Dorm Rooms: The Influence Of Being On A Team

The conflict the teammates have will eventually help to shape their team and to work together.

Athletes spend a lot of time together; they practice, compete, and travel together. College athletes often even live together. Through this time together, teammates often become life long friends. Friendships that develop through sports are usually very strong because athletes have to be able to depend on each other, on and off the field, court, or mat. Friends made while playing sports are friends that will be with you for the rest of your life, and have the most memories with.

Students entering a four year university encounter the features of socialization. Living in dorms is way better than living with parents and attending a two year college because you get independence. Students will not worry about parents supervising their every move or judging their choice of major. Those days are over since students have the chance to be free and explore the life of an independent student but with that is with minor regulations. On a questionnaire given to incoming freshmen by College Board, students were asked what surprised them when living in a dorm, most of the participants responded that the best part of a dorm is getting to know their roommates. Roommates build a strong relationship creating memories either if it means staying up all night studying for finals, typing an essay or having a fun night out cheering for the school 's baseball team. Joining clubs, sororities and sports are other aspects of socialization when living on campus. During the first week of college, incoming freshmen have the opportunity to join

One thing students lose when they decide to dorm is privacy. They have to share a bedroom, bathroom, and living space with other students. Some students have no experience sharing a room with another human being, and the transition can be frustrating at times. Studying is difficult

Having that many players on your football team is overwhelming at first, but you get used to it after a while. Being an athlete, you always want to be the best on the field at all times. That is just a college football players mentality. When they are put into a situation where everyone is better than them; that makes them work harder to be better. When that all comes together it makes the team better on both sides of the ball. With everyone coming together, that creates competition and grudges towards the players. Having that grudge make a college player jealous about the starting position. They tend to start doing more and more everyday to earn that starting spot and to get on the travel squad. In high school, there was not that much competition, so it was pretty much set in stone that the starters were going to start the whole season. That also creates competition. Although there is competition in high school football, some players quit caring about the sport and end up not coming out for the team in the future. In college that does not happen, because the players are on a scholarship to be their and they do not want to lose that scholarship. That makes everyone work hard and that is why college football practices are so intense; because everyone is there for a reason.

We had field day and other activities to bond as a dorm. Field day was where dorms compete against dorms. In our dorm, we came up of several cheers and dances, we designed our own team clothes and we helped each other get ready. This was one of the most memorable day for me, as we all worked as a team and cheered for each other. There were races like the three legged race, sack jump, spin race and much more. I was also able to gain more exposure and establish friendships with people from around the world. These ranges from California to Florida London to Germany, Indonesia to Dubai. These are some of my other

When a team establishes trust and friendships, they can truly work together as a whole. Often times the teams I was a part of lacked in this area of bonding. Some of the girls on my soccer team would bicker behind others back and would also try to compete for

Lastly, I feel that it is very important to plan floor activities that provide students on the floor with opportunities to get to know each other. Through these activities and new found relationships, I feel that it will help the residents to be more respectful, social, and cordial with one another. Bonding opportunities create more of a ‘family-feel’ within the resident’s hall, making the dorm experience one that everyone will enjoy.

Over the course of a school year, student-athletes spend a majority or their time with their teammates. In offseason, they might spend an hour or so with their teammates, plus another hour or two in study hall with them. Whereas during season, they could spend up to a full day or two with their teammates on a road trip. When athletes aren’t on the field,

Student-athletes have a very difficult social life because of various responsibilities; many of those include doing well in school, exceeding expectations in their sports, and being a good role model for peers and other students.

We have to be open as well as have a two sided conversation. This means that we don't just hear what each other have to say, but we have to listen, and take their opinions into account and follow the wishes of every room member. This goes both ways. It is ok to have friends over, and a social aspect of college is important, however we have to be accountable and hold our roommates accountable and make them follow the University guidelines, and expect them to follow the guidelines especially when they are in our room as its is also our living area and responsibility that they guidelines be followed

Living in the college dorms will allow students many beneficial social interactions that they would otherwise not have. College dorms are usually divided into floors. Each floor will have a Resident Assistant that reports to a Resident Director. The Resident Assistant will organize events for the floor so that the students living together can get to know each other. This is a great opportunity for the students to meet and find others that have similar interests or majors. Throughout the semester there will be floor meetings and activities that will help the students meet new people and make more friends. Generally students will have at least one roommate. This can be someone you know or it could be randomly assigned. This is a great opportunity to make a good friend when you first move to college.

Since fellow students always surround you, it's a lot easier to make friends and develop lasting relationships. Even if you don't have a roommate, you're sure to meet students who live in your dorm hall. Dorming at school is a great experience that you will never forget. For the rest of your life you can speak of your time where you were a teenager that moved away from home to try something new. The people you meet and the times you will share with them will be with you forever.

If you and your roommates live in a common dorm without similar background and culture, is it easy to have conflicts? How are you going to deal with those people? It is also a problem in our big family?

In high school there are many cliques that form. The rich students bond together in the preppy clique. There are also cliques for those that are involved in sports. Cliques form in a wide variety and every student is in some way or another involved in at least one. College also has cliques that are very similar. As soon as you “warm up” to the college life, you will find yourself involved in one and there’s nothing wrong with that. It will help you meet new people and ease the transition from high school to college. These cliques help the school year pass quicker and make it more memorable when you are doing things with friends as compared to being alone the whole year.