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Script Observing Ego Reflection

(What was said/done, (What were you thinking at (Looking back, what do you
where, when, by whom?) the time?) notice? What can you learn
from this interaction? What
During the advising session I was very aggravated
would you do the
at LUCO 1, one of my during these events. It was
same/differently next time?
students had decided not exhausting repeating
How does the course
to log onto LOCUS, practice myself over and over, only
material relate?)
putting classes in his to be ignored. Most of all,
shopping cart, or familiarize it felt infuriating knowing Looking back, this situation
himself with LOCUS. I came that I was giving sound brings to mind the idea of
over to him and had a advice and yet the student self-awareness that the
conversation about why he would not listen to me. Jesuits discuss as an
should be doing so, but he integral part of leadership
countered saying he had in the Lowney readings. In
already put all of his classes this interaction in
in his shopping cart. I was particular, I am aware that I
skeptical, so I pushed him. I was not assertive enough
continued to advise him to when telling the students
log onto LOCUS, and he to get on LOCUS in the first
blatantly decided to ignore place. In the future, I can
me. I eventually reminded say that everyone has to be
him that it was his time and on LOCUS during this
he could be productive with period. I can also use the
it or not, but that I also had argument that classes will
ten other students in the fill up and students are
group, not just him. When more likely to get into them
it came to day two, he had if their classes are in their
nothing in his shopping cart shopping cart already. And
and didnt even know how to take things a step
to search for classes. I further, its important to
spent much of my time recognize that some
assisting him and was students will not see me as
unable to divide my an authority figure in the
attention equally among same way as an advisor or
the students. another staff member at
Loyola since I am a fellow
undergraduate student. So
in the future, if I have
another student who will
not go on LOCUS, I can call
over an advisor for
assistance in this situation.
This relates to self-
awareness in a few ways. It
is important for me to note
that sometimes I am not as
assertive as I need to be
and therefore this is
something I can work on in
the future. It is also
necessary to realize that
although I do hold a
leadership position, there
are limitations to being a
fellow student as some of
the first years may not
respect me in the same way
as a staff member
employed by Loyola. In the
case that a student is
deliberately disrespecting
me, I can know that I have
other people to reach out
to for support.

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