Roommates Wanted - Auburn School District
Roommates Wanted
This is an assignment that will require you to work cooperatively with another student or students. Each should have their own copy of the assignment. Note that some questions are specific just to you.
Here is the scenario:
You are planning to move away from home. You think you have enough money, job skills etc to make the move. In order to make it on your own, you will most likely need to take in two roommates to help with living expenses. This will be a big adjustment for all. Consider these points individually respond to each point and then share with your group members.
Part One: Living Expenses
|Question |Your Response |Roommate # 1 |Roommate #2 |
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|What qualities do you want in a | | | |
|roommate? | | | |
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|What personal habits/hobbies | | | |
|would you not be able to | | | |
|tolerate? | | | |
|i.e. smoker, loud music… | | | |
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|Where will you live? Do you want | | | |
|to live in town, on a bus-line, | | | |
|near your job? Justify your | | | |
|decision | | | |
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| | | | | |
|.If you will need to have a | | | | |
|roommate(s), does that choice | | | | |
|seem doable given your living | | | | |
|style, hobbies, interests, goals?| | | | |
|Explain. | | | | |
|What other costs are involved | | | | |
|with moving out to a place of | | | | |
|your own? Brainstorm with your | | | | |
|roommate what you think those | | | | |
|expenses might be | | | | |
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|Explain how you intend to meet | | | |
|those expenses and afford to move| | | |
|out on your own. Detailed | | | |
|responses please. | | | |
Follow up question: Discuss in one paragraph why you feel that you might be good roommates. Consider not only the responses from your above chart, but the behavior styles that we did at the beginning of the semester. Are you a good match? Why or why not. What gifts and strengths do you bring to the relationship? What areas would need to work on for compatibility? Again consider your behavior styles. You may want to refer back to the behavior styles assessment booklet.
Part Two: Do you have a job?
Answer individually the questions below as you consider how to afford your costs of moving out.
(If the links below don’t work, copy and paste them to your URL and then hit enter)
1. What job qualities do you now have? Go to You need to login and use the login AMHS, password- lions to explore careers and take their survey to assess your skills and possible jobs that you might qualify. Use the career matchmaker section to do the assessment.
My qualities are:
I might consider the following jobs:
Job A___________________________
Job B___________________________
Job C.__________________________
2. Find an actual job on-line or from the newspaper. You might try: or
Enter job and description.
3. Figure your take home pay. If the wage is listed figure out your monthly wage and use these “approximate helps” as a guide to figure take home pay. You must figure this out for monthly pay.
Try this for monthly wages
This site is a converter to hourly and monthly wage.
You will need to pick a city that you want to live in. Compare the same job with different
locations. Do you do better salary wise in one area?
a. Site One________________________ salary____________________
b. Site two________________________ salary____________________
3. My monthly income is_________ My approximate take home pay is___________.
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Name
Date
Period
My Roommates:
1.
2.
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