Penn Foster Strategic Management - Random Thoughts

[sanantone]

I have mixed feelings about the lack of student discussion. It limits the benefit of the discussion, but it prevents big mouths like me from dominating the discussion. I really struggled at the community college because I tend to be pretty aggressive in discussions and tended to walk on younger or timid older students. It is a personality trait that I struggle with.

Not to toot my own horn, but I was at a different level of analysis than my fellow community college students. They were shocked at me saying that sex offenders are more likely to live in poorer neighborhoods. To them, it sounded like I was saying that poor people are more likely to be sex offenders. What they couldn't understand, even after multiple times of explaining it, is that landlords in poorer neighborhoods are more likely to rent to people with criminal records. There are hardly any houses to rent in more upscale neighborhoods. Even if there were houses to rent, they would more than likely be outside of the convict's budget. Felons have limited employment options. Also, upscale apartment complexes are not going to rent to felons, especially sex offenders. I even backed up my claims with data from the sex offender registry, but they were still all up in arms. I just had to accept that the discussion was way above their heads. It's much easier for me to have these types of conversations with doctoral students.