Beauty School Drop Out, Go Back to High School

I feel as if, in my more recent posts, I have given the impression that being an RA is a breeze and any Joe Schmo off the streets can handle it. This may or may not be true, research is still being conducted. Nonetheless, the job comes with many stresses that a lot of new RAs are unprepared for. Its a big responsibility for a 19 year old to shoulder. So every now and then RAs will drop out, quit, or transfer. Recently, drop out rates have been soaring. Newbs and Veteran RAs alike have been laying plans to desert come the semester's close. In fact, the freshman building Cloudyskies is losing 5 of 8 staff. All veterans. This type of desertion is unprecedented and HRL is put upon to discover a solution.
Short term, HRL should look to fill the positions with the trained available alternates and then re-hire departed staff. In the long term, the department should determine the factors causing this and work to alleviate the issues. Its important to look at the demographics of the students leaving. The majority of the RAs who quit work in freshman buildings. The RAs are often working under a new supervisor, and the building is usually in poor repair. HRL should recognize this as a opportunity to better their training. They should offer more specialized training for RAs who are governing the freshman students because they require a more delicate touch than upperclassmen. They should see a greater need for HD's/GA's to bond or work with their staff before opening. Familiarity, in our case, breeds comfort. And lastly they should take away that building in poor repair causes unhappiness, and unhappy students fuck shit up further, making a reasonable repair plan impossible. Learn some upkeep!
Basically, I just wanted to call to your attention that while sometimes you hate RAs, sometimes RAs hate themselves. This job is crazy.