Sunday, August 24, 2008

Do or Die

Talked to a friend today about how hard it was in her architecture course. There was so much pressure there that you either emerged the loser or winner by the end of the day. It's a do or die situation. Other than that, one simply gave up. As for her, it was a special case. She needn't force herself too much to achieve great grades. She just needed to finsh up her years here and return home. Her mother would be able to arrange jobs for her. It was her reasoning for not forcing herself. If not, she would have gone crazy.

This was what assignments do to you. You would be so busy trying to complete everything that you thought of the shortest possible way to your goal. This left no room for experimentation or bold unprecendented decisions. In the end, you enjoyed nothing of the whole process. In other words, you simply didn't learn anything new other than what you already knew.

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