Post 1 - Dwayne Maynard

After reading the information, my opinion of how hard it is to be a school guidance counselor have not changed. I will say I definitely have a deeper understanding and respect for the work that they do. I never really considered that a counselor would be dealing with issues like gangs, school violence, substance abuse, and terrorism. I thought that these areas would fall under administration. But I guess truly to prevent these things, you would start with a counselor personally involved in these students' lives. I know that when I went to school, terrorism was something that we never thought about being an issue in the schools. School violence was not at the level of Columbine or Virginia Tech. The pressure that some of these counselors must feel is probably overwhelming at times.