Living On Campus

Is your definition of smart someone able to catalog tons of facts and figures in their minds?  If so, you're dead wrong in my opinion.  I, and select definitions of the word, say that it could be defined as 'ready mental capability'.  To me, this includes the ability to solve problems and behave proactively instead of reactively.  Dorm life has made me much smarter in my ability to solve problems and handle them before they occur even.  

What do you do when your roommate snores?  When the showers are filthy?  When drunk people wake you up?  When you have no clean clothes because you delayed doing your laundry for so long?  These and more are all common questions that college students may ask themselves everyday.  Living in the same room as someone and sharing a kitchen and bathroom with the entire floor will teach you how to get 'smart'.  Every time you go through an unpleasant experience you will learn from it. Whether that means learning from the other person's mistake and not doing the same as them, or learning how to deal with or prevent the situation all together you are learning.

Personally, dorm life has taught me quite a few things.  I learned if your roommate snores, going to bed before them solves the problem.  The showers aren't necessarily filthy, but going into my first couple days without a shower caddy taught me that shower caddies are necessary.  The best way to avoid drunk people is to close your door.  I also learned that if you wait until you have no clean clothing left, washing all those loads at the same time is quite tedious.  Plus you'll have to walk around naked.  Just kidding.