Going away to university is always a tricky time, both for the students who are leaving home and their parents who are staying behind. We got advice on how to cope from a student daughter and her dad.A daughter’s advice to parents, by Kerry PriceMy parents drove me to uni at the beginning of the first term. That was great, but then they hung around, so it was hard to chat to the people in the rooms near mine. It’s best if you leave us to unpack ourselves.Don’t ask us to come home during term time. There’s a lot going on at weekends, there just isn’t time.Get another interest or a pet if you feel lonely without us. Don’t make us feel guilty about leaving home!It is quite interesting to hear about your experiences at university, but remember that it was a long time ago, so don’t go on about it so much. Things have changed a lot. Now, we have a lot more debt, and it’ll be harder to find a job in the future.Please don’t check up on us or our friends on Facebook. I know it’s a public site, but we have the right to some privacy.Don’t change anything in our bedrooms. We have only half left home - we’ll be back in the holidays, so please don’t touch anything.We’d still like to come on family holidays with you. Don’t forget to include us just because we’re not there all the time.A father’s advice to students, by Stuart Price 1. When children leave home to go to university, it's ___.a.a difficult experienceb.. more difficult for children than for parentsc.the moment they've been waiting ford.more difficult for parents than for children

Provide an introduction of an econometric report based on the information below: Question setup At the beginning of the new term, you feel enthusiastic about returning to campus. However, upon attending your first lecture, you notice that your friend appears unhappy. After several attempts to inquire about what's bothering him, he eventually confides in you and whispers that he is considering dropping out of university. This revelation shocks you, and you inquire about the reason behind his decision. Your friend reveals that he feels continuing his studies is pointless because he is failing his modules and he is tired of being broke. When you inquire about his employment prospects should he drop out, he mentions discovering Forex classes over the term break on Instagram that promise to make him rich quickly. You express your concern and explain that Forex is not a guaranteed way to get rich and urge him to carefully consider his decision. However, your friend dismisses your advice and claims that you lack evidence to support your argument that completing his degree would be more beneficial for him in the long run. As an Econometrics student, you realise that you are equipped with the skills to provide your friend with some empirical evidence to support your claims. After campus, you browse the web and learn about the Human Capital Theory. In summary, the Human Capital Theory posits that education is a vital investment in one's human capital, which can increase an individual's productivity and earning potential. You then decide to run a regression to test whether investment in higher education increases your earning potential in South Africa. The point of your analysis is not to draw firm conclusions about the relationship between the variables concerned, but rather to test the claims made about the relationship between these variables. You will use the following specification to test your regression: 𝑌 = 𝛽1 + 𝛽2𝑋 + 𝑢𝑖 Ultimately, the hypothesis you are testing is whether the coefficient parameter β2 is greater than zero. A positive β2 suggests that as an individual’s education level increases, we would expect earnings to increase as well, holding all other factors constant. Assignment objective: This exercise requires you to do an econometric analysis of the claim presented in the above preamble. The claim relates to well established economic theory and is empirically testable. Usually, an econometric analysis such as this is presented in the style of a report or research article. This assignment will be completed on iKamva and will ‘simulate’ a report structure. The assignment will be broken into five parts on iKamva, each part being a component of a report. In general, some key features of a report are as follows: • Clear and concise introduction: a few sentences that outlines what the report contains and why it should be of interest to the reader. The introduction emphasises what the report is about and why the report was written.

Question setup At the beginning of the new term, you feel enthusiastic about returning to campus. However, upon attending your first lecture, you notice that your friend appears unhappy. After several attempts to inquire about what's bothering him, he eventually confides in you and whispers that he is considering dropping out of university. This revelation shocks you, and you inquire about the reason behind his decision. Your friend reveals that he feels continuing his studies is pointless because he is failing his modules and he is tired of being broke. When you inquire about his employment prospects should he drop out, he mentions discovering Forex classes over the term break on Instagram that promise to make him rich quickly. You express your concern and explain that Forex is not a guaranteed way to get rich and urge him to carefully consider his decision. However, your friend dismisses your advice and claims that you lack evidence to support your argument that completing his degree would be more beneficial for him in the long run. As an Econometrics student, you realise that you are equipped with the skills to provide your friend with some empirical evidence to support your claims. After campus, you browse the web and learn about the Human Capital Theory. In summary, the Human Capital Theory posits that education is a vital investment in one's human capital, which can increase an individual's productivity and earning potential. You then decide to run a regression to test whether investment in higher education increases your earning potential in South Africa. The point of your analysis is not to draw firm conclusions about the relationship between the variables concerned, but rather to test the claims made about the relationship between these variables. You will use the following specification to test your regression: 𝑌 = 𝛽1 + 𝛽2𝑋 + 𝑢𝑖 Ultimately, the hypothesis you are testing is whether the coefficient parameter β2 is greater than zero. A positive β2 suggests that as an individual’s education level increases, we would expect earnings to increase as well, holding all other factors constant. Assignment objective: This exercise requires you to do an econometric analysis of the claim presented in the above preamble. The claim relates to well established economic theory and is empirically testable. Usually, an econometric analysis such as this is presented in the style of a report or research article. This assignment will be completed on iKamva and will ‘simulate’ a report structure. The assignment will be broken into five parts on iKamva, each part being a component of a report. In general, some key features of a report are as follows: • Clear and concise introduction: a few sentences that outlines what the report contains and why it should be of interest to the reader. The introduction emphasises what the report is about and why the report was written.

"Frida could not stop fretting over where to live during her freshman year. Should she stay at home, move into the dorms, or find an off-campus apartment? The pros and cons kept swirling in her head until she felt almost sick. Maybe it would help to make a list.     "Living at home was obviously the cheapest option. It meant she wouldn’t have to worry about cooking or cleaning, either. But she’d still have to live by her parents’ rules. She feared she would miss too much of the college experience she yearned for if she was only on campus for classes.     "Staying in the dorms would cost more, but her scholarship would cover some of those expenses. She’d eat in the cafeteria, so she still wouldn’t have to bother with cooking or cleaning up. She would have to follow all those school rules about visitors and quiet hours, though. The dorms always had a lot going on and people to hang out with, but what if they stuck her with a terrible roommate?     "An off-campus apartment would be pricey, unless she was willing to live someplace small and run-down. Frida wasn’t sure she was ready to take care of cooking, cleaning, and bills all by herself. Then again there wouldn’t be anyone there to nag her into her doing something she didn’t want to do. If she found a place near the school, she wouldn’t have to miss out on any of the action.     "Frida looked down at her list of pros and cons, groaned, and then tossed the paper in the trash. Maybe she’d see what her friends were going to do and just go with the flow."What subjects are compared in this reading? living at home, in a dorm, and in an apartment housing costs and different living situations making a choice or going along with the crowd on and off campus experiences

Don’t forget to send me an email with a brief reflection on your experience during your D&D game, as well as some parting thoughts on the semester as a whole. What do you feel you learned? What takeaways do you have? Is there anything you want to pursue working on? Ultimately, what has our theatre class left you thinking about?

Going out after schoolYou are going to read an article in which four teenagers talk about going out after school.(A) LilyAs a general rule, I prefer not to meet up with my friends during the week. This is mainly because I have hockey practice after school most evenings and then, once I'm back home, I need to do my homework. Moreover, my parents don't like me staying out late on a school night. At the weekend, they have no problem with me hanging out with friends or having a sleepover at a friend's house as long as I let them know where I am and what time I'll be back. When I do go out for the evening during the week, however, they like me back before nine, although they are willing to extend this to ten on a special occasion. No time rule is applied, however, if I go out during daylight hours on a Saturday and am home by early evening, so this makes choosing this option often the most relaxing and easiest thing to do!(B) RoryMy parents are quite strict about me going out during the week. While they say are they are sure I'll be sensible and return home when I say I will, they hardly ever put this to the test. They always justify their opinion by saying that I'm young and still need rules to guide me. One of their favourite arguments is that if I went to bed late during the week, I'd wake up tired the next day and suffer from lack of sleep at school. While this does feel a bit unfair, I have to admit I understand what they mean and accept their point of view. I still think they should have more faith in me though, but doubt they will, even though I've never done anything to let them down. So, as long as they allow me a bit more freedom at weekends, I'll continue to respect the decision and stay at home on a weeknight.(C) OliviaIn my household there is a rule that myself and my sister have to be in bed by ten o'clock and as dinner is at eight, we don't have much spare time for going out during the week anyway. Basically, I'm not given permission to go out on school nights unless all of my homework and chores around the house have been completed. I try not to mind too much, but I do find it irritating if my friends are doing something special and I'm not allowed to join in. Mum is also convinced that as teenagers, we need at least 9 hours of sleep a day, so, unless an event starts straight after school and finishes early in the evening, we're rarely allowed to go. Pretty soon, we'll have finished all of our exams for this term, however, and if we do well, Mum usually gives us more flexibility to come home later.(D) HarryAs long as I am in by ten o'clock every evening, my parents are quite relaxed about what I do and which friends I hang out with after school during the week - and although I have to be home by ten every day - I do have permission to stay up as long as I like, providing my grades are good. At the weekend, my time-limit is around midnight, but I am expected to call home around eleven with an update, and if necessary, my parents will come and fetch me. I don't mind. I like the fact that they have such confidence in me. They treat me less like a teenager and more like a grown-up and that's great for my self-esteem, but it does put me under a lot of pressure. I'd hate to lose the faith that they have placed in me by behaving in an irresponsible way.The JournalQuestionsWhich teenager1) chooses not to go out on a school night?ABCD2) can decide their own bedtime as long as certain conditions are met?ABCD3) prefers to meet friends during the day at the weekend?ABCD4) mentions a lack of time to meet friends during the week?ABCD5) believes that staying at home on a school night is a reasonable request?ABCD6) feels trusted and treated like an adult?ABCD7) feels annoyed when they still have things to do and cannot go out?ABCD8) would like to see more trust from their parents?ABCD9) mentions wanting to remain sensible in order to maintain their parents' trust?ABCD10) hopes that exam results will allow them more freedom to go out?ABCD