Better rooms
Have you ever lived in a place that seemed too good to be true? I had gone through five years of residence life and believe me we did not live in fancy accommodations. But I liked it. And when it came time to leave university and get a real job I was ill equipped for the transition. And so I went back to another school. In this case a government training course. Unlike the academic sector our government has a lot of money to make things right. And so I moved into a residence with about 400 private rooms. With an attached centre for our health. Including a gymnasium and staff and a new olympic size swimming pool. But it gets better. I had quite enjoyed the meals in university. This institution was there to better the training of government employees. The meals were superb. To tell someone that you had fresh trout on your supper plate seemed almost otherworldly after five years of the hotline. Unlimited beverages and desserts although I had learned by that point the gorging on desserts was not a way to stay in good condition, so I did not. However the dining hall had wonderful wood furnishings and the table surface was covered in copper. A decision made by the architect obviously. I was there for the better part of a year. I’m not going to bore you with what I learned but I was there also to be better equipped to live in an adult world. Believe me when you live with other students including the football team your table manners become primitive. Here we were being groomed to live among the class of people who actually live in the world of the government. It must have cost a fortune to keep that institute open because at the first opportunity or with the change of government the site was sold to the private sector. Things are still there but I believe that the cost of housing bureaucrats has risen substantially. Put it down to better budgets. And our private rooms with private baths and our own TV was obviously a notch above what I had given to accept while in college. Yes I would go back if given the occasion but I would call with a different set of goals.
