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Sunday, February 7, 2010
Chapter 4- Establishing and Maintaining Relationships
While I was glancing through chapter 4 before class the "why are we here" section caught my attention. In this section five ground rules were listed honesty, commitment, boundaries, confidentiality, and expectations. The ground rule that stuck out in my mind was boundaries, because it got me thinking about the conversation we had in class the other week about what to do if you see a mentee at a party. Although the book doesn't address this situation specifically my guess would be that the authors of our book would want mentors to leave the party. I personally have mixed feelings on this issue. Ultimately if I were in this situation, although I will be of legal age, I would leave the party. However, I would first approach my mentee and make sure that they are not there alone, have a designated driver, and that they are being responsible.
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I thought that this was a very interesting conversation that we had in class. I think this is an issue that will probably come about for most of us in one way or another and I think it is great that we are talking about it now. I think your look on it is a very good approach and it would just be best to leave the situation. But it would also be a good thing to check in with the student and make sure they are safe. I think this and other situations will be very hard to deal with and its great that we will have awesome support from each other and be able to talk about situations like these. Have a great week, see you Wednesday!
ReplyDeleteI think topics such as these are very important to bring up, because they are not mentioned in the book. I like how you would handle it, I also feel that leaving the party is a smart choice. You never know with alcohol involved you might make foolish chooses or say something to the mentee that you didn't mean, which would hurt the peer mentor relationship you have established.
ReplyDeleteAmber I really like how you would approach the situation about the party. You would be a responsible person and keep yourself as the mentor a leave. However, you would also make sure that the mentee is not making huge mistakes and drinking and driving and things like that.
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