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Comparing and Contrasting Life at Home vs . Life in a Dorm

When attending college , a student has to live somewhere . While some will literally live on the streets (in actually happened at Berkeley once most students will reside in one of two places : on campus of off campus On campus usually refers to dorms , while off campus will refer to either an apartment or living at home . There are a number of differences between living on and off campus , but most of the differences revolve around living arrangement and rules of living at

home or living in a dorm or apartment . A closer examination of the differences between living at home and living at a dorm or apartment is in

When it comes to living at home , by its very nature , means that the student who decides to live at home as opposed to living in a dorm or apartment is conceding decision making to the person who owns the home In other words , the student will have to abide by the rules of his or her parents , because the student will not have the freedom to do whatever he or she wishes to do because parents will remain the central authority figure

When it comes to residing in a dorm , the authoritarianism (for lack of a better word ) of living at home is greatly reduced because family based rules and value systems will no longer apply . In other words , in a dorm or apartment , no one will be looking over the student 's shoulder and telling him or her that it is past bedtime

This does not mean , however , that the dorm or apartment will be without rules . Dorms will come with a number of rules based on the policies of the university . A lease to an apartment will assuredly come with a number of living arrangement rules as well . N some instances , when these rules are violated , it can lead to the student being asked to (or

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forced to ) leave the premises . Dorms or apartments will not come with the flexibility of debating rules , as this luxury will probably only come into play if the student resides at home

There is another aspect to the difference between living at home and living at a dorm or apartment . This difference is quite profound and is oftentimes overlooked by those who are not making a careful examination of the differences between the two . The differences , in this case revolve around the potential for person growth within the confines of both environments

When living at home , there is a certain comfort level that a person can accept . A great deal of the stress that one may face living in a foreign environment such as off campus housing or a dormitory can be eliminated if one decides to stay at home . However , there is a great limitation placed on the individual 's ability to grow as a human...

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