Talking out Roommates: Building New Relations or Warzone?

Harry Han

For some people education level of the school is pain in the neck, but for others, especially freshmen, roommates come as an issue. Roommates can sometimes be referred as roomies or otherwise a catastrophe to students’ privacies. Education in college is already difficult enough but having roommates with mega-bass speakers is not the best environment people want to study in. Roommates could turn student’s college life into a total warfare, but when dealt with proper manner, students can work their way through higher college education.

Conditions play a great role in student’s college education but if people cannot deal with roommates it is sure that their conditions will not play a good role. For example, a student’s roommate may be an early-riser while the student has difficulties hearing his alarm clock ring at 10 o’clock in the morning. According to the article "Dealing with Roomates" by J. Langdon, a graduate of Binghamton University, dealing with college roommates could “break a college experience” and affect students’ education. Most students want to talk things out, which sounds simple but many find it difficult as they believe a talk could turn into screaming and yelling. However, students should take courage and ask for a favor as it is a risk worth trying for.

Students should plan out solutions by learning about their roommates; ask how their schedules are. Then students may have a chance to plan accordingly their schedule so that in certain busy times, for either the student or his roommate, both can avoid clashing during stressful moments. Even though asking in the first place may succeed in breaking-the-ice, periodically updating roommates schedule also helps. Moreover, not only learning about roommates but also letting roommates know their schedule also eases the process of planning out student having a college education, and through this process students could take the next step to their maturity to thrive college education.