On p.78 the part that said. "In this speed-driven environment, people must be able to think on their feet, solve problems quickly, and find innovative solutions," this reminded me when I had applied for the manager position at Target. I did not get the position, which today I see now as for the best because with my schedule as it is now it just wouldn't have worked out. But, when I was told the decision and reasoning for not being picked was one I didn't think of answers fast enough or seem really confident in my answers. At first I kept thinking to myself what did I say wrong, why couldn't I think of the answers fast enough, etc. As I reflect on it now I realize I wasn't all that ready for the position as I thought I would have been. All in all I know everything happened the way it did for a reason.
Next thing I thought about was collaborative leadership. I feel that if everyone not just one community, race, or ethnic group practiced this for leadership, we would have more and more driven leaders on a regular basis. I know its not necessarily the same exact thing but its how students work on group projects for school. One person ususally taskes on the role as a leader and immediately is like who is doing what or who wants to do what. Nine times out of ten you have the leader doing the majority of the work. I have experienced this before when I decided I was going to be the leader of the group and ended up standing alone on the project. I feel that if we didn't always just have one person assume the leader role and have everyone have the leadership dutites distributed amongst everyone things would hopefully run smoother. Of course this is not always the case some just feel more comfortable having someone make the decisions for them but if you have everyone involved some may finally feel they have a purpose in life. This ties in with the pyschology of oppression. I have known many people that because they were told they won't be anything they take on this role of trying to not be anything. Its just awful that we have such a division amongst the races in education. I know where I went to high school the majority of the student drop outs, pregnancies, grade repeats, or of the lower learning students were either black or hispanic/latino. Most fell under these categories because of their own personal life or how they were treated in school. Of course not every single teacher can give each student the individual attention they may need, but it would be better if teachers had more of a drive to motivate all students. I saw it on a regular basis that if a student showed they didn't care or want to learn the teacher gave the same negative vibes right back to the student. In this instant I think of the movie Freedom Writer's; I could only imagine if we had all teachers like that of who Hilary Swank played, how many more students we would have to be insipired to be their own leaders, do better for themselves or help find ways in bettering their own communities.
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