The Case of the Unsatisfied Student Leader
A few days ago, one of your Student Activities leaders, Carol, came up to you and presented the idea of hosting a Spring Formal dance . While you love her enthusiasm, you tried to explain to her why it wasn't such a good idea this year . You have helped to plan these events in the past and have seen the attendance slowly decline over the years . Your student leaders decided last year to take a few years off so the student body could get excited about it again .
Not being one to take "no" for an answer, Carol went to the President of the school because he has always seemed like someone who wanted to be open and accessible to the student body . She asked him what he thought about it and he loved the idea and told her to go ahead with it . He said he couldn't understand why it was ever decided to stop planning the event in the first place, and he even offered to provide some discretionary funding to make it a success .
Carol stopped by this morning and told you about the President's decision . She tried to be respectful, and said, "I know you told me not to, but I really think this is a great idea . I totally respect you, but I really just feel that the campus needs this to happen . You don't need to attend, and I promise not to bother you with any of the planning details ."
> What would you do?
> How would this affect your relationship with Carol?
DON'T FORGET YOUR RESPONSE NEEDS TO BE A MINIMUM OF 50 WORDS!!!!
I would feel disrespected. I wouldn't yell at her, but I would make sure that she knew I was disappointed in her. She should have listened to what I had to say, but she went behind my back. I would find a time to talk to President of the school and explain the situation. After talking it over with the President, which hopefully went the way I wanted it to, I'd talk to Carol about it. She probably wouldn't like me much anymore, but then again, I wouldn't trust her as much as before. How do I know she won't disrespect me again and go behind my back? I know she'd be irritated, but you get what you get and you don't throw a fit.
ReplyDeleteMe and Carol will be kinda off for a little while but I can't stay mad long. Maybe while we set up for the dance we can be closer again. How would this make me feel? I would feel terrible. I love planning so If I was a member planning a lot of the events and activities at the school, this would make me want to stop giving my advice or say. But then again in one year we lose and then gain new kids, they might want to go to a dance. So, I think I would set up a vote and see what happens. Hopefully I was wrong and the dance will happen!
ReplyDeleteI think that carol would not respect me and she would just go behind my back like she did this time. I don't know why you would discuss something with someone and want to know what they think about it and just go ahead and to the opposite thing without talking to them about it first. I would've wanted Carol to come and talk to me to see if we could agree on something to do about the situation on whether to have the dance or not. I would want to have some communication not just ignore each other and just go ahead and do what the other didn't want.
ReplyDeleteI would help carol because you never know if the idea will be a hit until you try. I think this would bring me and carol closer as friends because she knows that I will stick behind her no matter. As for the attendance being low during the past years, this year may be different. People may think of it as a good idea. Like I said earlier, you never know until you try.
ReplyDeleteI would hope that it goes good for the campus but I would be a little irritated that she just totally didn't care what I said or how I felt about the matter. I would still talk to Carol when I needed to but we wouldn't be as close as we were and I don't think that I could really fully trust her again.
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ReplyDeleteI would probably end up helping her out. I would feel bad and then go to her and ask if I could help her. It my not have a good turn out but if she was someone who was nice and helpful to me I would try to do the same.
ReplyDeleteI think that carol should be respected because shes the one that started it. Some people probably think it is a bad idea because that's just how some people are. You will never know what could happen until you try it.
ReplyDeleteI would feel kind of disrespected for a while since I clearly explained why it was not a good idea. This is something would not permanently affect my friendship with carol. This is something that I could probably get over pretty easy after a little time has passed.
ReplyDeleteI would feel disrespected. If she went ahead with the plan she obviously cares about what she thinks is best and not what anyone else thinks. It would definitely affect my relationship with carol but its not a big deal and i would get over it eventually.
ReplyDeleteI would be disappointed but you be happy for her that she took the initiative to get more funding for this event. I would also feel like she went behind my back because she didn't tell me that she was going to try to override the decision. We would not be as close because this would really make me mad because why ask when you weren't going to take their advice,
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