I’m more amazed at the parents who put their kids up in an off-campus apartment or house. During my tenure as an ROTC instructor at an SEC school, I knew several families who actually bought homes for their children. At the time, it wasn’t a bad investment, I suppose, because most were able to sell the houses later at a profit. But in terms of setting an example for your kids, it only added to the sense of entitlement that is rampant among the Gen-Xers and millenials.
Equally shocking were the number of kids on the six and seven-year plan for a bachelor’s degree. I finished my UG degree (in journalism) in three-and-a-half years and barely broke a sweat. No excuse for anyone who’s a full-time student (and isn’t a varsity athlete) to need more than four years to finish any liberal arts degree. Engineering and the hard sciences are a different story, but I’ve known plenty of students in those majors who graduate in four or five years. That’s because most of those students are bright and have a fair degree of discipline.
As to off-campus apartments, sometimes you have no choice. My daughter goes to McGill in Montreal, and dorms are only for freshman, or first year student as they call it. But the up side is that an off-campus apartment is actually cheaper than the dorms.
“But in terms of setting an example for your kids, it only added to the sense of entitlement that is rampant among the Gen-Xers and millenials.”
So we are going to start another generational war? I never let Boomers trash other generations without reminding them that they are THE most narcissistic, idiotic, whiny, and entitled generation in the history of any country ever. And yet, they want to trash Xers, who will have to clean up the mess they created. Yeah, you keep those blinders on and have at it. And remember who started this....