The Boston Globe had an article in their recent Sunday edition on the new dorms that are going up at Boston University at the cost of 125 million dollars. Read: Plush, plush, and more plush.
To what end and what's the real cost?
To read what BU officials say, you'd think that their students are coming from overly pampered homes that require a smooth transition to an equally pampered environment. Apparently the function of our elitist schools is to plant early the seeds of narcissism, self-absorption, and entitlement.
What's the $50,000-a-year signal that's being sent to these kids?
Life isn't hard.
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I've seen the rooms at BU and Northeastern and other colleges in the Boston area and find them unbelievable. I think the "concierge" approach to pleasing incoming college student is geared toward the affluent and new-affluent and does nothing for students who don't fit that category.
How different things were when I entered college but those were the days before mega-campuses that were totally self-contained.
I enjoyed the article.
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