Essay

Noise Reflection Paper
Broken Marianist Values When I was written for a noise complaint, I had broken some of the Marianist Values that are part of a Catholic society at the University of Dayton. There were six people in my room late at night on a school night while it was past quiet hours. The values that I disrupted were being respectful to others, leadership, and responsibility for self and community. While people were in my room we were all taking and listening to music. I was not respecting my neighbors due to the fact that it was past quiet hours and they were either sleeping or studying. I was being a disruption to others. If I were the one next door I would have been annoyed with us as well because I do not like excessive noise when I am trying to study or sleep. I also violated the Marianist value of being a leader to others. My part in being a leader was very poor during this situation. I should have thought about the music being too loud in the first place when we had the first warning. Another I should have done to be a better leader would have been to constantly quiet my friends down and tell them that we were not being polite or respectful. I also could have taken leadership by telling all of my friends to leave after we got the first warning. While I was not being a leader in the situation I was also not respecting myself or my community. The disrespect that I had for myself and my community are another Marianist Value that I did not follow. While there were people in my room I was not respecting myself because I was doing homework when they showed up. Therefore, I did not give my homework the proper focus and attention that I should have put into it. Another thing that I did not take into consideration was the fact that it was late at night and I needed to get a good sleep for my classes the next morning. When I had people came over it took off about two hours of sleep that I could have gotten that night which would