Compare and Contrast Living at Home or on Your Own

Nowadays, most students study at university after graduating from high school. Due to the distance between their hometowns and colleges, a few students live with their family while many others live far away from home. These two types of living have some different influences on students in terms of living condition, financial problems and independence. Firstly, students living at home can enjoy better living condition than ones living far from home. As home is the whole family’s place, it is normally large and well-equipped with many electric devices. Also, students are provided with fresh, nutritious food. On the contrary, dormitory or rent house are usually small with poor facilities. For example, many students living in cramped rent house have to use one small space for cooking, eating, learning and sleeping. Owing to busy learning, students may skip their meal or eat fast food, which badly influences on their health. Secondly, living at home differs from living far away in that it helps students avoid financial problems. Living at home, students have the telephone bills, electricity bills and other daily expenses paid by their parents while students living far from home have to pay all those things on their own with a monthly amount of money. Unlike students who receive parents’ instruction, students who do not live with their family often lack financial managing skills. As a result, they often spend money on unnecessary items and cope with running out of money. Finally, the other obvious difference is that living far from home provides students more independence than living at home. It goes without saying that parents want to take good care of children by setting a wide range of rules for them. Consequently, students living with family have to ask for their parents’ permission if they want to go out or invite friends to their homes. Additionally, parents also control their time spent on using computer and TV. In contrast, students