Attending University In Usa, Do I Wish To Reside In Dormitory?

[ActsOfGod]

This challenging is what is concerning to me. It appears that an apartment residence is preferable to a dormitory residence for me. Is this what Sikh student in USA usually has?

Not necessarily. It all depends on your situation. Some live in dorms, some live in apartments, whatever you are comfortable with.

If you read the other responses in this thread, you will learn something else, about being able to handle new and difficult situations and keep your Sikhi practice and also to positively influence all you come into contact with. Your concerns aside, this should also be a goal in your mind

AoG

 

[ActsOfGod]

Wheew... That's a big one that I hadn't thought of. First year students are often little more than teenagers, so as such they usually have difficulty with sharing at first. Who gets to shower when is a big source of conflict, but in your case it could be an advantage. If you shower early in the morning that will put you far outside of the 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM trouble zone, ensuring that you have a chance to get clean before class.

Not sure if there was sarcasm in this or not. But in either case, it's valid for the OP to be considering such matters, since it's going to be a change of environment for him.

AoG

 

[ActsOfGod]

Anyone reading this thread would be convinced that Amritdhari Sikhs are precious in some way, easily offended, unable to integrate, smoking, drinking, weed, drugs, casual sex, loud music, are all facets of the real world we live in. As I sit in my shop this morning, the pungent smell of weed is already drifting along the streets, together with the bass line of loud music from parked cars, however, in the park opposite, young mothers take their children to school, I know a lot of them, they know me as the fat bearded indian that always has sweets and chocolate for their kids on the way home, some of the mums wear clothes so shocking I wonder how they do not get cold, but everyone knows the fat indian man sees them as sisters, mothers, daughters, nothing more. Sure I have had angry people in here, had a knife waved about in my face, but I find a good hug, a cuddle, always calms things down, it makes violent people quite silly, makes them ashamed, makes them cry, welcome to the real world.

Yes, I think what you should do is find a few more like minded Sikhs, and hide yourselves away from the real world, so that you can bathe, and get up early, meditate, and be nice and pure and clean.

I agree with what Harryji is saying, as I feel the same way about these kinds of things.

Rather than hiding away lest we be corrupted, Sikhs needs to be role models and agents of change and inspire others to reform their lives.

Of course, this is way more difficult than just isolating yourself from the rest of society.

AoG

 

[AngloSikhPeace]

Not sure if there was sarcasm in this or not. But in either case, it's valid for the OP to be considering such matters, since it's going to be a change of environment for him.

AoG

I never do sarcasm on the internet without properly labelling it as such. Nobody can understand sarcasm online...