Thoughts on Hypocrisy

Often times on a write-up, a resident will stammer out protests, most commonly including the accusation of R.A.'s also partying. This is argument is always ignored, but never invalid.

Being an R.A. is truly the ultimate conflict of interests. On the one hand, being a college student, the desire to rage and be irresponsible is almost undeniable. On the other hand, however, being an R.A. requires a ridiculous amount of self-discipline and control, as well as an internalized sense of responsibility. I say 'internalized' because while R.A.'s have a laundry list of people they are accountable to, the monitoring done by those on the list is minimal at best. The truth is, R.A.'s run entire buildings of 300+ students on a day to day basis with limited restrictions and few outside constraints.

That may sound like a a dramatic claim, but it is truthful and actual. You might call to mind some Toby Mcguire (or Peter Parker for those hardcore comic fans), "with great power comes great responsibility". Well, there's also a heavy temptation to abuse that power. I would say almost 90 percent of R.A.'s take advantage of their superiority. When you have access to every room, every closet, the roof, the basement, and there is no one in sight that can rebuke you for your actions, its hard to resist. And put yourself in our situation: when half the student population hates you for ruining their fun and seem to have a knack for making your life miserable, your boss assigns foolish busy work and requires you to run elaborate programs with no funds, the typical R.A. feels put upon. Whether or not they actually are is not the debate in question.

So, yes, to answer your accusations upset and drunk resi, we are hypocrites. But you got caught for fucking around so suck it up and be quieter next time.