National Honor Society Narrative Report

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In high school, I was on the board for our chapter of the National Honors Society, as a mentor of sorts. We were required to do a certain amount of volunteering, as well as attending our bi-weekly meetings. One of our members wasn’t putting in enough time and energy into the society, so I was tasked with telling him that he needed to shape up, or be dismissed. I am not a very confrontational person, so it was a very difficult position for me to be in, but I went to talk to him. My core values are honesty, responsibility, humor, respect, and trust, not in any specific order. At the time, I didn’t have a good personal script in place, but I knew where I stood on issues, and another person not following the code of the National Honors Society was not right in my mind. So …show more content…
I would have opened the conversation by informing him that he wasn’t keeping up with the requirements of the National Honors Society, like I did in the first place. However, my script would have changed after that. I would have then said, “Even though you aren’t accomplishing all that we need you to accomplish to be in this organization, you are here for a reason. You have stood out as both a student and individual, and you deserve to be a member of this prestigious group. So is there any reason that you can pin-point that may be causing you slide a little bit?” To which he hopefully would have responded, “Yes my parents are going through a tough time, and it is hurting me”, etc. This would have allowed to respond: “I am sorry that you have to go through that. I’m sure we can work through this together, because although the work we do in this society is very important, the happiness and well-being of our members is what is most important in the long run”. Then I would have done what I did in the original scenario, taking him to the president to work out a solution that benefited