Paper

Four bedrooms, five baths, a full kitchen and huge living room, this used to be what I called home. Eighteen years later however, home has become a twelve by ten foot college dorm room. What was once a huge house has become a one bedroom dorm which also doubles as a living room and kitchen area. In comparing these two homes there is more then meets the eye. Obviously living conditions change, however with careful preparation you can still keep that “home” feeling.

One of the most obvious differences of living in a college dorm room is being away from your parents and out on your own. At home with your parents, you’re given many rules, and sometimes chores. All that changes however, living in your own dorm room. You’re given freedom as well as many new responsibilities. Everything you do in college is on your own, your parents aren’t there to help you along the way anymore. In college you have the ability to stay out all night long if you want, without having to consult your parents. At home, let us say your friends invite you to a party to hang out or go bowling all night, what do you have to do? You have to ask your parents first of course. If they decide to let you go, you’re given some rules to follow, be home by twelve, nobody else is allowed to drive your car, wear your seat belt, be safe, don’t go anywhere but the bowling alley and back. You’re stuck with these guidelines for the night. And what happens if you decide halfway through the night you want to hang out at one of your friend’s house after bowling? Or say you decide you want to sleep over at that friend’s house? You’re basically left with no options, you have to follow your parents’ rules or be grounded by the next day. Now living in a college dorm room alters tha...