and I'd go back to the dorm room, read my assignments and go to bed at 7 pm and would be the pariah of Clarion. (I mean, this was literally me in college.)
This was me in most of college and grad school because I also NEVER HAD ANY MONEY. Lots of little details from that Twitter essay stuck out, like one meal not being provided, and a communal kitchen, and no food on weekends?? GOOD LUCK to anyone who has like gluten issues or food allergies, and that also adds up really quickly if you don't have any fridge or hot plate in your room at all! But clubbing is really expensive. Aaaaand....not to be That Person (lol, I have a tag that says #feministbitchsince1970) but a lot of people all crammed together in one dormlike situation for weeks on end with no break, no partner visits, no chance to get off-campus, &c &c, AND a ton of alcohol sounds like it could lead to some bad situations. I also had enough of that in college, thankyou.
I think a lot of unis now at least have policies re mental health in place, due to ADA and so they won't get sued, but a lot of it is lip service and they don't have a whole lot of actual help available. A lot of people I knew in grad school who needed counseling did it through the university's psych program, which rotated students through the psych clinic, so not only did you get people right at the beginning of their clinical experience, they typically weren't there longer than six months either. Arranging anything off-campus was typically left to the students.
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Date: 2022-08-24 01:29 am (UTC)This was me in most of college and grad school because I also NEVER HAD ANY MONEY. Lots of little details from that Twitter essay stuck out, like one meal not being provided, and a communal kitchen, and no food on weekends?? GOOD LUCK to anyone who has like gluten issues or food allergies, and that also adds up really quickly if you don't have any fridge or hot plate in your room at all! But clubbing is really expensive. Aaaaand....not to be That Person (lol, I have a tag that says #feministbitchsince1970) but a lot of people all crammed together in one dormlike situation for weeks on end with no break, no partner visits, no chance to get off-campus, &c &c, AND a ton of alcohol sounds like it could lead to some bad situations. I also had enough of that in college, thankyou.
I think a lot of unis now at least have policies re mental health in place, due to ADA and so they won't get sued, but a lot of it is lip service and they don't have a whole lot of actual help available. A lot of people I knew in grad school who needed counseling did it through the university's psych program, which rotated students through the psych clinic, so not only did you get people right at the beginning of their clinical experience, they typically weren't there longer than six months either. Arranging anything off-campus was typically left to the students.