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Oct. 28th, 2010 03:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hnpccSo after wondering about why college dorms are still shared in the US, I came across this photo-essay of the development of college dorms.
This is part of the facilities at Rutgers. I dunno - given a choice between having a shoebox of my own that I didn't have to worry about other people's stuff in, and a really swanky gym? I'll take the shoebox every time. I did find it amusing that they went through the development of dorms to single sex dorms, through the opening up of universities and dorms to women and minorities to "apartment style living" to "like what we have at home" - and they're still sharing rooms!!
OK, yes, I'm still really not getting why they do it. It's not like you still don't have to learn to live with other people when there's a couple of hundred of you in shoeboxes with communal bathroom and dining facilities. Also? Thin walls frequently make for more information than was strictly needed. Weird.
I don't get the concept of fraternities and sororities either to be honest. Anyone wanting to enlighten me as to where they fit in, go for it.
This is part of the facilities at Rutgers. I dunno - given a choice between having a shoebox of my own that I didn't have to worry about other people's stuff in, and a really swanky gym? I'll take the shoebox every time. I did find it amusing that they went through the development of dorms to single sex dorms, through the opening up of universities and dorms to women and minorities to "apartment style living" to "like what we have at home" - and they're still sharing rooms!!
OK, yes, I'm still really not getting why they do it. It's not like you still don't have to learn to live with other people when there's a couple of hundred of you in shoeboxes with communal bathroom and dining facilities. Also? Thin walls frequently make for more information than was strictly needed. Weird.
I don't get the concept of fraternities and sororities either to be honest. Anyone wanting to enlighten me as to where they fit in, go for it.
