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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is a freshman at a University of California college. The first day he met his dorm roommate who is from mainland China and invited him to go down to the dining commons to eat dinner together. My son called later saying he understood very little of what his roommate said and his roommate didn't seem to understand much of what my son was saying.

I told my son to give him the benefit of the doubt as the Chinese student was in a new environment and maybe jet lagged.  As the academic year has progressed the Chinese student rarely leaves the room except to go to the bathroom and eat. It appears that he is too busy gaming until 2 or 3 am.

My son doesn't understand how he has never seen him take his laptop and backpack and head off to class, never seems to study, never has any books, never seems to be writing any papers, etc. My son would ask him but when he tries to talk to him he doesn't really get a reply back. Based on his possessions my son assumes he is quite wealthy but knows nothing else about him. [/quote]

My daughter just told me a similar story about her friend’s roommate (a boy from China). She also said her friend is miserable because the roommate doesn’t shower or change clothes (so the room stinks), sleeps on his dorm bed without sheets (just a pillow and blanket), never goes to class and games all night. This is at a private school, not UC. [/quote]

This sounds so similar to my son's situation. I wonder if the Chinese student is paying someone to attend his classes?

My son grew up also speaking Spanish so is used to relatives speaking English with an accident. He also has several friends whose parents migrated from Korea, India, Eastern Europe, Dubai, etc. Other parents have told me that my son is really good communicating to the grandparents who often only speak limited English and always makes a point to greet them when he sees them. So he is totally used to people not speaking English fluently. He says there is no way this student independently passed an English test to be able to enroll at his University.

The good thing about this situation is that it has motivated my son not to be in his dorm room and instead to go out and meet people and join activities/ club.[/quote]

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