Confessions of a Resident Mentor: Wrecking Ball

RMs sing about their struggles to the tune of Miley Cyrus' latest hit

In the spirit of Miley Cyrus, I wrote this little ode to my residents. Deepest apologies: No nudity will be included in this piece. These lyrics are loosely based off of real lives of real RMs. Key word is “loosely.”

We came, we trained at Bates, in vain, QSI’s..they were hard
Fire alarm, no fire, at that point we were done
That’s not something we’ll deny

Don’t you ever say I’m staying for a minute
I don’t really need to swipe (Carolina Card)
Welcome to dorm life, stop wasting my time
Please be quiet and swipe.

They came in like a wrecking ball
They keep on pulling posters off the wall
They run around in the halls
All they ever do is…
WAKE ME!
Yeah, you…
WA-A-KE ME!

I gave them time to get rid of the moldy meatballs, but they never came out
It slowly stunk, our noses would burn
And now we’re fumigating our dorm

Don’t you ever say I didn’t warn you
Those posters I made took a day
I can’t live with bugs, it’s worse than finding drugs
Hidden in a resident’s shoe

They came in like a wrecking ball
They keep on pulling posters off the wall
They run around in the halls
All they ever do is…
WAKE ME!
Yeah, you…
WA-A-KE ME!

They came in like a wrecking ball
I hope we all make it to fall
They keep waking up the RLC
And now she’s in our hall screaming…
WHY’D YOU WA-A-KE ME?

Yeah, you…

WA-A-KE ME!

I don’t want my residents at war
I just wanted to decorate doors
Now we have mandatory meetings per floor
I guess I should’ve never let ya’ll in

I don’t want my residents at war
I just wanted to decorate doors
Now we have mandatory meetings per floor
I guess I should’ve never let ya’ll in

Don’t you ever say I just swiped my card
I don’t need to do it again…..

Because I’ll go off like a wrecking ball
No more snacks when we have meetings per floor
I’m wiping off all the whiteboards
All you residents do is…
STRES-S-S ME

Because I’ll go off like a wrecking ball
No more snacks when we have meetings per floor
I’m wiping off all the whiteboards
All you residents do is…
STRES-S-S ME

Yeah you…
STRES-S-S ME

All jokes aside, I truly do adore all my residents. They just have their moments when they inspire me.

Like a wrecking ball…

Until next time,
Resident Mentor K

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