Mediating conflict and resolving disputes at Baruch College

The workshop’s theme was what are and how to solve conflicts in Baruch College. Conflict begins with people’s interaction and I learned three things at today’s workshop. First, people use different ways to solve problems. Some choose to ignore the issues because they do not want to recognize the problems or simply try to avoid solving them. For example, when one is really in love with someone, he or she does not want to point out the problems between them. Because it might destroy the relationship so the couple chooses to ignore them. Some will communicate with others, which is the best way to solve a problem. Second, in the society, we all have to agree to a social contract which implied that we have to give up some freedom that we wish to pursue. For example, we can not take others properties just because we like them. If we did not follow the rules, the society will be in total chaos. Lastly, we discover some issues regarding our freshman workshops. The people who registered for this workshop were not in the room because the room is full, full with people who did not register but came early, which is not fair for those who registered. We recognized that there should be some attendance taken for the record of who did register and who did not, and the people that did register should have priority to attend the workshop. Overall, I think this workshop was great. We discussed about some problems at Baruch and I had a great time listening to others talking about their observations.