Struggles with Roomates

SS
by Syreeta Southwould4 views·Updated Nov 29, 2020
Create your own

Audio TranscriptAuto-generated

  1. today. In this presentation, I'll be talking about struggles with
  2. roommates, some of the problems that may occur and how
  3. to connect with them better.
  4. The first thing I'd like to talk about is connecting
  5. with your roommate and ways to connect with, Um, one
  6. of the best ways to become connected with your roommate
  7. is to try to get to know them, do activities
  8. with um, but things that you may both like a
  9. really good way to do this is to spend quality
  10. time with, um, find an activity junior roommate can both
  11. enjoy. You can help make a connection with um and
  12. help you bond together.
  13. You could do art, join a club together, play a
  14. game. We're watching movies find things you both like.
  15. Another way you can connect with your roommate is by
  16. doing something that isn't school related.
  17. Doing something outside of school could be really helpful in
  18. connecting with your roommate.
  19. Try doing something outside or with a group of friends.
  20. You could go to the mall, go to the park,
  21. go on a height, and in the winter we could
  22. go skiing or snowboarding.
  23. These are all things that I'm sure a lot of
  24. people would love to.
  25. Dio. Another way you can connect to your roommate is
  26. by doing something with them and a group of people.
  27. When you do something with your roommate as well as
  28. other people, it gives you both the chance to see
  29. how they act around others.
  30. They can help you build connections and help you both
  31. make friends.
  32. All the activities listed in the last two slides are
  33. things you could do as a group or just your
  34. roommate. By taking time to do these activities, you can
  35. really get to know your roommate better.
  36. It's important to start building a connection with your roommate
  37. a CE soon as you can.
  38. The next thing I'd like to talk about is issues
  39. that may come up.
  40. One of the best ways to stay on good terms
  41. with your meat is to talk about issues.
  42. If something comes up, it's better toe.
  43. Say something about it, did not say anything.
  44. You need to talk about it so it can be
  45. solved. Once you get to know your roommate a little
  46. bit better, you can try setting boundaries, making agreements with,
  47. um, setting some rules around the dorm you could maybe
  48. write a contract, listen to each other when there's a
  49. problem talking to them in person and also making sure
  50. not to make assumptions about, um, all of these things
  51. can help you in your room mate.
  52. Keep a strong bond.
  53. The next thing I'd like to talk about this sharing
  54. responsibilities with your roommate.
  55. When you share responsibilities, you help each other.
  56. Sharing chores and other tasks around the dorms is fair.
  57. You could make a plan.
  58. Assign yourself some things to Dio.
  59. You could even share some of the chores or switch
  60. who does them every week.
  61. It could be things like doing dishes, sweeping and vacuuming,
  62. cleaning the bathroom, tiding the bedroom or doing laundry by
  63. sharing chores.
  64. It shows you in your room, mate that you're both
  65. responsible. Now say your roommate didn't want to do choice
  66. one week.
  67. Well, again.
  68. Let's go back to the other slide.
  69. If an issue did come up and they didn't want
  70. to do chores, say you'd made agreements or set rules
  71. about sharing chores equally, you could go back and look
  72. over it and talk with um so they could understand
  73. that doing chores was part of the agreement that you
  74. made, make sure to talk to them in a respectful
  75. manner. Otherwise they may.
  76. They may not take you seriously.
  77. Another thing I'd like to talk about is privacy.
  78. You need to understand that sometimes you're you, you or
  79. your roommate will need privacy.
  80. It's always good to respect this.
  81. They might be going through something that you don't know
  82. about. They may need a long time with someone or
  83. for themselves.
  84. You never know.
  85. It's respectful toe.
  86. Understand that everyone needs privacy.
  87. Sometimes this also means respecting their belongings, not taking things
  88. without asking and not going through their things, either You
  89. want to treat your roommate as you would like to
  90. be treated, and it wouldn't be very nice if they
  91. went through your things again.
  92. You'll be living with this person, so you need to
  93. make sure you're respectful.
  94. With, um, one of the last things I'd like to
  95. talk about is embarrassment.
  96. You never should be embarrassed in front of your roommate.
  97. Things may happen that seem embarrassing to you, or they
  98. might do something a swell, but you have to keep
  99. in mind that everyone makes mistakes.
  100. You may want to laugh or smile, and so will
  101. they. But try not to hurt their feelings.
  102. You respectful of, um, you'll joke about it in the
  103. future. But at that time, keep in mind how you'd
  104. feel if they did that to you.
  105. Most importantly, don't judge your roommate.
  106. Everyone is their own person.
  107. If they do something that you think it's silly or
  108. embarrassing, just let it be.
  109. They are.
  110. They're going to be happy with themselves, and they'll do
  111. things that they, like, try to stay positive with, um,
  112. build connections.
  113. Bond. Make sure that you guys become friends.
  114. You never know.
  115. You may make a friend for life a roommate.
  116. They could always be there for you.
  117. You just really never know.
  118. But it's best to keep in mind to respect.
  119. Um, thank you.