With a friend, role-play a situation in which one of you is a boss or instructor and the other is a worker or student. In the role-play exercise, pretend that you are working together on a project, but that the boss/instructor is basically supervising the worker/student’s work. Have a conversation that includes constructive criticism of the project so far. Keep the responses professional, despite how you may feel inside. Then, reverse roles and repeat the simulation. In your journal, briefly write what your feelings were during the role-play. What did you react to emotionally? Where did the reactions come from? With which character did you identify most? Why? What did you learn about yourself from the exercise? What do you need to be more aware of when you find yourself in a situation like this in real life?
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