and beer. In other words, like males used to having their moms pick up after them and nag them about hygiene.

1 hour ago, ViolaSebastian said:

That's just way too many people in too small a space.

Which is why my introverted butt paid more for a single-occupancy room after my first year!

[Alisamer]

When we had the hall bath we had to shout "flushing!" To warn anyone in the showers. 

The Freshman and Sophomore dorms were the oldest buildings on campus, wavy glass and all. My bed was against the window and I had to roll towels on the windowsill to block the draft. I went to an all women college and no men were allowed in the dorms outside the first floor parlor, which was actually really nice. Later they've relaxed that a bit, I think. There were at least 7 colleges within a half hour of campus, one with a frat house literally next door, so if you wanted partying there was plenty to be had, and a nice quiet dorm to come back to to sleep it off. 

[Jigsaw3]

I believe some of the more Christian colleges (Pensacola?) put three or more students to a room in bunk beds. The rooms aren't exactly that large, either! But Sarah, Mary, and Anna would feel right at home, as would many fundies from families where the kids are stacked like cordwood.

I've attended a couple of secular universities where there were "walk-through" singles: there's a door between the rooms, but the inner roomie has to walk-through the outer room to get to the exit, and the outer roomie has to walk through the inner to get to the bathroom. In either case, you still don't have much privacy when you want some action -- or your roommate's flavour-of-the-month is visiting.

[meowfundiecatz]

The all girls dorm I lived in smelled like straight up Victoria's Secret Bombshell perfume ALWAYS. On certain occasions the sweet smell of hairspray could be smelled as well.

[JermajestyDuggar]

19 minutes ago, meowfundiecatz said:

The all girls dorm I lived in smelled like straight up Victoria's Secret Bombshell perfume ALWAYS. On certain occasions the sweet smell of hairspray could be smelled as well.

Bath and body works was a familiar smell in the girl dorm hallways but thankfully my hall wasn’t bad. We all used it sparingly so it didn’t give anyone a head ache. 

[Granwych]

On 8/1/2018 at 1:41 PM, HereticHick said:

Like rock stars signing body parts, she painted Boobs. For Jesus.

It breaks my heart that Sarah has mentioned multiple times that she is lacking peace and quiet for what some might call writing. So why can't she have a room for that?

I'll bet she misses Uriah, where she used to go and write what some might call books.

47 minutes ago, JermajestyDuggar said:

Bath and body works was a familiar smell in the girl dorm hallways but thankfully my hall wasn’t bad. We all used it sparingly so it didn’t give anyone a head ache. 

Brings back memories of the perfume fights we had in high school.  Tabu, White Shoulders, various Avon stinkies.  Good times!

[freethemall]

Our dorms were mixed gender. Imagine the Maxwell horror!

[bluelady]

11 hours ago, Black Aliss said:

Dorms rarely come with bunk beds, but to get more floor space students often stack their beds. One way to turn two twin beds (of certain styles) into bunk beds is to flip the head and foot boards upside down on one bed. So one bed has its legs sticking up, if that makes sense, and it's the bottom bunk. Take 4 pieces of PVC sewer pipe of a diameter that will fit over the legs and that is 2x the length of the legs (from the cross pieces), put the pipes over the legs of the bottom bunk and then set the other bed frame on top, nesting its legs into the pipes.  If done correctly it's sturdy enough but there are still none of the usual safety features of bunk beds, like a side rail or a ladder so some schools don't permit modifications like this.

This is exactly what we did!

[HereticHick]

2 hours ago, freethemall said:

Our dorms were mixed gender. Imagine the Maxwell horror!

My dorms had either alternating floors of men and women, or alternating suites.  And during  night fire alarms [often caused by burned popcorn or toast] you got to see everyone in their nightclothes!! Steve would faint.

If you were lucky enough to live in the dorm with the basketball team, you might get the extra long beds! : )  One year my dorm room overlooked the baseball stadium [and was un-airconditioned so our windows were open] so we heard every game whether we liked it on not.

  And as for dorm room smells--  Young men reeking of Polo cologne on Friday and Saturday nights!  Stinking up the elevators with it. [yeah, it was the 1980s]

[Alisamer]

5 minutes ago, HereticHick said:

  And as for dorm room smells--  Young men reeking of Polo cologne on Friday and Saturday nights!  Stinking up the elevators with it. [yeah, it was the 1980s]

I gotta admit I still love Polo.

I wore a lot of peach stuff from Victoria's Secret back in college. I still have a bottle of Ananya perfume oil from the Body Shop, too. Somewhere. And a tiny bit left of Tranquil Breezes body splash. Loved that stuff.

[bertnee]

But I still think Mary and Anna's bunk beds indicate childishness even if college age students share a room or bunk beds. College students know there's an end to that living arrangement. Students usually have the freedom to look for other living arrangements after that first year - or even if they're required to live in dorms, most colleges have bigger or more private options available for the higher classes.

Mary and Anna are stuck in bunks with no end in sight. Yes they have the general "getting married" finish line but that's not specific and there's no indication that anyone is making progress on that front. And it's beyond sad that's the only way to get out of your childhood bunk bed. And it's astonishing that three adult women would be put in one room when there are additional spaces in the house! I could not imagine the depression I would have knowing that my life at 35 is exactly the same as my life at 15 and that I can't* do anything about it.



*"Can't" emotionally/mentally but also probably financially since money the girls earn probably go into the family pot.

[HereticHick]

34 minutes ago, bertnee said:

But I still think Mary and Anna's bunk beds indicate childishness even if college age students share a room or bunk beds. College students know there's an end to that living arrangement. Students usually have the freedom to look for other living arrangements after that first year - or even if they're required to live in dorms, most colleges have bigger or more private options available for the higher classes.

 

I don't think anyone is arguing with you on that! We bunked to create more space in our dorm room for other furniture. And we shared rooms either for financial reasons, or because it was required.  

If you had your own room as a kid, I think learning to share a room is terrific practice for having a future spouse or partner! [and being an adult in general.]   And speaking of non-opulent dorms, I started my college experience in a "temporary triple"-- w/ an extra person (and furniture) crammed in a double room, until enough freshmen dropped out and space was freed up for the third person to be moved.  It last 6-7 weeks, and we all got a rent discount.

[Dru]

15 hours ago, dripcurl said:

Also, why don’t they let Sarah live with Gigi?

Steve's insanity aside, I wouldn't assume Gigi is looking for a live in caretaker/roommate.

[Hane]

@HereticHick, that’s what I thought: my daughter is an only child and never had to share a room (just like her freshman-year roommate), so I was glad she was getting the opportunity to learn to live away from home and share living space with someone else. 

[Coconutwater]

I’ve never had to share a room, so going off to college with a roommate was a bit of a shock to me to have someone around all the time. It did help me learn how to share spaces after/during college and living with my fiancé now. 

[mango_fandango]

Sharing a room over here is pretty rare, I think. I would’ve hated it!! I find socialising difficult and I need my own space. Having to share with a total stranger sounds like an absolute nightmare. I think here you fill out some form or whatever so you at least get someone with similar interests to you. To just be randomly allocated a person... I’d probably have ended up with a loud, sporty extrovert who was constantly bringing guys over.

On this other forum I’m part of, someone asked if their daughter should go for a shared room at university, and the answer was a resounding no; what if you end up hating your roommate, what if they want to bring a boyfriend over, what if they come back late and you’re asleep because you’ve got an early class, etc. The drinking age is 18, too...

[JermajestyDuggar]

23 minutes ago, mango_fandango said:

Sharing a room over here is pretty rare, I think. I would’ve hated it!! I find socialising difficult and I need my own space. Having to share with a total stranger sounds like an absolute nightmare. I think here you fill out some form or whatever so you at least get someone with similar interests to you. To just be randomly allocated a person... I’d probably have ended up with a loud, sporty extrovert who was constantly bringing guys over.

On this other forum I’m part of, someone asked if their daughter should go for a shared room at university, and the answer was a resounding no; what if you end up hating your roommate, what if they want to bring a boyfriend over, what if they come back late and you’re asleep because you’ve got an early class, etc. The drinking age is 18, too...

I remember there were only like 4 questions I had to answer in order to randomly pair me with a roommate. They asked if I was a smoker or a night owl. I forget the other two questions. I think they put smokers together and people who stayed up late together. 

[Ozlsn]

8 hours ago, HereticHick said:

My dorms had either alternating floors of men and women, or alternating suites.  And during  night fire alarms [often caused by burned popcorn or toast] you got to see everyone in their nightclothes!! Steve would faint.

Same here - my first year I was on an all female floor, then mixed floors after that. Our fire alarms were mostly caused by drunk people deciding to exit through the very clearly labelled alarmed fire door - by the end of the first two weeks that door had additional labelling in about 14 languages basically saying "use the other door or we will hunt you down and kick your arse!" Drunk people are terrible at reading though, so the alarms continued.

We did have one or two actual alarms though - burnt nachos and the kitchens catching fire due to an electrical fault are the two I remember. 

I wonder how much partying Steve did/saw in college and whether this is why he is so afraid to expose his children to it? I did a bit of partying and would certainly worry about my children - but I would also hope that by that point they had learned some sense and wouldn't take too many risks (and that the outcomes from the risks they took would not be catastrophic.)

[nelliebelle1197]

22 hours ago, Dandruff said:

Who will read Anna and Mary their bedtime story?

I have no rec on that list strong enough for this comment.

 

 

[LilMissMetaphor]

In the summer before my first year of uni I answered an entire page of questions about myself and my needs regarding a roommate, and I ended up with someone who was almost exactly my complete opposite.

On the plus side, we became friends and still are to this day, so I guess it was meant to be?

[mango_fandango]

Different universities have different accommodation options. At my university they had multiple room types. Shared bathroom, ensuite, studio room, shared room. 

You also get catered and non-catered halls. Catered means you get breakfast and dinner. At the weekends at my university, you had breakfast, “brunch” and dinner. Self-catered meant a group of rooms on one corridor (called flats) with a kitchen. 

Also, over here only the first years are guaranteed a room in university accommodation; it’s not always on campus, but will be within walking distance. The main thing in second and third year is to share a house. The problem is that you are expected to organise your house pretty early in first year (people start considering it before Christmas), and you don’t really know people that well yet. I certainly didn’t. I lived with a friend in second year (along with some friends she already had) and lived in a studio room in my fourth year (third was abroad), I had enough issues on my plate with my year abroad without worrying about final year accommodation. 

Cambridge and Oxford are different entities entirely. Some colleges can offer on-site accommodation to everyone, others you have to move out (to college-owned places). My dad went to Cambridge; at his college he had a room in college in first year, moved off-site to a college-owned place in second year, and was back on the college site for his final year. 

[acheronbeach]

On 8/2/2018 at 8:20 PM, ViolaSebastian said:

Oh man, I had this roommate too. Except she had a long-distance boyfriend who would come and visit, and I'd have to spend a week pretending I didn't hear her bang every Tom, Dick, and Harry at the school. Plus, she was from another country, so the phone would ring at all hours of the day and night. Good times. 

Omg mine, her sister was living across the country in BC (3 hours behind).  When crazybitch woke up from her daily hangover, she'd tell us all about how she was gonna be THE BEST employment lawyer Canada ever saw and she was way smarter than us because she once got 97% in a class at "3rd Rate University."

She had challenges keeping jobs after grad due to repeated "personality conflicts." Now she's a stay at home mom who social media shames successful working mothers.  So.  Gross.

[SPHASH]

New post up.  Goofy Anna and Scary Mary take Abby and Bethy shopping for OCC.  At least they are buying practical things like school supplies and not tools.

[dripcurl]

Just yesterday I thought “I wonder if they’ll post about OCC soon” and boom, there it is.

[Tangy Bee]

On 8/2/2018 at 10:07 PM, meowfundiecatz said:

The all girls dorm I lived in smelled like straight up Victoria's Secret Bombshell perfume ALWAYS. On certain occasions the sweet smell of hairspray could be smelled as well.

Hey, that's better than having to smell odors of people with personal hygiene issues. And I didn't realize homeschoolers took long summer breaks as well.