Hostel life develops the good qualities of being independent, responsible, persistent, broad mindedness, sympathy, helpfulness. According to Mary Ann Cain, hostel life teaches independence, helps to do their work on their own and also cultivate the quality of responsibility.
Sympathy: Whenever we find someone homesick we have to show sympathy and help them to come out from their homesickness. It will even bring ourselves out of homesickness. The hostel life teaches us to show concern about others. Hostel life also teaches us how to cope with new situation and also to overcome the confusion which happens at the times of learning new ways or getting introduced to new people. In hostel life since all the students live under one roof it helps to develop the sense of oneness ie, broad mindedness.
