Instead, I lived in an off-campus apartment with two other people. During this time, I can agree with the research conducted by McEwan, Soderberg and other researchers; my two roommates had no impact on my studies. However, when the two roommates graduated and moved out and a new roommate moved into the apartment, I can't agree with the research done. My roommate constantly invited her friends over until late hours, complained about a person, thing, or class, and never cleaned up after herself. She can be considered a prime example of a horrible roommate. Living with this person led me not to stay in my apartment but to spend most of my time in libraries or friends' apartments. The result was also to avoid my roommate as much as possible, whether he did so by not being in the apartment or by not returning phone calls or text messages. Rogers would say that this type of behavior is promoting positive growth in me, even if it is bad behavior towards my roommate. By avoiding my roommate, I am creating a better environment to live and study in so I can do well in my classes. Most recently, my roommate had been missing for a couple of weeks and I had only found out thanks to her mother calling me and asking about her son. Even though I have negative feelings towards my roommate, I was inclined to help her