A life in college makes a hugh difference in a student's life. A student leave her home and live in a dorm with a person whom you knew or did not knew before. I assume the most students do not know their roommates when they first come to a college. It certainly is a big adjustment for everybody to get used to a new situation and some troubles may occur whether they are neccessary; and a roommate affair is one of them.
I used to live with my friend and a teacher when I was in a high school. The teacher was a single man and the friend was a korean international student. Since the three of us made an agreement that we will keep our private activities that we did outside of school, the life couldn't be more enjoyable than it was back then. After having this wonderful years in my high school, I came up to the happy valley to hang out with other nittany lions. However, as soon as I came up to the happy valley, I faced a great trouble in front of my face. I should have noticed ealier when I tried to make a call to my roommate before we met, but I didn't at the moment. I thought he was just a shy guy. Finally, I got to see him and my tough journey has started
Around a week later, I felt bad about myself when I look at the behavoirs of my roommate. He always studied in our room, then he went to bed before 12:00am, he keeps everything at the exactly the same place, he does vaccum cleaning everyday, and he used some chemical with a cotton ball to wash his face at night. He certainly came from a different world than I used to live. However, I tried to make conversation with him but we didn't have many things in common. He never went to a gym, a party, and he was a religious christian. Eventually, I got to be a good friend with him, but we still have a problem in many things.
For example, he hates when I listen to DJ Chuckie, Avicii, and some korean songs. He thinks that those aren't the musics. If I try to convince him, he just simply ingnores my argument about how good those songs are. When I go hang out with friends overnight, he believes that my life is collapsing and always says,
"Oh, Gwang Lee." It irritates me a lot but I just let him to it because that's the way he expresses his temper.
It just seems that he has lived in an extremely sheltered environment, and his experience horizon is just different from that of me. So, when I have to discuss something with him, I usually try to think in his perspective because he really do not understand my point of view even though he got so many credits from AP exams in high school. It's not because my english isn't flowing but because we do not have a large consensus.
Probably, I'm not the only one who is having a trouble with his roommate sometimes. And we really need to use rhetorical device to convince or discuss with our roommates. I might have illustrated my roommate in a negative way, but he has many good things that I can learn from him.
This is a really relatable post. I think it's normal to not always get along with your roommate, but making this relate to rhetoric is really interesting. We can all learn a lot from our roommates even if we don't necessarily like them.
ReplyDeleteOh! I didnt like him at the first sight but now I like him! :) Thank you for commenting!
DeleteRoommates have been on the brain, it seems! Another student in class just wrote about roommate issues for her RCL post as well.
ReplyDeleteWherever there is communication, there's room for conflict, misunderstanding, growth, and the application of rhetoric. You have a very mature view of this situation, and I hope that your final months as roommates are good ones. :)