[dgrant]

Here's where my situation might be a bit different then this guy's. I lived in Vancouver with my parents while going to school at UBC which makes things a lot easier. Family time was most nights for dinner, unless I was at school late. On weekends I was able hang out with my family and friends. This was true during school and co-op. My mom and dad made dinner every night and often threw my laundry in with theirs. I didn't have to do grocery shopping or any of that crap. I did do one co-op away from home (in Ottawa) and it was awesome and I was lucky to have lots of Waterloo students that I met and hung out with. :-) I also did 2 years at Waterloo for a Masters so I know what going to school away from home is like. Like he said, it's good and bad.

In Ontario, it's quite common for kids to be living away from home. That's at least true for almost all the kids at Western Ontario and Waterloo since those towns don't have the population to support the school by locals alone.

So I'm wondering how much of this guy's experience has to do with him being away from his childhood "home"? I wonder how he'd feel going to school at UoT and living at home and doing is co-op terms somewhere else? It depends on your parents I guess...

(I'm old now, so I can call 18-22 year old university students "kids")