Hello guys! Tonight
we had the etiquette dinner and it was SOOOOO much fun!! If you didn’t go you
really missed out on a good time, good food and plenty of good laughs (mainly
at me but it was goodJ
). I really do like these random
opportunities for us peer mentors to get together and get the chance to bond
outside of the classroom environment!
The question we were given to evaluate and discuss in our
blog post this week is something that I hadn’t really thought of before. Ethics is a very big issue with teaching
others, and not crossing certain boundaries is very important. The following five most important roles of
ethics that are important for my role as a peer mentor would be:
to know my limits (I don’t want to cross
boundaries that I shouldn’t such as something with relationship problems),
we
talked a lot about emotional responses so that would be one too (be careful and
aware of what emotion your giving off to others),
don’t give advice to someone
when you aren't really sure what advice you’re giving (suggest a person they
could go to if they want to know more about something, if you don’t know what
they need, it would help them more suggesting something else rather than
steering them in the wrong direction),
be a responsible leader (these kids are
going to look up to you, show them someone they can aspire to be), and lastly,
respect all of the people around me (even though we may not agree on certain
things you can still respect their opinion on whatever it may be).
Alright guys that’s about it for the blog post about ethics. I’m sure there are going to be many various
scenarios that we are going to encounter in the fall and although it’s a scary
thought that we’ll just be diving into it, it’s nice to know that we can always
go talk to Chelsee or Allie if we ever need some help. J
I hope you all have a safe and exciting VEISHEA!!! J
Ethics are huge for peer mentors! I'm glad we discussed so many scenarios in class because it will make dealing with similar situations much easier in the fall!
ReplyDeleteI agree on your 5 important traits on ethics, especially the one about not giving advice if you are unsure. I want to make sure that I help my students the best I can and if that means referring them to someone more knowledgeable than I, then that is what I will do!
ReplyDeleteI think what you said about having an appropriate emotional response is really important. We need to be aware of and able to control our emotions when speaking to mentees in a one-on-one (or two-on-one) setting. If we can't control our emotions and have a bad response, we could just make the situation worse!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'm so glad to hear that you had fun at the etiquette dinner! I thought it was awesome, but then again I'm a little biased. Thanks again for attending! :)