Helping Students

Reading over chapter four and then having Coreen and Katie teach class was very beneficial for all of us to learn about how to communicate with our future income freshmen.  Coreen and Katie had us do an activity where we were given a piece of paper with a scenario on it and we then had to describe how we would go about that situation.  I was able to connect what the piece of paper said for our group with a friend of mine and I knew that I would be able to handle the situation if it ever arose.  I can’t fully remember what our piece of paper said but overall it was good to know I knew how to approach the situation.  It’s also good to know that you can’t say things to your peers like you can to your friends.  Like if I told my friend they were being stupid for liking someone, or doing something I found stupid.  You can’t go about that with the freshmen because you want them to look up to you.  Yeah, your friends still look up to you but they also expect you to be honest. 

In the book it also lists of many things as to what a helping relationship means.  I feel like most of these are common sense but it’s still good to look over because like I said before you can’t just be totally blunt  with your freshmen like you can your close friends.  You want to make sure you’re there for them and that they know that.  I want to be able to have the kinds I teach know that they can talk to me about whatever and I’ll be there to listen and give helpful feedback if they want it or just an open ear if they just have things to get off of their chest.