Post 4

I believe moral muteness happens far too often in our society today. While many problems and issues have been solved with the term political correctness I also think it inhibits a lot of people to form an opinion, which in the end everyone is entitled to. I am a person that loves to listen. I love to listen to others and hear other people's opinions. I participate in moral muteness a lot. For me one of the topics that comes to mine that is also a little uncomfortable for me to talk about it religion. The topic of religion is uncomfortable and a situation where I really sit back and listen because I think I have such a lack of knowledge about it. I truly grew up in a household that did not focus on religion and therefore I have never really even been apart of it. I think that is morally ok for me to take a step back though because I recognize I do not have the grounds to speak about it. I can see how this is a problem though because while I lack experience in this field I also bring a different perspective one that could contribute to the overall discussion.

Post #3

All of these little quizzes we could choose from had very interesting topics. The three that I decided to take were the age, gender-career, and religions tests.

The first test was the age test and something that I thought would bring up interesting results. I love listening to people young or old doesn't matter. Therefore before taking this test I thought I was going to be right down the middle of bias. My test result though put me on the slight automatic preference for young. I found this result reflected more of who is in my life than I even realized. Taking note of the ages around me, my parents had me very young, therefore my grandparents are younger, all of my friends are around my age, my co-workers are in their late 20s, early 30s and taking that all in no wonder I am more based towards a younger generation, that is who I am surrounded by. This test was interesting because I think age can be overlooked as a biased. I also find it very interesting that within my place of work in the sport industry most people around are younger.

The second test I took was the gender-career test. A very interesting topic that comes up all the time in our society. While I am personally determined to enter a field of work that is male-dominated and want to achieve a high position I am also not surprised with my test results of a stronger association with male and career and female with family. I am swayed not only by what I see in my field of work but also my up bringing and personal beliefs. My both sides of my family are large old-school families. I say old-school because they are not traditional in every sense but have certain ideas of what family is. For example, my dad's side of the family is from Georgia/South Carolina. My grandparents on that side of the family have strong values that lean towards female with family. So while I feel I have an updated version of these beliefs, I still associate with this idea. It is also something I want for myself. I want a career but I also want a family.

The third and final test I took was the religion test. This test stood out to me because I chose it based on my lack of knowledge about religion. I would so my family is Christian but I have never stepped foot in a church before. My family is just not religious and maybe this is an advantage because I was not brought up to believe anything specific. But my ignorance can't be ignored. My test result showed that I had more positive association with Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Islam in that order. I am not surprised by this because of my mom's influence on my upbringing. My mom is a yoga instructor and while some of their preachings can be a little new-agey she has this calmness and peace association with faith. This defiantly swayed my test results.

All in all very interesting tests that point out some sensitive topics in our society. It was interesting to see the biases that we believe ourselves written out on paper. 

Relational Leadership Post

First let me start by apologizing I could not find a clip of this awesome moment but will do my best to try and explain. Friday Night Lights the show is about Texas high school football and how the world revolves around these young men and what they do with the pigskin on Friday nights. After the loss of their star quarterback the Dillon Panthers are in a tight spot. Players are seen doubting the coaches, themselves, and the team as a whole. It takes another star running back to make a comment on a TV interview about the team that sets Coach Taylor off. Coach arranges a bus to meet the team very late in the night at the field house. Coaches then make calls to all the players to get themselves to that bus that they were going on a little field trip. You see kids answering phones all all over the place, being woken up from bed, doing homework, hanging out. In the end, everyone gets to the bus and they pull away for who knows where. Coach Taylor gets everyone off just as it starts pouring rain and thundering. They line up at the edge of the road facing a ditch that leads up to a huge hill on the other side. "Wind- sprints up and down the hill!" Players start sprinting in their clothes up and back. Soaking and wading through now the creek that has formed, struggling up the hill and back at a full sprint. Coach Taylor then proceeds to yell at as follows:

"You think you're champions because you wear the Panther uniform, YOU'RE WRONG!"

Back and forth.

"You think you're champions because they give you a piece of pie at the dinner, YOU'RE WRONG!"

Back and forth.

"Champions don't complain. Champions don't give up."

Back and forth. 

Assistant coaches send them again.

"Champions don't give up. Champions don't give up. Champions give 200%. You're not champions until you've earned it."

Assistant coaches speak up and ask Taylor is he thinks its been enough, Taylor says go ahead and send them again that he will decide when it has been enough. Remember that star running back that set Coach Taylor off? He steps forward and says Coach Taylor's motto, "Clear eyes. Full hearts. Can't loose." He says it again, "clear eyes. Full hearts." another player says "can't loose." He says it again, "clear eyes. Full hearts." More players this time, "can't loose". He begins to scream, "clear eyes. Full hearts." Screaming back, "can't loose." One more time together. "Clear eyes. Full hearts." 

"Can't loose." Go back and forth again.

This is one of the best scenes from this whole show. Coach Taylor's leadership is undeniable. He relates to the relational leadership model because he gives the team a purpose, a positive purpose. To be champions though it is going to take more than just wearing their well-known uniforms. He re-includes everyone by getting back to hard work. This works as we can see at the end of the clip when together they scream "can't loose" and take off. Coach Taylor is doing this in an ethical way because is streaming away this idea that champions are just given what they have. No instead it comes from hard work and only once you have earned it. If anything he is demonstrating that yes the purpose of playing together on this team is to be champions, that will not ever happen without the process. the process must be empowering, inclusive and ethical.