Gallaudet University currently does not allow students to keep pets in their dorm rooms. Exceptions are made only for service animals such as guide 【C1】______ and hearing dogs. These working dogs provide 【C2】______ that benefit their student owners. But other kinds of pets can be 【C3】______ to students too. Pets should be allowed to live in the dorms because they can help students 【C4】______ stress and learn responsibility. College life is very 【C5】______ and students often feel a lot of pressure and tension. Pets could help students relieve 【C6】______ in many ways. For example, playing with pets could give students a study 【C7】______ . Walking a dog or playing with a cat would 【C8】______ the students to relax their body and mind. When the students return to their studying, they would feel 【C9】______ and ready to work again. Pets could also 【C10】______ social stress or homesickness. A dog or cat could provide companionship and 【C11】______ when students have problems with their friends or miss home. Sometimes it is easier to talk to a pet than to a person. Talking about problems helps students figure out 【C12】______ . Pets would have a positive influence on the stress of college life. College is also a time when students need to learn to be responsible. Caring for pets could help students learn 【C13】______ in several ways. For example, pets need to be fed and watered on a regular 【C14】______ . Some pets also need to be taken out 【C15】______ others need their litter box or cage cleaned. Students would learn to schedule time for these chores between their classes and activities. New students are often used 【C16】______ their parents do things for them. But parents do not live on college campuses with their children. Therefore, caring for a pet is something students would have to do 【C17】______ . They would learn how to solve problems 【C18】______ their own and how to follow through with their commitments. Having pets would teach students to 【C19】______ more adult responsibilities. In conclusion, living with pets would offer many 【C20】______ to Gallaudet University's students. Pets would help students reduce stress and learn adult responsibility. I believe that Galladudet should consider changing its policies to allow students to keep pets in their dorm rooms. 【C1】