Rewards and Challenges

The numerous and extensive roles of guidance counselors allow them to see many different types of rewards. In general, I think that the reward comes from the success of the students. These successes may range from seeing a student with emotional and social issues attend classes consistently for one full week to seeing a former student graduate from college, or achieve success in his or her career. In addition, I believe that the size of the reward would be further defined by the size of the obstacle that they had to overcome and the bond with the student, staff, or faculty members that they helped. A greater obstacle will yield greater reward. By the same token, a stronger bond will yield a greater reward. I believe that the most challenging aspect of guidance counselor's career is how to successfully juggle all of their day to day responsibilities with students constantly coming to them needing assistance with their issues. I honestly don't see how they do it.