I'm officially old ... and find this so sad.
I overheard a student the other day discussing her, apparently mandatory, meal card. I remember that well. All freshmen living in dorms at almost every college/university must participate. My first semester I rarely ate in the cafeteria because the food sickened me.
So one of my students was saying that she had over $1000 on her meal card. WOW! I can't help but think what that amount of money can buy. I find this so very sad.
Why do I feel so old? Well, because I can't help but think about the costs of things. In my day most rented those little cubicle dorm fridges for like $50/year or semester even. Now? You can buy a small fridge/freezer that is separate for not much more!! There were no Home Depots, Lowes, WalMarts, Costcos, Sam's Club, BJ's back then. And yet with all that they have available, *kids* these days are (a) on the one hand still forced into ridiculous mealplans and such , and (b) on the other hand so absolutely clueless that they cannot fend for themselves and realize how cheap that can really be! All this not to mention your mega supermarkets.
With food so cheap, I cringe at all meals provided by educational establishments. Even back in my day we had community kitchens in the dorms. I can get no hot pots and such for safety reasons, but a micro? Between this there should be no reason to require meal plans.
My student was lamenting not being able to spend those $ on clothes. I concur. But all of this "in my day" stuff, and being older than most of my students' parents is making me feel awfully OLD :(
So one of my students was saying that she had over $1000 on her meal card. WOW! I can't help but think what that amount of money can buy. I find this so very sad.
Why do I feel so old? Well, because I can't help but think about the costs of things. In my day most rented those little cubicle dorm fridges for like $50/year or semester even. Now? You can buy a small fridge/freezer that is separate for not much more!! There were no Home Depots, Lowes, WalMarts, Costcos, Sam's Club, BJ's back then. And yet with all that they have available, *kids* these days are (a) on the one hand still forced into ridiculous mealplans and such , and (b) on the other hand so absolutely clueless that they cannot fend for themselves and realize how cheap that can really be! All this not to mention your mega supermarkets.
With food so cheap, I cringe at all meals provided by educational establishments. Even back in my day we had community kitchens in the dorms. I can get no hot pots and such for safety reasons, but a micro? Between this there should be no reason to require meal plans.
My student was lamenting not being able to spend those $ on clothes. I concur. But all of this "in my day" stuff, and being older than most of my students' parents is making me feel awfully OLD :(
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@fatboyslimkins: Welcome to the Asylum! Whoa boy. I'm surprised he advertised that. I guess making Wikipedia is an honor, but the article isn't all that flattering.
Was the food in your dorm that bad? I guess it wasn't in mine. I mean if you're trying to eat strict paleo where everything is organic, then yes it's impossible. But otherwise it was ok. They had a soup and salad bar. At lunch they also had a sandwich bar. You could get a fresh made 3 egg omelet for breakfast. Milk was always available. The main course at dinner sometimes sucked, but you could always put together a meal with the soup and salad bar, and they had a grill open for dinner where they would cook you a burger or boca burger (lol!) if you wanted. Maybe my university was unusual. Sure it's not perfect, but geez, it sure beats the typical ramen/mac&cheese junk people would make up in their dorm rooms.
Ahhh Ramen noodles LOL. Someone was buying those in Costco the other day and I just had to chuckle that times must be really rough if folks are buying those at Costco. What are they like 200 packs for $1? ;) The meal plan card can be used at other places on the campus like a debit card. I don't recall being able to do that in college, so this is a plus. They do have some decent stuff at the little "cafe" in one of the larger classroom buildings.
I'm just bummed he didn't list me in his query for nominations for encore week. LOL!
In the meantime, the college where I was taking some classes had terrible food. The students are mainly commuters and don't hang around the area enough to draw good restaurants. The students get food at the caf or stand in line to get something at a doughnut place.
Food's cheap but food's expensive, too ($150 for a dinner for two at a restaurant recently, and it was not a great restaurant... but $1.00 for a burger at McD's!). How much time you are willing to take preparing food or waiting for it makes a huge difference.
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