Comments on: A leg-breaking relationship http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/2008/10/a-leg-breaking-relationship/ commentary on all things Taiwanese -- Taichung, Taiwan Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:20:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mark http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/2008/10/a-leg-breaking-relationship/comment-page-1/#comment-84455 Mark Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:39:16 +0000 http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/?p=2125#comment-84455 Learning how to get around idiotic rules is part of what the college experience is for. Learning how to get around idiotic rules is part of what the college experience is for.

]]> By: Jens http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/2008/10/a-leg-breaking-relationship/comment-page-1/#comment-84454 Jens Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:52:16 +0000 http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/?p=2125#comment-84454 "Jens, I was just making the point that it isn’t a big deal." - well, you wrote "Boys and girls <strong>even</strong> shared the same bathrooms!" - well, that doesn't go further than boys and girls in the same corridor, right? “Jens, I was just making the point that it isn’t a big deal.” – well, you wrote “Boys and girls even shared the same bathrooms!” – well, that doesn’t go further than boys and girls in the same corridor, right?

]]> By: Jens http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/2008/10/a-leg-breaking-relationship/comment-page-1/#comment-84453 Jens Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:14:53 +0000 http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/?p=2125#comment-84453 "the university should have no power to limit their freedom." In fact, if a Studentenwerk or any other operator of a dormitory would try that here, they probably would get sued. “the university should have no power to limit their freedom.”

In fact, if a Studentenwerk or any other operator of a dormitory would try that here, they probably would get sued.

]]> By: David Reid http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/2008/10/a-leg-breaking-relationship/comment-page-1/#comment-84451 David Reid Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:03:36 +0000 http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/?p=2125#comment-84451 Jens, I was just making the point that it isn't a big deal. Young men and women can live together without any problems. Locking them up in a desperate effort to separate them is the problem. Jens, I was just making the point that it isn’t a big deal. Young men and women can live together without any problems. Locking them up in a desperate effort to separate them is the problem.

]]> By: Jens http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/2008/10/a-leg-breaking-relationship/comment-page-1/#comment-84450 Jens Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:39:43 +0000 http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/?p=2125#comment-84450 What's the deal about "sharing bathrooms" anyway? I mean, every family does it?! What’s the deal about “sharing bathrooms” anyway? I mean, every family does it?!

]]> By: jenna http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/2008/10/a-leg-breaking-relationship/comment-page-1/#comment-84445 jenna Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:56:10 +0000 http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/?p=2125#comment-84445 I started college at 16/17 (16 for just one month, it hardly counts) and didn't have a curfew. If you're smart enough to get into college at 16 or 17, you're smart enough to handle yourself without a curfew. The younger students are usually the more hardworking (and dorkier, let's face it, I was one) students, as well. Not the party rats for whom the curfew was invented. It is ridiculous, I agree...though seeing as this is a Christian school there would be that conservatism on top of the usual "this is Asia" conservatism, so I understand the context. I had a co-ed dorm, as well, when I attended university in the USA. We didn't share bathrooms though. I started college at 16/17 (16 for just one month, it hardly counts) and didn’t have a curfew. If you’re smart enough to get into college at 16 or 17, you’re smart enough to handle yourself without a curfew. The younger students are usually the more hardworking (and dorkier, let’s face it, I was one) students, as well. Not the party rats for whom the curfew was invented.

It is ridiculous, I agree…though seeing as this is a Christian school there would be that conservatism on top of the usual “this is Asia” conservatism, so I understand the context.

I had a co-ed dorm, as well, when I attended university in the USA. We didn’t share bathrooms though.

]]> By: David Reid http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/2008/10/a-leg-breaking-relationship/comment-page-1/#comment-84444 David Reid Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:33:15 +0000 http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/?p=2125#comment-84444 Jens, there may be some students who are 17 years old when they start university and this could create some issues. However, I still don't think it justifies a curfew. Jens, there may be some students who are 17 years old when they start university and this could create some issues. However, I still don’t think it justifies a curfew.

]]> By: Corey http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/2008/10/a-leg-breaking-relationship/comment-page-1/#comment-84443 Corey Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:37:36 +0000 http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/?p=2125#comment-84443 Jens, I don't know about David's school, but I know that there are schools with unisex bathrooms...they exist. With this in mind, it is completely ridiculous, as you agree, that there are curfews in college. The Taiwanese at my university here in Pennsylvania say one of their favorite things is the freedom to do whatever, whenever they want...no curfews or anything! Jens, I don’t know about David’s school, but I know that there are schools with unisex bathrooms…they exist. With this in mind, it is completely ridiculous, as you agree, that there are curfews in college.

The Taiwanese at my university here in Pennsylvania say one of their favorite things is the freedom to do whatever, whenever they want…no curfews or anything!

]]> By: Jens http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/2008/10/a-leg-breaking-relationship/comment-page-1/#comment-84442 Jens Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:07:45 +0000 http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/?p=2125#comment-84442 A, one further point: In Karlsruhe, the local chapter has just identified the "problem" that we might have more underage university students soon, due to secondary education shortened to 12 years and more flexible approaches for gifted students who might then finish school before their 18th birthday. How old are Taiwanese typically when starting tertiary education? A, one further point: In Karlsruhe, the local chapter has just identified the “problem” that we might have more underage university students soon, due to secondary education shortened to 12 years and more flexible approaches for gifted students who might then finish school before their 18th birthday.

How old are Taiwanese typically when starting tertiary education?

]]> By: Jens http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/2008/10/a-leg-breaking-relationship/comment-page-1/#comment-84441 Jens Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:04:52 +0000 http://blog.taiwan-guide.org/?p=2125#comment-84441 I read about that once in our Studentenwerk (cf. <a href="http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed&sectHdr=on&spellToler=on&chinese=both&pinyin=diacritic&search=Studentenwerk&relink=on" rel="nofollow">dict.leo</a>) magazine: I an interview a Chinese student said that he likes that everyone has his own room and that you can come home when and stay up as long as you like. I read about that once in our Studentenwerk (cf. dict.leo) magazine: I an interview a Chinese student said that he likes that everyone has his own room and that you can come home when and stay up as long as you like.

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