Comments on: Youthful Hubris, Where Art Thou? http://flawedbutauthentic.com/2008/05/07/youthful-hubris-where-art-thou/ Exchange Some Yellow! Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:31:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mocha http://flawedbutauthentic.com/2008/05/07/youthful-hubris-where-art-thou/#comment-850 Mocha Fri, 09 May 2008 04:23:47 +0000 http://flawedbutauthentic.com/?p=155#comment-850 Honestly, these were far better answers than I could have come up with even with a shot of tequila or twelve. So, thank you all. And Suebob? I need that quote on my wall at work and at home. It fits nicely in both places. Honestly, these were far better answers than I could have come up with even with a shot of tequila or twelve. So, thank you all.

And Suebob? I need that quote on my wall at work and at home. It fits nicely in both places.

]]> By: Suebob http://flawedbutauthentic.com/2008/05/07/youthful-hubris-where-art-thou/#comment-845 Suebob Thu, 08 May 2008 22:51:59 +0000 http://flawedbutauthentic.com/?p=155#comment-845 Life is a hologram - every part contains the whole. It is not about making a big difference. I think the big difference might be a lie. All we can do is what is in front of us as best we can with what we have. It is simply a sign of being a good, decent, hardworking person that you feel you should do more than you already do. Life is a hologram - every part contains the whole. It is not about making a big difference. I think the big difference might be a lie. All we can do is what is in front of us as best we can with what we have. It is simply a sign of being a good, decent, hardworking person that you feel you should do more than you already do.

]]> By: EMama http://flawedbutauthentic.com/2008/05/07/youthful-hubris-where-art-thou/#comment-844 EMama Thu, 08 May 2008 15:09:36 +0000 http://flawedbutauthentic.com/?p=155#comment-844 I would quit my job today if it weren't for those bills that keep needing to get paid. Theoretically I'm improving society with drug development, but my piddley contributions aren't what keep me here. Maybe when I'm here longer and get more responsibility? Mmm, maybe today wasn't the best day for me to answer that. I would quit my job today if it weren’t for those bills that keep needing to get paid. Theoretically I’m improving society with drug development, but my piddley contributions aren’t what keep me here. Maybe when I’m here longer and get more responsibility?

Mmm, maybe today wasn’t the best day for me to answer that.

]]> By: Her Bad Mother http://flawedbutauthentic.com/2008/05/07/youthful-hubris-where-art-thou/#comment-843 Her Bad Mother Thu, 08 May 2008 14:34:33 +0000 http://flawedbutauthentic.com/?p=155#comment-843 Here's my downer answer - a big reason why I left university teaching was that it seemed to make so much *less* of a difference than I thought it would when I was in grad school. So many apathetic students, so many students uninterested in the subject (political philosophy). Maybe one bright-eyed student for every hundred. Would it have been worth it to stay for that one student? Maybe. But I'm happier writing more, lecturing less. So, I get through each day doing more of what I love, even if it isn't changing the world. Here’s my downer answer - a big reason why I left university teaching was that it seemed to make so much *less* of a difference than I thought it would when I was in grad school. So many apathetic students, so many students uninterested in the subject (political philosophy). Maybe one bright-eyed student for every hundred. Would it have been worth it to stay for that one student? Maybe. But I’m happier writing more, lecturing less. So, I get through each day doing more of what I love, even if it isn’t changing the world.

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