I believe that the drawbacks of living away from home do not outweigh the advantages because although some students spend more energy in housework to stay far from home, they can learn more independent life capabilities in the universities.
The main disadvantage of study away from parents is that students have to do a lot house works. Many young people in China grow up under parents’ care in all aspects of live, include cooking, house clean and commute to school. If adolescents decided to learn away from family, they have to spend huge amount of time to learn how to cook, clean house or go shopping. For instance, some freshmen in universities call their parents almost every evening and complain about new life is not easy in college, and they hardly have enough time to study due to many trivial affairs. However, I still believe adult students should study away from home, so they can get more opportunities to grow up independently.
One primary benefit for students study in another city is that they have to do everything by themselves. Adolescents can only truly grow up without their parents’ help. They need to learn how to cook, go shopping, pay electricity and gas bills. These life basic skills are essential for all human beings, especially for Chinese young people under very good care in their family. For example, many new students who studied in oversea cities, when they come back to meet parents after one year, they are proud of their independent life abilities, such as cooking delicious dinner, and washing clothes. I think that despite study away from family brings inconveniences, it still brings student huge benefits and enable them learn new skills.
In conclusion, although students live far from family cause them more time to do housework, I believe in the long term of view it brings college students great benefits because they got the essential abilities to live an independent life.