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Some people don't realize that it's a smarter idea to live with the 'rents while in school (if you can), so that you can focus more on your studies, hopefully get a better job upon graduation, and have the better means of supporting yourself in life. Why make life much more difficult if you really don't have to, especially if your parents are okay with the fact (and prefer) that you are living at home while in school?
Independence is great, don't get me wrong, but you're much better off if you start your independence off on the RIGHT foot as opposed to struggling by working two or more jobs, leaving less time for your studies (leading to failing grades and diminishing your chances for a good internship/future job...which might make you quit school).
Now if you're not in school and/or CAN afford to live on your own, then by all means be independent!
p.s. You're a "functioning" adult. You're working and paying taxes that contribute to American society (in some form for another).
See, while I understand where you're going with this, I would offer an alternative viewpoint.
Part of one's education in college is simply learning to be an adult. Sure, internships and the like are an important part of that. But I would argue that simply learning to live on your own is an education in itself. Yes, doing your own laundry and cooking your own meals is a pain, as is working a job waiting tables on Saturday night while one's friends are out partying. In that sense, I would argue that living with one's parents while attending college is really nothing more than attending a more demanding high school.
At the same time, people who have partially paid their own way while living on their own are actually further ahead of the game than the ones whose parents scribbled out the tuition check, did the laundry and had a hot meal on the table every night at six p.m. They are more attuned to getting out on time, the need to be wise with money and time, and the million other things that differentiate an adult from an adolescent.
See, while I understand where you're going with this, I would offer an alternative viewpoint.
Part of one's education in college is simply learning to be an adult. Sure, internships and the like are an important part of that. But I would argue that simply learning to live on your own is an education in itself. Yes, doing your own laundry and cooking your own meals is a pain, as is working a job waiting tables on Saturday night while one's friends are out partying. In that sense, I would argue that living with one's parents while attending college is really nothing more than attending a more demanding high school.
At the same time, people who have partially paid their own way while living on their own are actually further ahead of the game than the ones whose parents scribbled out the tuition check, did the laundry and had a hot meal on the table every night at six p.m. They are more attuned to getting out on time, the need to be wise with money and time, and the million other things that differentiate an adult from an adolescent.
I agree with you to an extent, but just because one lives at home during college doesn't mean their parents do everything for them.
I lived at home. I did my own laundry, cooked my own meals (well, I should say "cooked"...lol), bought my own car, and pretty much bought whatever I needed. My parents didn't pay my tuition, though they helped with books when they could afford to. I didn't expect anything from them.
I went to school full time, worked part time, did volunteer work and I graduated on time with honors. I consider myself a functioning adult during that time, even though I didn't pay rent.
I agree with you to an extent, but just because one lives at home during college doesn't mean their parents do everything for them.
I lived at home. I did my own laundry, cooked my own meals (well, I should say "cooked"...lol), bought my own car, and pretty much bought whatever I needed. My parents didn't pay my tuition, though they helped with books when they could afford to. I didn't expect anything from them.
I went to school full time, worked part time, did volunteer work and I graduated on time with honors. I consider myself a functioning adult during that time, even though I didn't pay rent.
True enough. I would offer that students are conditional adults. In that sense, I would say that the individual's progress to full-blown self-sufficiency dictates whether or not they are a grown-up or not.
True enough. I would offer that students are conditional adults. In that sense, I would say that the individual's progress to full-blown self-sufficiency dictates whether or not they are a grown-up or not.
I can agree with that.
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