MIT’s Senior House dormitory closes, and a crisis blooms at colleges

Re:MIT’s Senior House dormitory closes, and a crisis blooms ... by toomuchtodo on Monday September 11, 2017 @12:12PM (#15219581)

> How do these so called High school administrators justify protecting "children" from every theoretically possible harm? While forgetting that in less than 2 years these same students might be going into combat as a member of the armed forces.

Helicopter parents [1] and freely available student loans subsidized/backed by the federal government. The child/parent are the consumers of the service, but the negative externalities are dumped onto society.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter_parent

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Re:MIT’s Senior House dormitory closes, and a crisis blooms ... by neurotech1 on Monday September 11, 2017 @01:21PM (#15220235)

This is tangentially related to why Elon Musk[0] likes to ask potential interns and employees how "they" solved a particularly difficult problem[1]. If they personally solved the problem, they are going to know the details of the solution. A student who relies on a "helicopter parent" is significantly less likely to understand the details of how to solve difficult problems.

[0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/paularmstrongtech/2017/06/19/th...

[0.1] (archive/no adblock) http://archive.is/RxqQg

[0.2] (archive/no adblock) http://archive.is/uJmoD

[1] https://www.inc.com/anna-hensel/the-1-incredibly-detailed-jo...

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