Blog Due Friday, March 21, 2014

Title:  Getting Along With Your Roommate

As juniors and seniors, you will be attending college in the near future.  You've made decisions regarding your choice of a major, and you will attend a summer orientation to register for classes.  In addition, you've had to think about housing arrangements while you attend college.  Some of you will be moving into college dormitories, some will move into apartments, and some will remain at home as you begin a new chapter of your life.  

As you learn to manage the new challenges of college academics, new living arrangements can present additional challenges that you may not anticipate.  It may be the first time you have had to share a room with someone, as well as manage your money, prepare some or all of your meals, and be totally responsible for tasks such as laundry, cleaning, etc.

Read the article by Kaitlyn Preies, Life 101:  Getting Along With Your Roommate, which can be found in the January/February Go Teach magazine.  Think about her advice.  Many friends decide to live together when they go off to college.  Their relationships are tested when they are placed in the same living quarters.  With Kaitlyn's advice in mind, what will you keep foremost in your mind so that you will have a successful living arrangement?

Your assignment:  Identify three main points which YOU think are necessary to keep in mind when living with a roommate!  What will keep your relationship harmonious?  Be sure to embellish you points with explanations, examples, anecdotes, or testimonials.  

The blog rubric will be used to grade this assignment.  Remember, you must include 3 different media resources.