Gabby wrote:
>
> "Arri London" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Sylvia wrote:
> > >
> > > Oh, we've already started having them cook. But they may not be able to
> > > cook in the dorms.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Sylvia Steiger RN, homeschooling mom since Nov 1995
> > >
> >
> > You'd be amazed at how much can be accomplished with an electric coffee
> > pot (the wide sort) and a toaster oven (microwave ovens were too large
> > and too expensive way back then). We weren't allowed to cook in our
> > student housing, not even during holidays when no food service was
> > offered.
> > Both were easy to hide in the closet, but no one really came round to
> > check anyway.
>
> My son's residence allows a microwave oven and an electric kettle with
> automatic shut off, nothing else in the line of cooking apparatus in the
> rooms. But their meal plan allows them to eat at several food places on
> campus -- the pub, the regular cafeteria, the Tim Horton's donut shop
> (soups/sandwiches/chili), the student union building snack bar -- so he can
> get food from 7 am to 12 midnight.
>
> Gabby

We didn't have that many places on campus to eat. Also in terms of the
value of the meal plan, the cheapest meals were in the dining room. The
other places used up more of the value per meal.

I didn't *really* mind the weight loss that first year...