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WONDERS ABOUT COLLEGE ROOMMATES
by Sheeba Butt
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My friends and my all other partner's stories force me to
write something about roommates. Yes, I heard all the
roommate stories before I started my college. And when I
heard all the stories and I fund that the majority of them
were about how terrible roommates were and how it was not
possible to live with them. I had a major case of roommate
fear before I started college and I was convinced that I
would get a psychopath for a roommate and everything would
go downhill from there. To my surprise, my roommate and I
became best friends and we decided to live together again
this year.
This must be so shocking and surprising because I know it
is definitely rare that my roommate and I ended up best
friends, but the truth is, everyone can learn to get along
with their roommates. It doesn't require that the two of
you become best friends or even friends at all. You just
need to practice common courtesy. Here are a few helpful
tips and guidelines:
1. First of all you and your roommate should sit down and
write a living contract together. Include all rules for
the room that the both of you agree to act upon. For
example, silence hours, telephone calls, borrowing each
other's things, having friends sleep over and so many
things like that. Writing the contract together ensures
that both of you understand what is agreed upon..
2. After the contract both try their best to follow it.
When you break one of the rules, make an apology and
acknowledge that you broke a rule. Don't pretend it didn't
happen or hope that your roommate didn't notice. Also,
when your roommate breaks one of the rules, be forgiving,
especially if you've broken a few rules yourself. Don't
hold bitterness and keep tabs of when your roommate broke
the rules and bring it up every time the two of you have a
fight. This is extremely annoying and your roommate will
end up doing the same.
3. Be understanding. If you drop something, clean it up.
Wash the dishes after you use them, especially if the
dishes aren't yours. Don't take things without permission.
If you see your roommate studying, even if it isn't quiet
hours, turn down the volume. This may cause a better
environment in your room.
4. Communication is the key this is most practical and
suitable tip. You must communicate with your roommate. If
something is bothering you, don't expect your roommate to
figure it out. That's really easy to stop speaking to each
other when something goes wrong, but by doing this your
problems remains the same it won't get resolved that way.
I know all about the bad roommates which cause so many
problems in living together. For those people, I recommend
that you talk to your Resident Advisor as soon as possible
and tell him/her your situation.
Most of the students become afraid of roommates but let me
tell them that roommates are really nothing to be afraid
of. They are people just like you. Only the bad luck are
that you and your roommate are extremely different, you
can still end up being friends. They are going to be a big
part of your school experience, so be mature to live
people like that. Always think positively that help you a
lot in passing time with your bad roommates.
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