Taking dolls to school or college?

One of my friends has her doll in her dorm and it isn't a problem. Acctually, having something so unique, you may attract more attention than anyone else

 

I'm hoping my roomate will respect my personal space. I'm not that sociable and I'm more of a pushover more than anything else really. >.< I hope I can get along with this person... It's one of those things that makes you worry. You never know when someone will take your things.

 

I just brought my girl to college for the first time and I am soo happy that everyone seemed to love her. She was actually treated like a puppy. Everyone was all like "She's so cute! She has such fluffy hair! Can I touch her?" Only one person looked at her and was afraid that she might come alive and attack someone.

 

It's a matter of comfort level, really, and for me it's also an issue of space. I lived both with a roommate and in a single last year, and both of my dolls stayed at home the whole time. At first, once I was comfortable with my roommate and trusted her, it was just because I didn't want to come off as being really weird (even if I do go to art school), but later it was just an issue of space. Even when I changed to the single room I didn't bring them up, if only because I had nowhere to put them.

This year I was pretty well talked into it by my roommate, since she has one of her own. It helps that our room is pretty huge though, so we've got plenty of room for all sorts of things like that

 

Hmmm what about bringing dolls to college classes? I go to college but live at home (thank goodness!) I'm thinking about bringing Umeko to class tomorrow and I'm hoping my teacher doesnt spaz.... Maybe I should Keep her in her case?

 

I think it really depends on the class and the teacher. I've brought my doll once to one class, which was an advanced poetry class with not a lot of people and I knew the professor very well so I knew it wouldn't be a problem. It was a one day thing and I wouldn't do it afterwards because it didn't feel totally appropriate to me.

I think it really depends on the situation.

 

My class is an environmental science class but tomorrow after class I have to kill 4 hours before I can go home so I need something to entertain me. I only have one class so I don't think, 1 week into the quarter, i will have enough stuff to study for 4 hours.

I dont think any teacher can complain in college if I keep her in her carrying case. I dunno what I'm going to do....

 

If you keep her in her case, it probably wouldn't be an issue. And yeah, I understand about needing to kill time. I've brought sewing to classes before, teachers haven't minded that.

 

I was thinking about trying to hand sew something but That seems hard =/
But I will probably bring her and keep her in her case. I'm not sure she would like "learning" lol.

 

I would say unless it's a really liberal type of class like an art class that it isn't really appropriate. You shouldn't take toys to class it's disrespectful to your professors.

 

Hahhaa...hah...ha....I think the way I dress is ALLOT more distracting than one smallish doll ^^;;;; People bring skateboards to class and those are toys as well. not to mention cellphones. >.> Its not like dolls roll around or make noise

 

I see on your profile that you are 17 so I'm going to guess that you aren't in college. Well when you get to college don't be suprised when your professor asks you to leave the class and not come back when your cell phone goes off in the middle of his/her lecture. Skateboards are another story as there are people who use them as a mode of transportaion but they'd get the same treatment as the person with the noisy cell phone if they are pushing it around on the floor making a distraction. You are generally expected to act in a more mature and adult manner in college. Professors don't tollerate a lot of the stuff you can get away with in high school.

 

I wouldn't really worry about it too much. I'm in college and although some of my friends think collecting dolls is a little strange people have always tended to think my hobbies are a little strange ^^; Just because they don't share that interest with you doesn't mean they'll be super judgemental about it. Back in Freshmen year in the dorms other people in my building had all kinds of interests I didn't share but that doesn't mean I would judge them as instantly strange and not someone I would like to get to know. If a potential friend does do that then they're probably not someone you want to be friends with anyway.

On the other hand some people will actually like your dolls and be more interested in talking to you because of them.

 

I bring Luka to class with me all the time. BUT, I don't play with him or anything during class. If he's there, he's just sitting and doing nothing. I do my best not to be distracting to the professor or to the other students, also (by sitting at the side or in the back, etc).

Of course, sometimes it can't be helped. Once, he was sitting next to me at the back of a large lecture hall, and about halfway through class, my oceanography professor looked up, stopped in the middle of her sentence, and said (and I quote, since I will never forget this), "Is that a doll? *pause, in which entire class looks at me/him* Sorry, I just looked up, and there's this little person sitting there!" Then she went on with the lecture like nothing had happened. ^^;

 

I am 17 and I am in college. I took my GED 2 years ago and started college classes then. Also I'm not in any lecture classes they are all smaller classes based on classroom discussions. So its not like everyone sits there silently while the teacher talks. I have a thing against calling my teachers "Professors" in all my classes so far my teachers are more like friends then "Professors" Its a community college and I am not studying for any degree (more or less killing time and improving my knowledge on world matters, untill I apply for an arts school) so its more like high school w/o the fights in the halls then a university.

Yeah, she wouldent even be on the table, just on my lap. and I always sit way off to the side anyways so people dont have to stare at my headdresses & bows during class. Last quarter my teacher would keep stoping about 5min into class mentioning how she kept forgetting her camera, because she wanted to take my picture, I loved that class.

 

I go to a University near London. (that's what you mean by college right? When I think of College I think of the end of high school.)

To me, the idea of bringing a doll to lectures is really....Well I couldn't imagine someone doing that. I don't talk in lectures because I don't want to get shouted at.... I am trying very hard to buld up a positive reputation with the Lecturers ( it's more important than you might think) and bringing a doll to lecture would just make them think I am not dedicated to the course at all.

I keep my dolls hidden in my dorm. It's not ideal to have them here, cos my dorms are filthy so I can't sit them down on my desk or anything, but I miss them too much if I leave them at home. I don't let anyone see them cos, I live near London and it just doesn't go with the culture. I love my dolls but, I'm not gonna have them get in the way of life.

 

Yeah here in the USA Universities and Colleges are almost the exact same thing, I cant recall the difference off the top of my head. In america you normally go to college once your 18/19.

I agree about bringing a doll to lectures. You could probably get away with bringing a tiny though but I haven't actually had a lecture class yet. ^^;;

 

I got my dolls while in college and despite scarring my roomates at first they soon got used to them and even played with the ( with my permission) Just make it clear how valuable doll(s) are to you and they should understand.

 

Rule of thumb is, if it doesn't have anything to do with the subject at hand and it's a potential distraction, leave it at home.

It's great that your profs are more like friends and everything, but a vast majority of professors out there (they take the title Very Seriously) aren't going to ever look kindly at someone who hauls their toys around to class with them. And they -will- see the doll as a toy, no matter how you try to explain. In their mind, you're there to learn, and if you're going to be so bored that you have to bring your own form of entertainment with you, they'd rather not have you in the class.

 

Update as the OP of this thread-- I had my two boys (the third has come home while I've been home for break~) at college through my first semester with no problems. My roomate wasn't too weirded out, though I tended not to fiddle with them much when she was around.

..She did once walk in on me sitting on the floor with the two of them naked next to me since I was giving them a good old magic eraser bath, which was a little awkward.

Though I will be coming back with 2 more dolls than I left with.. we'll see how that goes. 8D;;