McCormicks Residence Halls

McCormick’s “Residence Halls”
Everyone has their own opinions on dorm rooms. And everyone is able to make it just fine in the living conditions. I think incoming freshman can see past most of what a brochure says. Most students know if they select random roommate that they might not get to color coordinate their room and have the happiest of living conditions. However, because they know this already they should already have an idea of how living is going to be; crowded, annoying at times, and a new, crazy experience.
I think McCormick makes many valid points, but I think she blows it all a little out of proportion. I understand that in order to make her opinion on residence halls clear, she needed to dig in on every little piece of information she could get. She tore the brochure apart, which for this paper, was necessary. At times I wanted to tell her to shut up; this is a part of college, so suck it up. As a freshman, we may not be prepared for it all, but we know about the living conditions. Because of that, the brochure needs to do all possible to make it sound better. Also, its only as good as you make it. So maybe if she would have talked with her roommate ahead of time, she could have personalized the room. There may be many cops around, but I think if anything shady went on around her, she would fully appreciate it. And at time, she may have wanted to kill someone because she was so annoyed, but that’s life. There is always something that bugs the crap out of you, but you ignore it and move on.
Overall, the paper did a good job pointing out the types of rhetoric in the brochure. However, as I said before, I think she blew the whole thing out of proportion. I mean, even after this whole paper she is still living in a dorm for her sophomore year, so she must of not took too much out of how false the brochure was, but she told us not to judge her for that, so I won’t. As for me, I think living in a dorm isn’t that horrible, it’s part of the freshman experience. I mean, if I had a choice, I would get an apartment or house on or around campus, but now sophomore must live in dorms. So I will just go with the flow and enjoy and will let the brochures keep me excited for next year.