College students in China are mostly required to live on campus, and often have to share small dorms with several roommates. For different reasons, many of them have complaints about the requirement. What is your opinion? Write an essay of about 400 words on the following topic:
Should Students Allow Students to Live off Campus?
In the following part of your writing you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
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Should Students be Allowed to Live off Campus?
College students in China are mostly required to live on campus, and often have to share small dorms with several roommates. Many of them have complaints about the requirement and would prefer to live off campus. Here comes the question: should universities allow students to live off campus? My answer is positive, for indeed there are several advantages of off-campus living compared with dorm living.
The first and most obvious advantage is that off campus living allows more freedom. For example, as off-campus apartments are usually more spacious than dorm rooms, we can enjoy decorating freedom than living in a compared shared dorm. More importantly, we will not have to follow as many rules as living on campus; instead, we can set our own and live the way we want. We can cook our own food, occasionally stay up night reading, hold a small party and invite whoever we would like to when we are in the mood. None of these will be likely to happen if we are confined to a school dorm.
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Living off campus can also give us more privacy. Living outside college means in many cases having an apartment or at least a room of our own. Thus, we will not hesitate abo
ut where to go when we prefer to stay alone; we will not worry about someone eavesdropping when we are having a private conversation; we will not be disturbed when we are revising for an important exam. Therefore, living off campus brings us much more personal space and ensures a life of ease.
In addition, living off campus can prepare us for the life after graduation. For one thing, living outside college will help us to be more self-reliant. If we live off campus, we will be in charge of paying bills, shopping grocery, cleaning house and making meals. We will learn gradually how to budge, how to bargain, and how to live on our own. What we get from this experience is a great asset to us in both future work and life. For another, living off campus can promote our time management skills. Since we have to spend relatively more time taking care of daily chores and traveling to and from campus, we must try to lead a more scheduled and structured lifestyle. In this attempt we will learn to make every minute count.
All in all, living off campus not only offers college students more personal freedom
and space, but also is a lifestyle to cultivate their independence and practical living skills. Therefore, for students’ sake, universities should allow them to live off campus.
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Should Students be Allowed to Live off Campus?
College students in China are mostly required to live on campus, and often have to share small dorms with several roommates. Many of them have complaints about the requirement: some complain abut the lack of personal space and privacy; some feel unhappy with the various dorm living rules; others are worried about roommate conflicts. Then, should universities allow students to live off campus to relieve the dissatisfaction? My reply is negative.
On the one hand, living off campus will impose a heavy financial burden on college students. The rent stays high in large cities, ranging from several hundred Yuan to a couple of thousand Yuan for a single room per month. Besides, living outside college
costs students a lot of money in unforeseen aspects. Transportation fee is just the beginning. Financial load can also come in the form of extra decorating, repairs and many other unexpected expenses. Worse still, off-campus students are usually required to sign a lease for at least three months. If students go home or make a long trip during the school holidays, they must either find a sub-leaser or lose big money. Since most college students are still financially dependent on their parents, they should not be allowed to enjoy the luxury of living off campus.
On the other hand, despite its defects, living on campus can greatly benefit college students in two important ways. First, it offers more convenience to students than living off campus. Campus residents are closer to classes, the library, and other resources which are essential to college studies. Thanks to the convenience, students are able to spend more time on their studies at a moderate pace, while off-campus students may often have to race against the clock. Studies reveal that students living in residence halls are more likely to achieve a higher grade point average than those who live off campus. The other benefit is living on campus allows students to interact more wit
h others. It is advantageous especially to freshmen. When they are away from home, it gives them opportunity to get to know each other and make new friends. College dwellers are also more “plugged in” to the campus community as they can communicate with their peers and pals conveniently and attend campus events with more ease. And this is not yet the whole story. Studies show that students living on campus are more likely to have a positive self-image, with enhanced self-confidence and better communication skills.