ponder ponder

“When an assertion is made, either based on incident or based on fact, you need to answer the assertion. If it is not disputed, acknowledge it. If it is disputed, explain it. Explanation enables interpretation of facts which will facilitate the understanding of those facts. It is only then that we can apply the correct principles and eliminate wastages of time.”

It felt as if I was transported right back to uni. I was treated like one; just clothed in a different shell. Hell, I bet that uncle with a doctorate and wears hearing aid also felt as if he was treated like a student. All of us, regardless of experience, were “lectured” together. After all, he makes the rules here.

I actually jotted down what he was saying, or what I understood it to be. Maybe I didn’t want to be singled out as the-cocky-one-who-thinks-she-knows-enough-thus-I’m-going-to-give-her-hell-to-teach-her-that-in-my-territory-she-does-not-know-much. Maybe it prevented me from falling asleep. Maybe I really was interested.

Whatever the reason, as I re-read it, I thought, well. He makes sense. In his own ideal world; where truth is the barest requirement.

Perhaps in ours too, if we each try hard enough.