In my younger schooling years I acted a student mediator where we worked with students after there had been a disturbance between either a pair or group of students to come to a solution and compromise. We were required to follow certain protocols and procedure outlined in documentation that was signed by the mediators, the participating students who needed mediation and the guidance counselor. The guidance counselor did not attend the actual mediations as the school believed the best way for the youth to come to understandings was to work through their peers. I believe this system helped in the rough atmosphere that my school possessed at the time. The student had a choice of suspension from school or peer mediation. This made for working through problems rather than going home and mulling over them for weeks only to come back even more upset than the student already left the situation. In my experience, I believe we were able to create a good atmosphere for finding solutions to any problems that could arise at junior level and I gained much from the experience.