DISQUS

Interesting post. I started my own businesses while I was in undergraduate school and then continued one for a couple years after graduation. My plan had been to attend law school for several years and not necessarily to be an entrepreneur, so it wasn't as if I was quitting due to failure. Now that I'm back in school and do interact with the business school at my university, what I gather is:

1) Our top-ranked business school is overrated and doesn't really teach students the skills they'd need to be as successful as an employer would want, let alone to start their own businesses. This was the same sentiment floating around the business school of my undergraduate university. Basically, students are on vacation, and it's easy to earn good grades. I was disappointed to learn about this, since one of the reasons I considered Penn for law school is because I could simultaneously earn a business certificate and because at my current law school many of us apply to receive a joint JD/MBA degree. Since I didn't choose Penn, I considered doing the latter with my current law school, until I found out it would have been a waste of money and that the experience I gained running my businesses would be far more valuable than anything our business school would teach me.

2) The school feeds students right to employers, i.e. no, they are not becoming entrepreneurs. Employers come to campus, students do on-campus interviews, they get hired, and that seems to be that. Students want the "easy cash"...they want to know they will make lots of money every year, especially if they got into debt to attend their school, so they take the "easy" path by working for someone. The same is true with law school and entering law firms rather than striking out on your own to start a law firm.

I really think MS. has some good points. It does feel a little as if you're comparing blogs and saying why yours is better. I think it's important that blogs be different and that people express different ideas in different ways, whatever way works for them. And some people will connect with that or even prefer that. It's not always about readership or making everyone coming to your blog happy, which is impossible. Even blogs that are not angry bother some readers for some reason or another.

No, not everyone is going to want to read anger, and anger is not always healthy. But it's a blog vs going out and hurting someone physically over anger. Venting on the blog might be one of the reasons why that person is not out doing something that truly is unhealthy, and, if that's the case, it is healthy and cathartic.

People get angry, and that's natural. I don't think it's natural to always say, "Well, I'm going to focus on what's positive and not express anger"...that can be like burying anger rather than dealing with it. Sometimes you need to be angry, and then you'll be able to figure out solutions later once you're over it or have calmed down.

I think the questions "why are black blogs so angry" and figuring out where the anger is coming from have obvious answers and are probably answered in many of the blogs you'd hate to read just because people are telling exactly what they're angry about and why in a way you don't agree with. But, as someone said, not all blacks are the same, so maybe it's not obvious to all blacks why so many blacks are angry and feel the need to express that in writing sometimes.