Hello All!
This week's class topic/module was on Money Management! Woohoo! We spent the first 30 minutes of class watching a classic episode of the Honeymooners in which Jackie Gleason's character poorly manages a situation in which he finds a suitcase of counterfeit money on the bus that he drives...and although most of us will likely never encounter such a situation, some parallels could certainly be drawn between what some of us have done in the past when it comes to managing money that isn't really ours to spend (credit card usage, student loan refunds, etc)...
From this class session, what do you think you might do differently now regarding money management that you were not doing before? In class I made the following statement, “You should, whenever possible, only incur debt when taking out loans for your education or to purchase a house”. Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not? Talk about the three C’s that are used to determine whether or not a person will receive credit…are any of these three characteristics of concern to you right now? Is money, and your management of your finite finances a current stressor in your life? Is it keeping you from focusing on your academics? If so, how could developing and sticking to a budget benefit you? And finally, why is it important to budget our financial resources and stick to a budget?
And for real, finally…at the end of the class session I shared that my LA151 supervisor observed that when visiting six different LA151 classes for observations, that in her 20 minute visits, in 5 of the 6 classes the topic of alcohol or drug use was brought up by students. My question to you is…is this appropriate? Should students in college or specifically AAU bring up these topics, as well as topics related to sexual activity in a college course? Why or why not?
I also shared, and I am also guilty of this at times, we choose HUMOR over being PROFESSIONAL. In other words, in certain situations, when perhaps our behavior and actions should be more professional (perhaps in a classroom or work setting) we choose to crack a joke or make a funny when perhaps we should not…is this okay? Has this become acceptable behavior? Or should people be more self-regulating? At what expense might someone choose humor over professionalism? As a result, does a person become less credible? Less...as some of you might put it...legit.
The blog response is due by Monday, April 23rd at 11:59PM.
We’re going to the SFMOMA next week (BRING YOUR STUDENT ID) on April 24, 2012…but we’ll first meet in the classroom where I will go over the FINAL PROJECT ASSIGNMENT!!
Have a great weekend!
