[1950] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: [Mit-talk] [UA-SCATR] New Card initiative
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robotica)
Mon Jul 3 16:56:59 2006
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 16:56:45 -0400
From: Robotica <androidqueen@gmail.com>
To: grace <gkenney@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.62L.0607031624420.2156@home-on-the-dome.mit.edu>
Cc: reubano@alum.mit.edu, mit-talk@mit.edu, faber@alum.mit.edu,
Michael Shaw <mshaw@mit.edu>, "Pius A. Uzamere II" <pius@alum.mit.edu>
Errors-To: mit-talk-bounces@mit.edu
> furthermore - again, does MIT want to embrace the idea that undergraduates
> are more or less adults, or does it want to treat them as children? the
> trend has been towards the latter, yes, but in the past, MIT has generally
> espoused the idea that MIT students are intelligent and mature enough to
> deal with a certain amount of independence. parents who didn't dorm
> choice {oh no, my little darling is going to live in a shithole like
> EC?} had to suck it up or work it out with their kids. giving the
> institute and parents more control over students' lives is a step away
> from that - and yeah, it's something that i think should be fought.
at the risk of making a lot of enemies, i'd say that this plan does
not treat students like children. if you pay for your
TechCash/whatever, you're allowed to do what you want with your money
(much the way that, as an adult, i like to put my money in different
places to help me improve my spending habits), and, if your parents
pay for your TechCash/whatever, then they can specifiy that they only
want you to buy food with it. if students want to buy things that
their folks don't want them to buy, they'll have to become somewhat
financially independant.
-m
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