Friday, May 05, 2006

School of SSHA (Social Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts) Forum

I attended this thing called a "SSHA Forum." A student hosted the forum where about 8 to 10 SSHA professors sat as a panel and discussed any of the audience's concerns. This was such a great idea because there has been a lot of problems with SSHA. There were a lot of questions brought up. Some being why there weren't enough professors, majors, concerns about majors being cut, SSHA splitting up, new classes being offered, problems with administration, etc. It was quite interesting to see what both students and professors had to say about UC Merced.

I did notice the blame game going on. The students were blaming the professors for misleading the students about getting new faculty (one student heard that there were over 9,000 applicants, yet the professors could only choose one or two), then the professors blamed administration for taking to long to approve future professors. They told us that if we has any concerns, to go to administration but as I wrote in my earlier blog, that will be pointless because then they will blame someone else.

There is always someone else to blame, no one wants to take the responsibility for all the mess that is going on. At least Michael Brown admitted that his response to Katrina was poorly executed and he accepted the blame. Not to say that we was qualified or should get off the hook, but at least he took responsibility for his actions or lack there of.

In an ideal world everyone would take responsibility for their actions, no blame game here, no excuses. But in the real world this is definitely not the case. Who the hell would want to take the blame especially if there is someone else to take the blame or when that person has nothing to loose (well other then their dignity). This is why I am an optimistic cynic, I hope for the best but I expect the worst. I hope that people would be mature and take responsibility for their actions, but I expect people to backstab, cheat, and lie.

2 Comments:

Blogger elaine x said...

... the blame game ... the number one stumbling block to true freedom ! ! ! you absolutely nailed it in your final paragraph! i home school my daughter ... basically we use the two principles from the sudburyvalley.org school ... (1) freedom, and (2) personal responsibility. that second one is the key to the first! great job ... study hard for finals!
peace & harmony,
elaine
'freedom must be exercised to stay in shape!'

12:51 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

hey its john just wanted to agree your amazing :)

7:19 PM  

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