FFT: Are you qualified to do something?
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
I was chatting with my friend last night, trying to give him some encouragement to work a little harder since we're graduating soon. In some ways it's some sort of "advice".
I've also had another conversation with another friend that already set my mind on this track. I'll go into more details about this conversation later on.
So the first encouragement talk. It's not like I was lying or anything, I truly believe in what I told him.
I told him that, (paraphrased)
"As a student, there's only one thing you can do, you might as well do it well. It's not that this road is great or anything, but the alternative is worse or far too difficult to predict."Oh, this was because he has a different ambition from the course that he's taking. Hence doubts and all.
Of course, it is an extremely logical way of thinking, and I stand fully behind it. Thing is, I'm not really doing it. I don't think I'm trying to the best of my abilities. As such, "am I qualified to tell my friend that?". I find it to be a very interesting idea to think about. Qualifications. What qualifies you to do something? When are you not qualified to do something?
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