As the 200 dollar project entered it's last
two weeks we began our final push for selling though the stickers. We are
hoping to really sell through the inventory that we have left. This began with
first reaching out to any friends and family that were yet to buy the stickers.
Then we looked into parents events occurring at the school this week. One of
the ones we look at was for Thursday at the junior parent meeting. We got in
touch with first Mr. Libenzon to give us permission who pointed is in the
direction of Dean Meyers. Dean Meyers gave us the ok, so we were able to sell.
We sold about ten stickers in the short time before the meeting. It was
interesting selling to parents because many of them were confused about the
hashtag. While many of them were confused, they were happy to let us explain it
to them, and they were eager to learn about what project we were working on in
the Communication for Entrepreneurs Class. We even sold three to
Ms.Hollman, who now is very interested in Instagram after talking to us about
it! We also were able to get out and sell at the Friday home girls basketball
game where we found less success. But overall I think it was a pretty
good week in terms of selling, especially considering the completion from the
other groups product in class. We saw other groups also having good success,
including the wristband group who I think we got the most competition from. On
the storefront end we just made the final touches for the packet to be ready
for Mr. Gladstone.
This week I was able to finish Sheryl
Sandberg’s Lean In. Upon completion of
the book, my general feeling is that the book is definitely neither written nor
organized very well, but I think the ideas are extremely valuable. Over my winter vacation I was able to travel
to San Francisco I was actually able to visit the Facebook headquarters. We drove around the area a bit, and there
were something that struck me that I am sure had to do with Sandberg. In addition to there being a handicap spot
there was a parking spot for expectant mothers.
I never thought about this, but once I saw it my only thought was why haven’t
I seen this anywhere else? It is great that companies like Facebook are really
pushing to become models in the realm of creating a more equal work environment
for both men and women. Sandberg has the
right idea about it, that these goals are not possible with just women, women
and men have to both work together for this common goal and that is where we
will find the success. I think this is especially true when people are out down
for being feminists. Ive heard terms thrown
around lightly within our school like “Femi-Nazi” and other derogatory
terms. When people say they are not
feminists it bother me because so many people before us have fought for us to
be here today, but we still have to continue the fight. Jus the other day at the economic summit that
we went to at Gillette I learned the harsh realization that some people still
have very gender divided mindsets. This happened
when one boy came over while all the countries were trying to ally with each
other and it was utter chaos, he pushed me to the side and told me to let the
men handle this. Clearly there are still
teenagers that have the wrong mindset about gender. I truly believe that as a school and as a society
we have to work harder to not create these mindsets form an early age.
I hope you punched the kid from the summit in the nose. What a jerk! I have to believe that kids like him are dinosaurs who will either have to change or find themselves bounced out of every company they work for.
ReplyDeleteI do think the world is changing, as signs like the one you saw at Facebook indicate, and I wonder if, like everything else today, the changes will start coming more and more quickly. As your generation takes over the world, I have to believe that the old prejudices of previous generations will fall away. Your point about the importance of recognizing all that feminism has brought--to all of us--is crucial, too. People often use derogatory terms about something when they are afraid of it, and change does scare people, especially when it threatens to displace those who have traditionally enjoyed power. The world is changing, and for those invested in traditional structures of power, this is a real problem.