I am beginning to get into my daily routine. And I don't believe it will give me enough paid working hours. It may be in my best interest to get a second part time job. Though before I do I wish to see how much time I will generally need to commit to my new internship.
I am excited for this internet marketing internship. From time to time I will be meeting with my marketing director in various coffee shops or what have you, in the nearest major city from campus. What's amazing is that this will generally allow me to do the majority of the work either at the home of the family I am staying with or right here on the campus after work, with its wireless internet access. I am anticipating my first assignment which will involve the website blog. I will receive the information and his general guidelines and will endeavor then to put it into a presentable format.
Campus being what it is I am seeing many people across the board studying for midterm exams and preparing midterm projects. I often find a good friend of mine here in the library studying in one of the privet mini conference rooms with the white board, and another friend of mine often comments on her practicums and ongoing schoolwork. It is encouraging to see many of my friends working hard at their studies and learning what they can for their majors. Sometimes I wonder though, just how far some assignments should go.
I know someone who is working on a very socially closed-mouthed topic for a youth culture class. Some of the things you would need to research for it could place you in very awkward positions or could even lead to going down the wrong road. And while I do indeed have every confidence in her I can imagine for everyone the difficulties such assignments can entail just bringing certain subjects up.
Am I being too paranoid? I wonder at times how much I should make mention of things when they make me uncomfortable or unsure. Is something worth enough that you should risk friendships or careers for your principles? And I'm not saying that is the case here with my particular topic which inspired this discussion, but rather I am building off the initial foundation..
When would you take a major stand against your boss, your professor, your roommate, or you friend - if you felt it was absolutely wrong? if you felt uncomfortable? if whatever they said or wanted you to do would cause you to relinquish your principles - event for just a few moments?
At what point do you take a stand? And how often do you still hold your tongue because of the feared ramifications?
What are some times when it would be more effective to simply comply and go with the current? What would you really (really) do? Honestly?
I would love input from any who read this post. And as you comment, you'll be the first to know my responces...
I'm glad you posted this, and for everything you post on here. You have some fascinating thoughts that are beautiful to hear. And people are reading, whether they comment or not. I think sometimes people don't answer questions like these because they are, in fact, uncomfortable. And that's good that they are, because that was your intent. We don't like to think about things like this. We would rather just ease by and do what is expected of us.
ReplyDeleteNow, I don't know the situation that has spurned this conversation, but it is so easy for us to just do whatever we're supposed to. If a professor asks us to do something, or our boss, or a instructor of some sort, and it has the potential to push us beyond our moral standards, then we need to put on the brakes and ask why? Why would I do this? Why am I being asked to do this? And is it worth it to get a good grade, or play this role in this play?
Also, there is the issue of "too far" in the sense that we could just be taking something so far that we are sacrificing everything else in our lives. Since we are talking about schoolwork here, I'll address that. We have our requirements, our syllabus, our assignments that we are expected to follow. We have reasons we have to work for good grades. We have expectations from people around us. We have our reputations. But what would we gain if we lost everything else for the sake of finishing that class with a good grade? If you get A's regularly in class, is it worth it to lose your connections with your friends and family to maintain those A's? If you have to work hard to get B's, is it worth it to lose your sanity for a B- instead of a C+?
These are just some of my thoughts on "how far is too far"? Thank you for listening.