As a student in college there is a dreaded community that we all eventually become a part of. Most freshman, like myself, experience the first step of “adulting” by moving away from their parents and into a shared space with their academic peers. The lucky few move in with acquaintances or even friends to avoid the worst part of sharing a new space, the unknown. While the rest of us veer off into the dark and mysterious path of random selection and convenient strangers; the complex and often complicated society of college roommates.
We have all heard the horror stories of having a college roommate and I’m sure most of us can tell a few of our own. This community is plagued with petty drama, conflicted and in the worst scenario violence derived …show more content…
If you have an extremely overprotective family like I do then even your parents will demand to have your roommate’s number. This decision is logical in case of emergencies like locking yourself out of the dorm, needing toilet paper, or if you live in suit style being locked out of your own bathroom. Text message, after social media, becomes the most dominated genre used among college roommates. Being that we are habitually and ridiculously attached to our cell phone, a text is the fastest and most efficient way to communicate with your roommate. Especially when the college roommates take advantage of group chats that relay messages to multiple roommates at a …show more content…
The community I current belong to follows this logic when communicating between themselves and with others. The community of college roommates communicates with one another using technology of our everyday lives. We use our laptops, cell phones, tablets, etc. to use social media, text, create schedules, and flyers in order to communicate with one another. As a college roommate I can honestly say that communication is impersonal and distant, especially in difficult situation. Even though we are less likely to put a pen to paper or actually talk to each other, my community still uses basic modes and genres communicate in a way that works for
We have all heard the horror stories of having a college roommate and I’m sure most of us can tell a few of our own. This community is plagued with petty drama, conflicted and in the worst scenario violence derived …show more content…
If you have an extremely overprotective family like I do then even your parents will demand to have your roommate’s number. This decision is logical in case of emergencies like locking yourself out of the dorm, needing toilet paper, or if you live in suit style being locked out of your own bathroom. Text message, after social media, becomes the most dominated genre used among college roommates. Being that we are habitually and ridiculously attached to our cell phone, a text is the fastest and most efficient way to communicate with your roommate. Especially when the college roommates take advantage of group chats that relay messages to multiple roommates at a …show more content…
The community I current belong to follows this logic when communicating between themselves and with others. The community of college roommates communicates with one another using technology of our everyday lives. We use our laptops, cell phones, tablets, etc. to use social media, text, create schedules, and flyers in order to communicate with one another. As a college roommate I can honestly say that communication is impersonal and distant, especially in difficult situation. Even though we are less likely to put a pen to paper or actually talk to each other, my community still uses basic modes and genres communicate in a way that works for