Falbe Rewards and Challenges

Guidance counselors are likely to face many rewards and challenges in the scope of their daily work.  Among the rewards would be the personal satisfaction of helping a student through a tough time, and seeing them make different choices the next time. There would also be satisfaction in seeing a student (particularly one who was in danger of failing) walk down the aisle and receive a diploma. Hearing from a student who got their first job,  or one who aced their first semester in a college that you helped them get a scholarship to, etc. would all be gratifying and reasons to stay in the profession.  In the vein of CTAE, helping a student identify a life long career that they had not considered before would be a great reward. 

With all of these rewards though come many challenges.  Among these of course is having to deal with so many problems.  I can imagine that some of the things that counselors deal with (for example abuse) are hard to deal with.  Counselors are also pulled in so many directions and have to deal with SO MANY students. It would be very challenging to offer your best (with career guidance, personal guidance, school guidance etc.) to every student.  It would also be challenging to keep up with the constant change of guidelines. Having to be sure that each and every child is on track to graduate despite changes in legislation and guidelines seems like a huge task.