This is My REEAL Poem lol

I.R.A.

Imagine
Imagine a world without managers
for it would be hopeless
a place where there were no leaders and only followers
nobody to bring out the best in you
no teachers to teach, no managers to direct, and no inspiration
A bland, ordinary, routine place where nothing is achieved

Reminisce
Reminisce about a classroom that wasn’t a classroom
But in fact a 15 week management prep session
Where learning was key by experiencing, instead of reading
A place where eggs where dropped
Legos were built
Characters put to the test
A place where you learned more about yourself, participated in many groups,
Given the chance to determine your grade
And learned failing is an option
(well except on the tests)

Now that you have imagined the worst and reminisced about the best
The only thing left to do is
Achieve

What about the Blog????????

As a teacher it is hard to get students to communicate as a group outside of a classroom. Overall I think the blog was a great idea, except for the fact that it required time outside of the normal class. I want to call it annoying almost but then i have to stop and think why i would even say that. Honestly it stems from the fact that it required that extra push that I didn't want to do in addition to the requirements of my other classes. If I wasn't battling such a heavy load this semester I doubt I complain. I don't mind work.

Overall I think the blog accomplished basically everything that the professor listed on the assignment sheet. It is a great way to get students to interact, and a great tool for feedback. I think the blog was interesting because it forced me to learn more about my fellow students then I would have even thought to imagine. Like it destroyed that barrier of just classmates to classmates that know a little more about there peers. Its like at points I would read things from and about other students and it would shock me because I would learn something about then, that by looking at then I would have never thought. The blogs also allowed me to find who I have similar interests with.

The blog was also a great way at being able to evaluate what in class activities we did. I think making us write about them after the in class activities provided us with an even more in depth grasp of what you were trying to get across to us. It was also a great way for people to vent when they didn't get the extra credit points!

I mean I honestly didn't get a chance to post anything extra that really related to management. I know that there was an abundance of material available, but i was already having issues with the assignments and lack of time. Honestly I would love to turn my blog into something more but doubt that I will have the time to actually keep up with it in the near future.

Overall, like 10% of me is upset that I had to do it, that's the lazy part of me, but overall this was a great way to get people even more involved into the whole management setting.

My poem

The Manager You Will Never Become

When u have a problem, you wanna solve it,
When ur a manager you want to keep ur job
When ur the worker below the manager u wanna change it
At this point u will do anything to climb the corporate ladder cuz u don’t want to accept it

You try extra hard to make management realize you’re the one they desire
So you do little things like bring them coffee, stay extra late, organize their paper clips, and even take on more responsibility
You check your email first thing in the morning and last thing at night

It burns you inside cuz you know u would be an effective manager, you’d be able to meet goals, you’re a great leader, you have conceptual skills, and of course emotional intelligence

But at the end of the day when your little things go unnoticed, it doesn’t mean anything more than it did the day before, you start to feel a little more unappreciated.
Your esteem needs according to Maslow’s hierarchy are not being met and your losing hope and you don’t get the promotion

You want to do more cuz there’s no way Becky in cubicle three is going to get the next one
So you push your self cause giving up and letting go is never an option,
It’s like a competition to manage the little people, the little people that is you,
All you do is wonder if you will ever “win”
And think all about the manager u will probably never get a chance to become.