SJ Reflection 2

What a crazy weekend! So many emotions flying. This class continues to be a bit of a struggle to engage in, but I'm trying hard to listen and comment where I can. As a future leader, I still can't imagine hiring based on anything other than ability and experience. I do see a need to create healthy workplaces for all employees, but that's about as far as my social justice in business lens is taking me so far. I can understand the importance of human rights, and protecting culture and language, and how that can be a part of a business plan too. It's a little disappointing that in a business environment that has put so much attention on making everything social, that we haven't explored that aspect at all. This subject has so much potential depth to it that our superficial rumblings are almost painful. I respect all of the professors for coming clean and admitting to not bringing their "A Game" to the class, but I really think that though it is a difficult class to teach, if your not gonna show up fully then you shouldn't be there. It's not a good way to have difficult conversations nor create a safe space for open dialogue. To think that the students wouldn't immediately pick up on the hesitations of the teaching staff was not a particularly good strategy. After finally breaking the ice, I was hoping that there would be a marked difference in the Elluminate but it seems that there has been no adjustments. I continue to feel that our time is not being utilized fully.