the more you see the less you know
Having it all together is simply a perception...
When people say things like that, all that it means is that someone's hiding their misery better than most...
It's all a lie--no one person knows how the world really works enough to "have it together," there are just a lot of people who think they know how the world works. Making the concession that you simply cannot control it is excruciating for some. Don't interpret this as a substitute for saying that we shouldn't have any accountability for our actions or inactions, that's just laziness...
The biggest and most difficult admission is realizing how much you don't know.
It's odd to come out of a four-year program of study feeling like you know less, but at least you know more truth, or you think you do. College isn't about what you learn, but a test to see how well you can deal with things like stress and deadlines and putting up with bulls*it when it's the last thing you want to do. You know, the sorts of qualities that make you a fine commodity in the work force. If you learn from example, it can teach you how to deal with the world on a more composed level. I think any already observant individual would also come out of a bachelor's program feeling more confident to further observe and deduce. My conclusion: you don't "learn" anything you didn't already know before you started, the truth has simply become more evident, for better or worse.
In science they teach us: you can't ever really know anything for sure, and there's always more research needed on any hypothesis. Yes, that's right... and can you believe science is a field some study because they seek concrete facts or reality. The truth: no field can give you concrete answers, but at least science is honest about not knowing... unlike some fields.
Ah, now for some mindlessness, another something from blogthings.com, my "inner European":
k
When people say things like that, all that it means is that someone's hiding their misery better than most...
It's all a lie--no one person knows how the world really works enough to "have it together," there are just a lot of people who think they know how the world works. Making the concession that you simply cannot control it is excruciating for some. Don't interpret this as a substitute for saying that we shouldn't have any accountability for our actions or inactions, that's just laziness...
The biggest and most difficult admission is realizing how much you don't know.
It's odd to come out of a four-year program of study feeling like you know less, but at least you know more truth, or you think you do. College isn't about what you learn, but a test to see how well you can deal with things like stress and deadlines and putting up with bulls*it when it's the last thing you want to do. You know, the sorts of qualities that make you a fine commodity in the work force. If you learn from example, it can teach you how to deal with the world on a more composed level. I think any already observant individual would also come out of a bachelor's program feeling more confident to further observe and deduce. My conclusion: you don't "learn" anything you didn't already know before you started, the truth has simply become more evident, for better or worse.
In science they teach us: you can't ever really know anything for sure, and there's always more research needed on any hypothesis. Yes, that's right... and can you believe science is a field some study because they seek concrete facts or reality. The truth: no field can give you concrete answers, but at least science is honest about not knowing... unlike some fields.
Ah, now for some mindlessness, another something from blogthings.com, my "inner European":
| Your Inner European is French! |
 Smart and sophisticated. You have the best of everything - at least, *you* think so. |
k
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