How to Get Along with Your Roommates

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How to Get Along with Your Roommates No man is an island. We all have to communicate with others so long as we live. Being college students, we are expected to learn how to get on well with our roommates and put what we have learnt into practice. There is no doubt that some roommates can become the best of friends while others can be real pains. It depends. Getting along with our roommates is really a delicate work. In the first place, we can never lay too much emphasis on communication. No one can read minds. We can learn from Zhuling’s poisoning case that some people just harbor resentment towards others, which necessitates communication. Simmering in resentment will only make it more difficult to approach problems. Communication is conducive to settle differences and promote mutual understanding. Meanwhile, we can know our roommates better and find ways to admire and appreciate our roommates through communication. In that case, good friendship will be developed gradually. Secondly, mutual respect plays a vital role in a harmonious dormitory. There is no denying that we come from different regions and families, which is guaranteed to elicit the existence of differences. We have respective lifestyle and hobbies; we have privacy and different opinions on some issues. Sometimes, conflicts will emerge unexpectedly because of these differences. Therefore, we are supposed to respect our roommates and agree to disagree. Under certain circumstances, we have to compromise with each other. Ma-Jiajue case tells us that the lack of mutual respect can only result in horrible consequences, which is what we need to spare no efforts to avoid. Last but not least, tolerance is no less important than communication and mutual respect. No one is perfect. We all have disadvantages as well as advantages. Living under the same roof, we need to accept our

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