Moral Muteness blog #4

To answer this blog post I want to look at how I answered to a “moral muteness” situation and not how I didn’t.  This is because as I have gotten older I have grown to understand the true importance of morals and the values I strive to live by.  My example is when my father and I went into New York City to see Gabriel Iglesias for my eighteenth birthday.  Before the show we were sitting outside of the Radio City Hall and there was a group making fun and throwing things at a homeless man picking change out of the fountain.  Now the moral muteness that we noticed was the families walking by didn’t do anything to stop this group.  So as this continued my father and I walked over and told them to leave the guy alone.  I think that the values my father have taught me is why we both got up feeling that this was wrong.  One of my big moral values being pulled at was how you should always treat people how you wanted to be treated.  Also to help those who are less fortunate or can’t defend themselves. This man wasn’t harassing anyone like most people begging or scamming in NYC and this group decided it would be fun to mess with him.  After we asked the group to leave the guy alone the man thanked us and we bought him some food before heading into our show.  As weird as it sounds for myself I had this pit in my stomach feeling that something needed to be done or said.  Overall this experience showed how moral muteness was present and how it could be answered to help someone.

Blog #3

    For this blog the three project implicit bias quizzes were weight IA T, age IA T, gender-career IA T.  All three of these test reminded me of a quick thinking memory game.

      First test I took was the weight IA T and I wasn’t surprised with my results.  Project Implicit said “Your data suggest little to no automatic preference between Fat People and Thin People” (project implicit/ harvard.edu).  I believe that the results agree with how I am as a person towards others.  In the experience I have with athletics, training, and career is where I see may have shaped this result.  With athletic sports in particular I have always tried to include everyone in the game no matter what their physical appearance.  Along the lines of training and career they go hand in hand with the results.  For instance, I previously worked and helped train at a gym where we wanted everyone no matter their physical appearance to reach their goals.  To understand yourself especially working in a gym environment is very important.  In that atmosphere you begin to understand who you are then you are able to help others.

     The second test I took was age IA T and again I wasn’t surprised with my results.  The results again came up as no preference between young and old.  For this test I believe that my position in my family is a big factor in why I got these results.  In my immediate family I am the oldest of three and my experiences I can see came into factor.  For example, being the oldest of two younger siblings you begin to take on responsibilities so that you are looked up to as a role model.  In doing this as a young child absorbing and looking up to those older people for guidance.  Those people more often or not for myself were my parents and grandparents.  To relate to young as well I believe it means just being a kid and socializing with people the same age as you get older.  The balance I have between the two will help while working with others throughout life.  A big way that having no automatic preference between the two ages was when I worked for Disney.  During my internship I worked with multiple different age groups from old to young coworkers to guests of all ages.  In that experience I learned how valuable it is to know who you are so you can relate your experience with others.

     The third test I took was gender-career IA T and this test result didn’t surprise either.  This result came back with no automatic preference as well between gender roles of career and family.  I think this relates back to the way I was brought up and raised in my family.  As a child I believe it is your parents who teach you how to perceive who should be doing what roles in the family.  Through my experience I believe at young age I was exposed to both genders in high positions in both career and family.  Other experience I have that could relate to my results are in the jobs that I have had while growing up.  Many of the jobs I had displayed both women and men in all types of career positions.  With this test it helps assist working with others because when you don’t see one gender over another you are able to treat everyone equally.

    Overall after taking the three test and agreeing with the results I still do not believe this is the best way to find out for yourself.  I think the tests I took may help aid in discovering what you prefer but what is going to help is having experiences through life.  Being face to face with all different types of people and seeing who you connect better with then others.

Blog #2

The clip I picked was from the film Rocky V.  I want to show the relationship between Rocky and Mickey because it relates closely to the leadership model.  In this clip Rocky goes back Mickeys gym where most of his time has been spent in his life and it’s all run down and beat up.  For those who don’t know in the previous films this gym had a lot of life and energy.  I believe that this scene hits the components of the relational leadership model.

The clip opens up to a flash back of Rocky and Mickey training in the ring before the fight against Apollo Creed.  The leadership of Mickey to Rocky is evident in the training because Rocky listens to Mickey by slipping the jab and other training techniques.  Mickey is able to empower Rocky by encouraging him to keep going and telling him many motivational words.  For instance, when Mickey tells him he is going to roll over Apollo like an Italian bulldozer and that he is ready.  These words of motivation are also showing how much confidence Mickey has in Rocky.  Another part of this clip where you see Mickey being empowering is when he gives Rocky the cuff-link.  This cuff-link isn’t just a piece of jewelry to Mickey but his most favorite item he owns.  This cuff-link has a lot of meaning and to give it to Rocky it had great purpose.  Mickey says that when Rocky feels like he’s going down that this is a little angel on his shoulder that will be there to tell him keep going and fight.  After watching this clip you might not have noticed the ethical aspect of it or at least what I have noticed after seeing these films multiple times.  What I believe is that Mickey has strong ethical values that he has been teaching Rocky all along.  He mentions to Rocky that when he is no longer living that he will have instilled the knowledge in him how to fight but also how to live outside of the ring.  To me this is not only ethical and showing Mickeys purpose but empowering for Rocky to achieve greatness.  One final aspect that I believe might have been overlooked was when Mickey says Rocky gives him the motivation to keep on living.  This I believe shows how the relationship between the two goes way beyond just boxing, coaching, and leading Rocky to the big fight.