by Davis SchneidermanOnce, an incoming freshman asked me this question, "Should I bring my own pillow?"
I've also spent much of the last two weeks on the phone -- or on Skype -- with a set of incoming first-year college students armed with an array of questions both profoundly intellectual and suitably quotidian. The entirety of these conversations suggests a series of tips for students during that last summer before college.
Say goodbye to your friends. You'll see them again, sure! And, of course, you will never forget the great time you had together at the shore and at the amusement park and partying in the woods and under the bleachers and at prom and at homecoming and of course who will ever forget senior skip day and those funny gambits at chess club and logging long hours
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ReplyDeleteGiven the increasing resemblance of college dorms to luxury (or at least mid-priced business) hotels, I'm not sure the pillow question is all that surprising. Actually, several colleges at which I've stayed for reunions and/or conferences do own bedding, though I don't think they issue it to the students (if so, it would probably be of better quality). Things do change; in my father's day, students had to supply their own furniture (and there was, of course, a thriving secondhand market). Of course, he also kept the same room for four years, and was allowed to leave his belongings in it over the summer.
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