Cultural judgment? Are you applying that filter to all members of a culture or just some? Are you painting an entire cultural group with a single brush? I'd say so. Lets take African Americans, which in itself will be rejected by some people with 'black' skin. Are you saying that a Haitian, Jamaicans, a deep south black, a NY black, an LA black and Obama all share the same cultural values? Do these differences warrant a new test to cover each difference of culture WITHIN a culture as well as between cultures? Again, life or death takes precedence over any so called cultural 'ideal' (or whatever) against 'ratting'. Or is it a stereotype?
I see this as a problem with the rules, not the test. The test is fairly reflecting the rules that govern firefighters. If a stereotype member of a culture can't follow the rules then either change the rules, change the culture, or just do what the rest of society has to do and follow the rules. Blaming the test is BS in my mind. Lets apply a new rule. WWOD - What would Obama do? And the cry goes up, he's an exception. He's a special case. He's different. And the point is made. On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Dana<[email protected]> wrote: > > that's fine. I am not arguing that you should not think that, nor am I > saying that you do not. > > But there are also groups where "ratting" is always the wrong answer, > and without ignoring the situation you can also take him home. I can > think of several people I know who would do exactly that. > > You or I may feel ths is the wrong choice, but it is important to > realize that this is a cultural judgement and assumes that authority > is rational and can be trusted to do the right thing. Someone who does > not know what the "correct" answer is in this case probably is not a > candidate for promotion, sure. Even someoen who does not agree with > the answer should know what circle to fill in here. But there is still > a cultural content to the question. > > Note: This is only a generic practice test and we do not know if this > specific question or something like it was on the New Haven test -- > but again -- you asked for a question with a cultural bias. Here is an > example. > > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Cameron Childress<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Dana<[email protected]> wrote: >>> just saying. There are cultural values there. In certain groups you >>> NEVER call an officer. Ever. >> >> When you are in a life or death job dealing with public safely that >> holds no water. At all. >> >> Additionally, there is surely a policy and procedures manual that >> gives guidance for a question like this. Someone is drunk on the job? >> This is what you do. End of story. >> >> -Cameron >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:299305 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
