Subin Lee
New school, new rules, new environment, and new people just seem exciting. Especially, the independence from parents is the one that most high school students have dreamed of. Students usually think that they will meet awesome roommates whom they can share inner thoughts with just like they did with hometown best friends. However, the most concerns that I hear about college life is roommates.
According to Naomi Rockler-Gladen, “one smart thing you can do to minimize conflict is to write a roommate.” The term “roommate contract” between friends might sound cold. However, any community has rules to follow. If you think your room as a small community, it is justifiable to write down the rules that members of the community had all agreed on. This way the future possible conflicts between roommates will be reduced, since all of members had agreed on.
Living with a stranger is not an easy process. The conflicts usually occur not only because of one’s own fault such as stealing, but also because of the different living styles. From high school to college is a big transition. One cannot change one’s life style that had kept one for more than eighteen years in a single day. Living with my family also results tiny conflicts. Hence, several conflicts between roommates are more than normal. To reduce the present and potential conflicts, the roommate contract will be very useful.
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