Bootlicking

I guess it's pretty normal to want to "show your best properties" to your superior, be it your boss, your parents or your lecturers for that matter of fact...

However, it intrigues me the extent people will go to do so. Maybe because people with my background does not engage in this... (I mean... if the answer is 50, bootlicking does not make your 60 answer correct) I get really bothered when some students go all the way out to "impress" the lecturer. "Impress" not in term of doing well in their work, but in terms of quoting how "wonderful and capable" their lecturer is on an academic forum.

Maybe I'm aloof, but if saying your lecturer is "pretty and capable and smart" helps get you good grades, then I lose all the respect I can have on educators. = = Please lar... don't treat your lecturer like a fool, I seriously doubt he/she will be impressed or flattered.

The first step to wisdom

The first step towards wisdom, is probably to acknowledge that you know close to nothing. For it is only through knowing that, can one be truly humble and receptive towards learning. And maybe... through relentless learning, one can someday achieve some form of wisdom...

So... Maybe I'm on my way to achieving wisdom... = =

Happy Birthday

Dear Starlight,

Happy Birthday. We miss you.


Love,
Ale