The Hidden Truth of An RA
The Hidden Truth Of An RA A Resident Struggling Me My Education My Jobs and Activities Flagler Security The Bosses That Left The Expectations Set The Struggle Felt My Silly Little Thoughts In media being an RA is portrayed as being a buzz kill party busters or the friendly face welcoming residents home. They don’t tell you about the trauma that comes from being an RA. I went into being an RA wanting to help residents and to make friends. My experience has been so much different than that. From residents burning things for fun to having to deal with medical situations there is so much more that they do not tell you about. The route of my trauma comes from being on duty. Duty is when RA’s do rounds of the building to make sure everything is alright, and people are quiet. We start at 8PM and end at midnight but you can get woken up at any time during the night to any sort of situation. The hardest one I’ve had to deal with was a medical situation. RAs are first responders in campus crisi