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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's a quick question -- my son has virtual tutoring 2x per week for 1 hour.  During this time, it would be ideal if his roommate would leave the room.  Is it rude for my son to ask his roommate to leave the room just during the virtual tutoring?

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IMO, I do think it would be rude to ask the roommate to leave.  Even though your son gives the roommate alone time and takes his calls elsewhere, that has been your son’s choice to do so and it doesn’t sound like this was something that was discussed where they agreed to some sort of comprise.  For all we know the roommate may have been fine with your son spending more time in the room or taking phone calls in the room.  Now what is fair game is to say “hey, I have virtual tutoring twice a week and have been trying to figure out where to have the sessions. Would we be able to work out our schedules for me to have the session here”?

From there I would see what is the compromise that works for both your son and roommate.  It’s possible the compromise could be once a week your son has the room to himself and the other tutoring day he goes elsewhere.   Maybe they agree he has the session in the room the roommate offers to dinner at that time and that would take up the first half of the tutoring time.  Or maybe the roommate says he will put on headphones.  They both have equal right to the room so if they can’t work out something that is convenient for both of them , the worst case your son should be able to have the sessions in the room and the roommate puts on headphones etc.  It would be like when everyone was in virtual school and remote work and you could hear everyone else’s calls in the background but we all had to the best you could in the situation.[/quote]

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