Being Well Respect And Respect

When it comes to the RA Position and the responsibilities, I think there is a difference in being well-liked and well-respected. In regards to the RA position, Being well respected comes first. Now don't get me wrong, both being respected and liked will both be important as an RA. AS an RA one will need to know when to differentiate between being well-respected and being well-liked. As an RA I am still a college student, making me somewhat of a peer to the other students. In the same breath, this position requires me to be a leader to the students. With leadership comes responsibility, decision making, fairness, honesty and doing things morally and ethically right. With all that being said, it comes with the territory of not everyone

Once the respect is in order then and only then can the being well-licked aspect of my job, comes into play. If I'm just like and not respected, there is a possibility that the student residents may go their own route, as there is a lack of respect for me. I use to be a camp counselor and learned the difference between being well-liked and well-respected. Each week had a group of new campers. The first week I aimed to be the coolest counselor at the camp. I wanted all the campers to like me. Boy did I go about this the wrong way. Instead of starting out demonstrating leadership quality and gaining a mutual understanding that I was in charge, I let the kids do what they wanted. If the schedule said to do one thing, I let the campers override me and do something they wanted to

As a graduating senior going into college can go from very exciting to very stressful very quickly. At my community college, I had the marvelous task of being a student ambassador. The job consists of the usual office work as well as conducting new student orientations, assisting and helping undecided students find their groove for a successful career goal. The most satisfying part of my job was helping the process of transitioning to college as smooth as possible. After the orientations, deciding on a major and picking classes atlas 95 percent of the students seemed to be very excited and less overwhelmed than when they first came. This alone was a very satisfying feeling, especially knowing exactly how they may have felt, being that I use to be a