This site is a class blog space for new Career and Technical Specializations and Heathcare Science teachers enrolled in the New Teacher Institute (NTI) at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Monday, February 3, 2014
Rewards and Challenges
Truly guidance counselors have a lot to handle to make sure students stay on top of their classes and responsibilities in school. When students first enter high school, it could be a bit intimidating from leaving a nuturing environment to a new atmosphere set to train students to become responsible on their own. I believe it would be rewarding for guidance counselors to see shy freshmens blossom from the ninth grade to become scholarly seniors ready to pursue their career. At the same time, I believe it could be challenging as a guidance counselor to counselor students who show no desire to be in school and yet prove that it has nothing to do with a guidance counselor's imcompetence to guide. Since guidance counselors have to account for so many students, the challenge would be to simply prove that each student is different and that you can't save everyone. I believe it's also challenging for guidance counselors to work with students who may have the desire to excel in school but yet have no support from parents.
Shirley,
ReplyDeleteOur jobs are not to save children. We have no super powers what so whatever. What we have is the intangible gift of learned wisdom and experience. The only thing that we as educators is give information and oppertunities. The only one that can safe one, outside of the bystander that snatch someone from falling is yourself. Students/people control their destiny to become whatever it is they want to be. We only provide information and the oppurnity.