Commentary Questions and Interview Answers

Subject - Dealing with strange roommates.

1) How many individuals have a problem with one of their fellow roommates?
Jade -65%
Austin -80%

2) How many room transfers are related to roommate issues?
Jade -80%
Austin -75%

3) Is there a common issue?
Jade -Cleanliness
Austin -Drugs, cleanliness, or attitude

4) How often is the issue related to drug and alcohol use?
Jade -12%
Austin -40%

5)Do roommate issues occur more often within a certain age group?
Jade -Younger adults, because they have less experience dealing with tolerance.
Austin -Younger adults, because Older age groups would have had past experiences with dealing with roommates and have found ways to deal with it.




Interview Questions:

a) How do you know what you know?
Jade -I don't know anything, I live with my parents.
Austin -Because I have a strange roommate and have made plenty of observations.

b) Who are you to the subject?
Jade -An individual who does not have any roommates.
Austin -An individual who is currently dealing with a strange roommate and has plenty of friends facing the same issue.

c) How is this event connected with others?
Jade -A business aspect; learning to deal with people later in life that you will not get along with, but be forced to work with.
Austin -Moving past life's barriers; things that you must overcome in order to move forward in your life and career.

d) What if things were different?
Jade -There wouldn't be a problem.
Austin -People would miss out on an important lesson on tolerance.

e) Why is this important?
Jade -It teaches the basis of tolerance and its importance in everyday life.
Austin -This is the basis of tolerance. Learning to deal with people that you do not like is probably the greatest thing that having a strange roommate can teach you.