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So how long did u both live in the U.S?Because it would take a few yrs of living&working for u to gather all of this thorougly researched insightful material!
Um spin the bottle is a pre teen thing not a college thing but very funny.I never went to college & im not a sports fan.my husband is the same way.I went to a major baseball game when I was in the 8th grade & I was so bored.my friend & I were messing with these drunks behind us.the best part was it was a school trip & we didn't get home until 4am.my brother & 1 sister went.my brother just partied it was a 2yr college it took him 4.even though the legal age of 21 teens r out there drinking partying & haveing fun.they find it a game to avoid the cops.its just like drugs.ur experimenting.now the dorms can be tricky.some have bunk beds & some r side by side.I say tricky because u know so many r having sex & if u think about it that's got to be tricky.they have here houses that r off campus that u can live in with roommates.then depending on how many rooms & how many r sharing u can have ur own room.then there r sororities that have there own living situation.it just depends. :-)
Where is your childlike spirit?
Dressing up in a costume is great fun! Children and adults love it! Lighten up!
If you're struggling with the term tea towel, you could use the term "cup towel". I've never heard of a coffee towel. Lol. The vast majority of colleges and universities are so large that in order to meet people that are like minded you'll usually try to join a club or sorority/fraternity (s/f). The s/f's are not cheap to join either; and the ones on my campus were mostly looking for people that had higher GPA's, and also focused on volunteer work.
see comments below. serious.
college in America would cost twice as much if everyone had a solo room.
Agree, plus sharing a dorm room is part of the college experience if you get a good roommate. I had one so so dorm room mate but he end up flunking out of the fall semester which allowed me to get a more compatible room mate.
Sports are a large moneymaker for colleges, that’s why good athletes get scholarships and they have huge gyms
And huge donations.
Exactly. Money making degree mills!!!!
Socialists don’t understand the Capitalism of American college sports. 😂
I went to UGA and the athletes have their own gym, so the other huge nice one was built mostly for students. I think it's just another thing to draw students to that particular school 🤑
@@vincenttee2608 Yet you can't get more socialist than the draft and salary cap that follows.
The more I watch Joel and Lia videos, the more I am convinced that Brits live in a bubble.
A lot of countries would seem that way to Americans. Most other first world nations either never had or mostly solved every problem the US refuses to do anything about for various corrupt or inept reasons.
@@jwb52z9 Burn!
@@jwb52z9 For example?
@@jwb52z9 Name a country (preferably yours) and we'll talk about why it's not a utopia.
@@jwb52z9 Can you please give a few examples about what you are talking about or are you just spouting nonsense?
The drinking age in all of America is 21. So, yeah, the underage drinking that takes place on college campus' is illegal.
Paula Beaton no it’s not.
T Coleman Yes it is. No state in the US has a drinking age lower than 21. How is that even up for debate? Wyoming was the last state to raise their drinking age to 21 from 18 in 1988.
TXnine7nine look into recent Colorado laws. Depending on percentage of alcohol, you can at 18.
Campus' is not correct.
T Coleman 18 year olds in CO can sell alcohol and tend bar but it’s only once on private property (not on campus) where they can drink.
I feel like your next U.S. trip should include a trip to a college/university and immerse yourselves in the college culture. A lot of schools are open for the public to walk around (or even schedule a tour). Y'all would have a ton of fun! Just a thought.
they need to come to Boston for that, aka college central lol
They should be a guest sororité member!
They’d love tailgating at LSU 😍
Just do NOT drink with the college students if you go because MOST of them are underage and you'd get arrested for contributing alcohol to an underage person. Just future advice, would HATE to see y'all get in trouble because of any lying college students. Love y'all!
Look for Rush Week on campuses. :-)
I’m a third year student at UCLA and, let me tell you, living on campus or in a university apartment is a LUXURY. Especially if you want a single room.😬 I live close to campus so I just commute, but being a student is expensive af. 😫
Whats you major?
So, when l went to college a billion years ago, a single (dorm room J&L) cost extra. Is that still the case, Brenda?
Brenda Magana my daughter went to UCLA but stayed on campus just one year and then lived in culver city and would use the blue line bus.
Gary McGregor still very much the case 😬
Brenda Magana she had a car at the apt. But of course parking is a nightmare at UCLA. Good thing she and her room mate had the same classes and would go to and come home together.
I don’t even mind the amount of college t-shirts and etc. I own from my school. I still wear them almost three years post grad.
Every year at my college, we got $100 in college merch credit. I'm literally wearing sweatpants with my school name on them right now. Free clothes are the best clothes. Plus it's a great conversation starter!
Lia: "I just love they're called gymnasiums, it's so like German."
Nevermind that gymnasium is Latin...
Not ,exactly. Gymnas is from Greek, meaning naked(Greek athletes exercised and competed naked). It is fused with the Latin ending -ium. Whether either the Greek or the Romans knew the word, I cannot say. My guess is that it is what is called New Latin, words formed after the fall of the Roman Empire and created by medieval or modern Latin readers.
Not the sharpest knife in the drawer, neither one of them. Painfully naive.
Lol in my country gymnasium means high school.
@@MerimaTropoja Yes, this is true in a number of countries but the word comes from the Greek, gymnos, which means naked, as the ancient Greeks practiced athletics unclothed. Thus a gymnasium was a room or hall for practicing while naked. How gymnasium came to mean a high school is not obvious.
Sharing a dorm room just gets you ready for crazy married life...sharing close quarters & annoying each other for years! LOL!!😂😂
Good point. You never have your own space.
Yes, having a dorm roommate sucks but I think its part of the social engineering conducted by most schools designed to expose their students to different cultures and ways of life.
I’ve been to a college before (I’m in hs right now), and they shared a general area, but didn’t sleep in the same room.
Living on campus at most colleges is required for the the first year and sometimes the second year. Majority of students move off campus after that (especially so they don't have to share a room) but some live in upperclassmen dorms their whole time in college.
3:54.
Yes, Lia. Most college students in the US disregard the drinking age.
and high school students too.
“football match.....” omg😂🤣
****football game😂😂😂
Kimmy L 🤣 I love them! Cuz they’re so English!
The English were playing 'football matches' and riding on the correct side of the road well before the USA was ever discovered. They were also roasting meat over wood and charcoal way before the USA was ever discovered. Oh...and making and shooting off guns also..
It is a football match since the "football" they are speaking about is soccer and not American football.
BB Lynn ohh in America we call them football games and we say soccer games. We never say match, but thanks!
Well no one that I know of calls Gym by the full name "Gymnasium." It's just a Gym 😕
The only people I know of that call a gym a gymnasium are the English or Indians, and probably a lot of Commonwealth citizens also.
Whole week? WHOLE WEEK?! pfft... step up your game, I'm already starting to plan my Halloween costume for next year... those are rookie numbers.
The drinking age for me was at 18 but it increased to 21 because of MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) pushing for the increase.
Judy Keown Same here
Judy Keown Michigan?
Im 36 I barely remember people talking about MADD. How long ago was it?
@@alisonoechsner8256 It was in the 80s. I don't remember the exact years. I'm 41 now.
Judy Keown same here
There was a period years ago when the U.S. lowered the drinking age from 21 to 18. But after a few years the drunk driving rate and deaths from them increased to the point where the Federal government passed a law that if a State didn't raise the age to 21 again the state would lose federal highway funds. So each state did so.
William Hoffman
After prohibition, the lowest drinking age in the states was 14, when the average was 19. They only changed the drinking age to 21 in 84
@@decrox13 I remember that! I was about to turn 19 just a few months away and they change the age 21
@@decrox13 No, the drinking age in many states, perhaps all, I'm not sure, was 21 until 1971 when it was dropped to 18. This was partially because of the Viet Nam war and the perceived injustice of conscripting and sending 18-, 19-, and 20-year-olds off to possibly be maimed or to die yet not allowing them adult rights. I was 19 when the age was reduced to 18.
Back in my day, the drinking age was 18 in NY state. So we did our share of (legal) drinking. Until the late 1960’s, when many students moved over to drugs.
The only factual stat of that report is that "the state would lose it's federal highway funds" Texas used to have open container laws, then they made it so only a passenger
could have an open container (driver just gave passenger the drink). Then the Feds came in and said no funding unless no open containers.
This was back in the 1980's. I lived thru it. If drunks cause 20% of all accidents, then 80% of all sober people cause all the rest. Figure it out, snowflake?
I drive better drunk, than you could ever drive sober.
The importance of college sports explains the fancy gymnasiums.
Frats and sororities are actually fun think of it as forming bonds with friends. It also has positive effects on your working life as it can help create business connections that last. Like you joined this frat or sorority you can use it to get a great job and use it to get promoted.
True that. Kind of like joining a Masonic Lodge?
Dave Holt not really. The college games kinda help. The lodge is all about business a frat or sorority is really about fun and friendship.
Absolutely - they're fantastic networking tools
We LOVE OUR UNIVERSITY! Especially if you went to a highly ranked school (academics and sports). The rivalries between schools have also added to the pride we have for the school we attended.
Bear down, Arizona!
From all the real British cop shows I've seen I thought everyone there liked to do fancy dress all year long lol. I love the way you guys crack yourselves up it's so funny 😄
In the university I went to in Canada. Most housing within the campus had both shared and single dorm rooms.
Apparently a shared room it’s offered as a cheaper option compared to a single room.
Also, not everyone has the time to cook or clean. So it’s easier for the bathrooms, showers, kitchens to be all shared but managed by staff rather than student.
Instead we just eat at restaurants on campus...which was NOT healthy :(
Well, not if you're eating poutine every night. But when you're in your 20's, most people don't care about that ,they get healthier later in life.
@@nabs99 Ya but the strip bars and Joe Kools natchos were awesome though, ey?
In US dinking age was 18 in 1970s however since driving age in US is 16 there was alot of under age drinking and driving. A temperance organization Mothers Against Drunk Driving successfully got the US drinking age changed to 21. University drinking culture was changed as the politically correct university faculty closed university owned pubs, fraternity and sorority drinking parties, and pre game drinking at US universities. In the US you need a car to go anywhere so a car is more important than drinking. On the plus side more 16-21 year olds live and by the time they reach 21 they are alot less likely to drink. Underage drinking in US leads to license suspension until you reach 21. Most kids in US own a car at age 18.
@Jonathan Parks before voting age to was changed almost all had 21 as legal age for drinking with big exception of New York. After voting age went to 18, most states revised laws to 18, with a couple of minor exceptions. Some states had beer legal at 18, "hard liquor" at 21. Over 5 or so years 18 for everything was more the rule. Lots and lots of drinking occurred in university dorms, fraternities, and among sub 18 year olds who could get an 18 year old to buy alcohol.There are still some places in bible belt (counties)which prohibit any sale of liquor. In Alaska many indigenous towns are theoretically dry. Big change was in 80s and 90s with MADD, federal highway funds were tied to increasing drinking age to 21 forcing all states to go there. President Bush 43s daughters were caught drinking at 18 and lost their licenses til 21. Imagine beig a guy and not being able to date because you didn't have a car until you were 21. Again in US driving at 18 is more important than drinking at 18.
Jonathan Perks
No, only a handful has 21. South Carolina had a 14 drinking age.
So you can't legally have a beer on your 18th birthday because you might drink and drive and kill a person but you CAN legally buy assault weapons with which you might kill 50 people in seconds. Got it.
There are a couple of interactve maps with US drinking age by state since 1940, check them out. I stand by my comments above.
Parks, I have owned guns since I was 12 years old and I have never killed 50 people in seconds. Neither have any of my friends . I have taken out a few rabbits, squirrels, pheasants and deer though, sometimes with a semiautomatic weapon.
Actually, being in a sorority helped me keep up with my grades. They have a strict rule about keeping up with your grades. Our freshman year we had to complete a certain amount of hours in study hall a week because if we don’t meet a certain GPA, we couldn’t get initiated. Yes, we have cheesy songs, but education is a big deal, too. 🙂
Physical sports are Huge money makers for colleges in USA
Tanya Mckinnon no they aren’t. Football is and only maybe 70 schools. Everything is subsidized by football.
"a whole week planning their outfit" HAHA so many people spend a month or over planning their costumes it's a big deal. a lot of ppls fav holiday
Jenny Shull it’s still a holiday if u look it up, what else would it b called
I spent a day looking for my costume at Goodwill....I'm going as The Queen of England and I am STOKED. Joel and Lia, would that be considered offensive in the UK
Do brits just avoid being a member of “a group?” Being a member of a community and being proud of that community is a very common American trait. It applies to teams, schools, cities, States, and our country. The idea of belonging is also why we love discovering where our ancestors came from. i.e. Germany, Scotland, China, etc.
I think it might just be Joel and Lia who avoid being a member of a group.
jslost Love this point!
Does that apply to Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, Baltimore, San Jose, Compton etc etc, or just where you live?
Dave Holt of course!?
I was waiting to see if one you were going to smirk or break character with the cheerleading bit... made it hard to tell if you were kidding or not. Absolutely love that British stoicism 😂😂
I love your videos, guys! Just wanted to put in my two cents worth: There is typically a distinction made between colleges and universities. In general, Universities offer graduate degrees (masters and PhD) in addition to undergraduate degrees (Associate, Bachelor). They also are typically larger and offer a wider variety of courses. Many universities are comprised of several smaller "colleges". For example, College of Fine Arts, College of Science, etc. College is the blank term used to describe any post-high school studies. Some opt for trade schools where they learn a trade like a plumber or electrician. Still others pursue special colleges like "beauty college" and the like. Of course, some don't even finish high school or don't pursue any higher education past high school.
I lived on campus for only one semester. I had a roommate, but I got out of the dorm as soon as I could! Living on campus is usually required for Freshmen and Sophomores (1st and 2nd year students) - at least it was at my university.I definitely didn't think of it as a perk or status symbol. I think most people preferred to live off campus. After moving out, I rented an apartment and drove to campus for classes. I was never a member of a fraternity, nor did I ever attend games by any of the university sports teams. Some people definitely went all in though.
Watch yourselves. Don’t mess with the University of Texas at Austin! 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Sounds like y'all mess with yourselves. Wasn't there a shooting there last week? Didn't something happen at a clock tower decades ago, also? You don't have to worry about the English 'bro' LOL
They're brother/sisterhood. You're thinking of Legally Blonde!🤣🤣🤣
I know of Canadian, UK, German, AUS athletes that compete for US colleges and are having the time of their lives. They enjoy their teammates, live in LA or near Chicago, and go to football/basketball games. Granted they’re VERY social people. Having a free education, training with Olympic champions beats retiring in their sport at 18 in their own country.
Just sent the link to purchase your tea towels to my family for Christmas gifts...yes already that's a thing 😂
Back in the early 70’s they did lower the drinking age, for beer & wine, to 18. They raised it again a few years later because they didn’t drink responsibly.
It seems like more people go to college in AMERICA than GB and they don't have room for single room dorms
LOL...you two were "lit" in this video. You must have had some serious coffee Joel! I have a great idea for a video. When you come to the US, Lia needs to spend a day in a Sorority house and do all the things they do, including doing their silly cheers etc, and Joel needs to spend a day at a Frat house and get "hazed" LOL Joel you wouldn't last the night when you see how dirty they are. You would be stepping over beer cans, dried puke, and used condoms. LOL You guys gotta do it! That would be so funny!
OK y’all triggered me on the whole cheerleading thing! Cheerleading is considered a sport and all cheerleaders are athletes. They do tumble just like a gymnast; they have to dance and they have to do stunts and pyramids putting girls up into stunts you have to be athletic to be the base and you have to be athletic to be the flyer. I cheered my entire life and all through college. My daughter started cheering when she was four years old. And cheered all through college. She was teeny tiny but she was a beast! And just like many athletes she tore her ACL while tumbling at the age of 13. Not that that’s anything to be proud of!!!! Lol! So yes cheerleaders at athletic events get the crowd going they tumble they cheer they dance at the games to get the crowd roaring in their favor. But they also compete against other cheerleading teams and it’s serious business. I had to get that off my chest Joel and Lia!!! Love you!
Exactly. Nothing like NFL cheerleaders. You all did competitions with stunts I could only dream of doing.
You are totally right, and it is more dangerous than playing football. A friend of mine fell from the top of the pyramid and almost died and they thought she would be paralyzed. Thank God that she wasn't. She was on The 700 Club after she started getting better.
Dedi Clark I really enjoyed reading your comment. Thank you for adding it.
Dedi Clark - Enjoyed your comment. Thank you for sharing.❤️
80sGamerLady IKR??
Fantastic! Got my tea towels ordered! Brilliant! Loved your take on this topic. Truly appreciate it. I can relate. Fun! Thanks! L&C 👍 ♥️😘 🇬🇧
Yeah, my kid’s dorm room that he shared with two others was more expensive than a NYC apartment. The colleges charge outrageous tuition, then they also charge outrageous fees for board.
Attending football and basketball games was a huge part of my college experience. So much fun getting a group of friends together, cheering in the stands until your voice went hoarse. Ah, the good ole days.
I think what you're missing about roommates is that it's a chance to make a friend. They have you, at the very least, take a questionaire/personality test to see who you match up with. This is a person who will potentially become your best friend (I didn't get along with my first roommate, best friends with my next one). College is a lot of class and homework, so it's nice to have that person already there to talk to, hang out with, go to parties with, etc. AND Americans are apparently just more outgoing and social than Brits I guess so it doesn't bother us.
Sharing a dorm room isn't a problem. It's not much different from having a roommate, especially in nice colleges where you will be given seperate rooms with a common space to share. You have one half, they have the other half. You talk to each other, you work out the differences. Even when i didn't get along with my roommate i never had a problem finding time for myself. They'll have their own schedule and you'll have the room to yourself, or if all else fails, you can literally request that they find someplace to be for the night. It's an unspoken rule that roommates will agree to the request with the knowledge that when it's their turn to ask for a night, you'll give it to them.
Living on campus is often required for Freshmen and it's generally just what everyone does unless you already live locally. People will eventually move off campus and get a place of their own with roommates or whatever, but to be able to afford to do that generally means you either got Daddy's money or you're working your ass off somewhere to foot the bill (paid internships, working a lot and saving up over the summer and working part time during school year, etc.). It's just easier to live on campus because you're closer to everything, but eventually people do what their own space, they want that seperation and by senior year they've got a solid group of friends or people they know that they know will make good roommates.
As far as alcohol drinking goes...doesn't Britain have a dependency on alcohol problem going on? Anyway, I think all American colleges ban alcohol from being in the dorms. Some even ban the kids from being drunk on campus. American college students always drink at college parties (some drink too much, some drink in moderation) but they don't drink every day. You make it easier to get alcohol and these immature freshman and sophmores who do have a problem moderating their alcohol use WILL abuse it and they'll fail.
College students eat a lot of cheap, crappy food and are pretty sedetary unless they're on a sports team. That means, to stay healthy, to stay fit, most college students will kill at least three hours a week inside the gym doing something. (Dance, swimming, weight lifting, basketball, racketball, rock climbing, etc). That and it's a good place that's free and is fun to just hang out with friends.
College sports is just a more dedicated expression of our loyalty to our previous schools. We identify with our mascot, we are a community, loyal to the cause. we're all (most) are invested in how well our sports teams rank nationally in whichever division we are in. We show loyalty and support to the sports teams (these people risk their bodies to play sports they enjoy, the least we can do is go to their games and cheer for them).
@TheKarlOshaughnessy you know what American's do? We leave the door open to our rooms when we're not wanting to be left alone and you will literally meet the entire floor that way. people will come, have a chat, watch movies, play video games, whatever.
american dorms have shared spaces as well for the entire floor and building which encourages further socializing.
But then again, it seems like Americans have no problem with socializing with new people...but Brits apparently do.
We Americans can’t do anything moderately...especially drink 🤣
You dont have to explain that to Brits.There drinking culture makes ours look non existent.lol They drink everyday of the week and double on Sundays😂
Americans don't drink anywhere near the amounts Brits do. They have the worst reputation in Europe because of their drinking. Ask Spain. They *HATE* British people vacationing in their country and being really obnoxious and puking everywhere.
@@christopherdieudonne yes just the British huh!!!!! i think you find all of Europe drink loads! Russians and polish more so, and the Spanish dont like anyone! to be fair the Spanish make a huge amount of money from the briis who are to afraid to travel somewhere more interesting!!!
That's not something to brag about.... people lose control, fight, drive drunk, beat their spouse and children, die early from liver disease and destroy their families..... I've never understood what makes it so 'cool.'
I have my own dorm room. They are more expensive. My college is really small, so we don’t have fraternities and sororities. The college I’m in used to be a different college, but they went bankrupt, so another school took it over.
As far as I know (especially where I am) college freshman have to live on campus for their first year
😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂 I so needed that. Well done!
Wait but are you a champ Joel lol 🤣 refering to not wearing something across your chest. JK luv you guys
The drinking age was 18 here but was raised to 21 because of all of the drinking related deaths of that age bracket.
You can join the military at 17 here and be trained to take someone’s life but you can’t drink until you are 21.
I don’t get it either.
Laurie Kingsbury Wa State is raising the age for buying cigarettes to 21 very soon
I don't get it either. I am not a smoker or drinker and never have been, but I think if you can sign up to give your own life for your country, you should be able to smoke and have a beer.
We also do get tons of free merch from our colleges for participating in different events. But yes, we rock our college gear forever. I’d go back to college in a heartbeat. Amazing years.
Haha, 'We just used to laugh at them..while drinking prosecco. ' You guys are hilarious!!
LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU GUYS! Excited for my tea towels to arrive!❤️🍁❤️
@@Judy_R 😁You enjoy your day too Judy.🌻
Live off campus, share an apt, pick your roommates. It’s awesome and fun!
These videos are so helpful for getting a different perspective.
"Well done, girls." I died. hahahahahahahahaha Joel, you are the absolute best
I was fortunate to live near the university I wanted to attend, which had the major I wanted (French language and literature). So I just commuted instead. I was also very fortunate to spend my junior year abroad in Paris! I loved that! I hope I'm not triggering bad memories for you Lia. Another great video, guys!
Wow....bet you got an amazing job after that degree! You should have done the Basket Weaving course, instead.
One of the smart things I did when it came to paying for college was taking classes I could only afford. I would use a grant and scholarships along with working for a company that had reimbursement program or actually paid for courses upfront. I don't have any student debt because I refused to take out loans.
My husband and I started a savings program for both our kids for college to save about 2 years of college education that they can use in the state of Florida. If they choose not to use it, they can take the money and use for a down-payment on a home, etc, after so many years of not utilizing it. But I'll be damned if my kids will go into debt over impossible student loans you can't ever pay off. #adulting
80sGamerLady the problem is that the government sees that you CAN pay for your kids college so then you get no student aid.
I was 22 when I started college. I served in the military (stationed in The UK), hence the late start. My college experience was something you did not really touch upon. I attended a two year technical college which was 100 percent no nonsense, no fraternities, sororities or on campus housing. They did waste not the students time with useless and irrelevant coursework such as English Literature and what not. I learned how to repair and maintain complex mechanical systems. I lived in an apartment complex off campus with a fellow student who had similar goals. I supported myself tending bar at a local pub a few nights per week. Wild college parties? A few but nothing too intense. Most of the time it was having a few friends over for beer and a hockey game on TV. The other thing we did (when schedules would not conflict) was a Sunday Night "Married With Children" (showing my age a bit ) watch party at my place. Same idea as a hockey game social with the exception being Al Bundy's constant and vicious insultive demeanor. He was a crude, unrefined and cantankerous working class man caught up in a horrible dead end life. He was my hero.
Were my college days my best years? I would say overall the answer would be yes. I studied hard, I worked hard and (when time permitted) I played hard. My time in The US Air Force taught me much about personal responsibility and as such it was a smooth transition into my college years.
My British friends all go crazy on Halloween costumes, and one spent a week crafting his outfit. lol
So what’s college tuition like in the UK?
Everytime I watch you guys I think I am SOOOOO blessed to be American. You make me appreciate my fellow Americans and American traditions, customs, and way of life. They people and way of life is what makes America the greatest country ! U.S.A.!!
vazeigler Amen!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Thanks for all the great videos! Current American college student. The dorm situation can be difficult especially with conflict with your roommate, I’ve experienced such... most college students live on campus and break the liquor laws which is usually aware of by campus police but not really enforced. Halloween parties are common as are other holiday parties, just an excuse to dress up. Staying on campus is typical for most Americans and college gear is WAY overpriced, it goes along with the obscene amount we pay to get an education, so frustrating! anyway, looking to study abroad in the UK next year, possibly in London. Would love to experience university in Britain!
love the videos you've been doing lately. college is expensive af, and not enough housing so normal to share a room
Hi Guys. If it is not customary to share a room with fellow students when living on campus, why is Hogwarts depicted like this? Is it because they are younger? Your every video is an interesting education about our British brothers and sisters. Love them. Can't wait for the next one.
I really thought the same thing! I had assumed that multiple children was the norm in their stay over schools. So neat to hear that it actually isn't.
As they mentioned it's something that might happen in boarding schools, since Hogwarts is a boarding school it makes sense
I'm from the US and I had nothing but roommates while living on campus while going to college!
Im from the US. At my college they have dorm rooms that do have two students sharing the same room, but we also have apartment style which everyone has their own room and we just share a bathroom and living room/ kitchen area. Its just the norm here to have to share a room. It gives more people the chance to live on campus close to their classes.
It's because Hogwarts is mirroring British boarding schools, not universities. In the boarding schools here, it's normal for young students to share dormitories, while at university students start to want their own space and so most of us have our own rooms. Although at uni you can still definitely ask for a shared room as it's way way cheaper, but it's the minority that do this. Hope this helped :)
The best way to explain Halloween: watch Mean Girls. Lmao
I love how you guys are always talking about this I still don’t get the college thing I don’t get involved with all these things 😂
I'm from Maine in the us. It's cold there most of the time. My high school had a suspended track in the gymnasium.
Watch "Animal House" :)
They won’t get the “draft” reference, also hazing has since been exponentially criminalized.
@@NickBLeaveIt well, you're not fun...it's called COMEDY....
Animal house was actually based on the campus parties at McMaster University which is in Canada. Drinking age is 19 there and beer is twice as strong. In the movie you will see writing on the wall that says “Mac Rules”
@@calidude1114 but the Frats at my university could easily have been the movie. Early 1980s.
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The reason we share dorms is because there are more people here than in England...
Think about what you just said...then take a course in geography.
@@daveholt2962 America has 320 Million people...in some states its really overcrowded and they have to share dorms
IshAlexx while the US has a bigger population than the UK, each US state by their own has a smaller population than the UK.
@@tacticalrobloxiansunited7441 you can have people from New York going to college in Michigan...
It’s true lol; doesn’t mean “the US is sooo much better than the U.K. because we have more people 😌”. Like, why get triggered by that u know?
Rock Chalk Jayhawk! ❤️💙
The love for our school has a lot to do with the love for our teams! It’s why we wear the merch. You know when it’s game day in Lawrence, KS. Everyone is wearing Jayhawk gear. Young and old.
Your laughs are soooo contagious 😂😂😂😂.
Annalisa Brehmer I just love those 2!!! #ilovejoelandlia
I do too! They are so awesome 😎. We love you Joel and Lia!! 💕
I’m so lucky that I never had to share a dorm room in the US. I only had to share a bathroom and living room. Also living off campus is often preferred because of the awful dorms. And yes, all of the college parties are illegal and nobody cares too much about it. I still will never understand why anyone wants to be in a sorority 😂
In Scotland in the 90s there were shared rooms for two or three students
Fortunately I had a single room
University of Dundee is a campus in the city centre
Two toilets, 1 shower and 1 bath for every 14 students
Now they are all single en-suite rooms
Let me guess...You also had to walk/crawl 15 miles to school, wearing a barrel for clothes and barbed wire for shoes?
Dave Holt
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For all of those reasons....... Thats why online college is so popular! 😂😂😂 Lots of us feel the same way!
In the 1970s you could drink at 18. Problem was there were more fatal driving accidents than there are now. Remember we are dependent on automobiles. Drunk driving accidents combined with a lot of research that said teenagers brains are super sensitive to alcohol, cause the drinking age to be moved back to 21.
The lack of clothing at Halloween parties is even a thing in High School here. It’s awful.
Oh my goodness! You two are hilarious and always make me bust out laughing! I love hearing your genuine questions about American culture. It's so funny and embarrassing reading comments from offended Americans! Good grief people, get some thicker skin!
Love you two! Keep it up!!!!
The fraternity equivalent to door chants is "serenades" for freshmen. Essentially going around to the sororities on 1 or 2 nights(depending on how many houses are at your university) and singing/dancing to popular songs of that year with your freshman class brothers in front of the whole sorority house. Liquid courage is usually present.
Many large Uni's make dormitories available for first year students (Freshman) and only allow second year students dormitory rooms when space is available. For the most part, older students share and rent apartments (flats) that are usually very near to the Uni.
Never in my life have I heard of a "Dorm Dance", I've got some research to do. The crazy things we do here in America lol
Not college applicable really, but many states in the US people under 21 are allowed to drink in the presence of their parents or other responsible adult.
Bahaha. Your american ancients on the sorority cheer are good! Some of us think American stuff is weird too and I live here. Seriously, I say wtf???? Love you guys.
I'd invite you to a Penn State White Out but I can't even afford to take myself. The fun is contagious. Even the visiting team's fans talk about how fun it is. This year, the crowd was so loud, the opposing team had to call a time out because they weren't able to communicate the count.
Drinking age went down to 18 in the 70s. Went back up to keep out of high schools.
Glad to see it keeps alcohol and drugs out of high schools.
Great video!! Sharing a dorm room was the worst but it was a good way to meet people. One day you two need to come over and experience a college football game with one hundred thousand of your closest friends and tailgate before the game.
Sharing a dormitory room on campus is an excellent strategic move for the best possible social life and also the widest range of a college experience. And it is certainly weird too!
you guys are the only channel i subscribe to ;) greetings from the university of missouri
After first year many students rent off campus housing. They have their own rooms in a house they share.
At My university you could get your own room but it costs a fortune
Living on campus depends on the type of school you go to. There are public and private universities and some offer dorms, apartments, students live in there sorority/fraternity houses, etc. It depends on your financial aid/financial position.
Tea towels ordered! Tea time- GRAN proud (again)!
Yep university is super expensive here... At 31 I'm still making payments on a student loan...😞...oh, and as soon as you graduate the flippin alumni association hits you up for donations (hello, I'm broke! Lol)
Btw on the college attire, besides attire for students, it's also popular to buy your parents college attire. In my college days, I bought my dad a sweatshirt that said "University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Dad" 😅
At 55 I am still $40K in debt for my student loans.
Here's a plan: If you don't have the money, go to a junior college for two years while living at home. Then go to an in-state school like University of Wisconsin - Lacrosse. Major in a field of study that will enable you to get a good job after graduation. Work full time each summer and earn $6,000. Some kids have parents who will kick in $14,000 per year for your last two years. If you don't have parents like that, you may have to borrow $28,000. Graduate and get a good job at 22 years of age. Pay off your student loans by the time you are 25. If you still have student debt at age 55, you have made some poor life choices. If you still owe $40,000 at age 55, you have made some serious mistakes and were hardly the average student.
Miranda, Univ of WI - La Crosse grad as well. 🤗🙋 great years. I believe we had male cheerleaders as well.
Living in a dorm is the same as living on campus.
OMG Lia, I LOVE your top! I love British fashion; classy and funky, yet understated!
There’s several options in colleges for room sets. The cheapest are the ones where you share room but if you have more money you live in apartment style dorms or private apartments very close by.
drinking age was 18 in the 70's and i think part of the 80's. You can vote or join the military but not drink. crazy
And smoke
I guess it’s what u r used to .college sports is so fun and a blast
So essentially u feel that Brit’s are the cool high school kids that are too amazing to try anything .halloween parties r soo fun ..I’m sure u r being sarcastic and glib .
Housing varies by college or university. Often by dormitory building.
I attended MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Some dorms had all singles. Most dorms had a mixture of singles, doubles, etc. During my freshman year, I lived in a quad. We had separate bedrooms and a central common room. For the next three years, I had a single. By the time I was a senior, I had one of the largest rooms in the dorm.
Many preferred to live on campus because off campus housing was more expensive.
Lia I love live love your top! Do you mind sharing where you got it?
A lot of students A LOT drink regardless of age.
Even high school students drink. I am totally not one of them😉😁
Joel: _"Maybe the hotter climate states have got more of an outdoorsy lifestyle."_
That would come as a surprise to my alma mater, the University of Oregon. Its track and field program is so renowned that the town it's in is referred to as "TrackTown, U.S.A."
Too bad it's students are known as 'The Knuckle Draggers'.
As a fellow Oregonian, young people playing sports start making a connection to suffering in cold rain, and being a committed athlete. I did track and field, and i have years practicing in the rain. It bonded the teammates in shared pain and complaing.
As someone who attended one of the top party schools in the U.S. (U of I in Urbana-Champaign), I was already over drinking and partying by the time I was a senior. Lol.
Christina Bongabong I spit my water out reading your post, it’s a small world! I didn’t attend the U of I, but I live outside of Urbana. All they care about here are the sports, and they are nothing to brag about anymore. Especially basketball and football!
Cyndi J. So true! I’ve been wanting to go back to see a football game, but they haven’t been decent in years! What’s the point? Lol.