Don't know what happened, but today during my pchem discussion, I suddenly just felt like I did way back in high school during my freshman to junior year days. Back then, I had a phase when I would compose poetry for fun and just wonder about what happens in the world by jotting down random verses that I thought connected together well. Anyway, I did listen to what was going on in discussion too! Here it goes...
Having said and done
is having done what is said,
which is to be good at.
Having not said and done
is having done what is not said,
which can be proud of or punished.
So, would you rather remain neutral and be unknown
or risk judgment and obtain recognition?
The more and more I get into the world, the more I ask myself, "am I able to deal with this on my own? Or should I ask someone more knowledgeable to tell me how it's done?" I feel like I'm incapable of dealing with something that pops up and I am unprepared for it. If I saw someone else deal with it, then I would be able to, too. But that's just like copying. It's not like I came up with it on my own. Just more practice? Is that enough to be able to think in new situations?
Haha, I realize that I jump to conclusions too quickly. When I first saw "said and done" I assumed that you were making a play on the idiom "when all is said and done" but then after reading, I realized that you meant "said and done" literally :)
ReplyDeleteI actually dislike writing poetry. I love reading it, dissecting it, and writing about it (would definitely pick writing about a poem over a novel any day), but I don't like writing it. It's too concise for someone like me who likes writing about the significance and possibilities of every detail/action.
Since you posed a question at the end, what would you choose? Automatically, I say risk judgment and obtain recognition because I'm ambitious like that, but when I think about it more, I guess it depends on the situation. Take for example, answering a question in class. When it's in a discussion group or one-on-one, I have no problems with giving an answer. But if it's in a huge lecture hall, that's definitely not as likely. I guess it mostly depends on the degree of risk. It seems many things in life always simplify to whether the good outweighs the bad or the bad outweighs the good.
And for your last questions. I'd definitely answer practice. Like even in a school setting... last week during ochem tutoring, since their midterm was Thursday night, the most common questions I got were "How should I study?" and "How can I do well on the test?" My answer was, of course, practice! In this case, test problems = unknown situations. Basically, I said that by doing practice you're familiarizing yourself with the general concepts and you start to see patterns and develop methods for solving certain types of problems. Thus when given the test, even if you've never seen the reaction before, you've probably done something similar to it in practice that you can recall and build upon.
noOOO!! I wanted to post a long comment, but when I clicked "post comment," blogger said something went wrong! and now I don't have that long comment anymore. :( I hope I remember most of it...
ReplyDeleteI'm the type to let others talk first and I will insert my ideas every now and then, but if there aren't people willing to talk first, then I will. It's like I put myself in a backup position. If there aren't people taking action, then I will. But if people are willing to go first, I'll let them. Like leading or something. I'm fine with just supporting unless leadership is really needed. Then I'll go for it.
Sometimes, there isn't a clear lean towards good or bad. So then, what do you use to measure? Like having to choose between going to two events you enjoy. Or approaching a professor about something like research. Sometimes, I don't know if it's better if I just do as I am told or do what I think will work (and if it doesn't, whoops).
Yeah, I think more practice gives more experiences. But there are always going to be surprises because people all have different personalities. Who knows what things people can think up when they visit you/call you/approach you. I'm thinking about patient visitations. haha. And there are experiences that you can read about and somehow know them when they happen to you. So then you're somewhat prepared if you thought about it, which is something I'm not good at. If I haven't experienced it firsthand, I won't remember it. Also, there are experiences you can learn from other people, but that's if you remember what they did and recognize the situation. Again, something I'm not good at. I guess, share more and experience more! :) I hope you can share with me your experiences too. mutual exchange of successes and failures!