Stupid Assumptions

I was checking my students' research papers earlier and 7 of them had the same copies of one paper. They cheated, assuming that I won't be reading their papers. Ergo, 0, not 50, not 70 but 0. Then I read Joyce's blog and her friends opposition to what I said. Then I started thinking of some stupid assumptions by many people, which I have realized time and time again through testing it via ethnomethodological breaching (If you want, you can check that out by searching ethnomethodology's breaching experiments in the internet).



1.) Being NICE doesn't equal being good, just like speaking po and opo doesn't equal respect.

2.) The best things in life, contrary to popular and cliche-ish quotes, ain't for free. You get them in exchange for other very significant things, most of which we don't notice that we are clinging onto it.

3.) People who think that they should avoid conflict as much as possible must be stabbed in the eye. They have it coming always because of avoiding it.

4.) Don't trust the villagers, trust those who are in the same path as you are, those who are impartial to what you are experiencing. You don't serve sugar-coated sugar-flavored sugar balls to kids who have bad teeth. Hindi ka maglalagay ng asin sa patis. Don't confuse what's needed with what's being wanted. You'd be surprised to know that the opinion of people who won't really care really matter.

5.) Consenting DOES NOT equal understanding. People who readily say "naiintindihan kita" really don't unless they probe you.

6.) Just Being Yourself won't get you anywhere. And you're stupid to think that this would mean that you have to pretend.

7.) Trust, respect and other similar things must be earned. Wanting to believe the best in people ain't gonna make it true.

8.) When you hurt someone, it doesn't mean that you've done something wrong. It means there IS something wrong and you just found it. Only then can you know what's the right thing to do.

9.) "Depende sa tao yan" is one of the lamest excuse for not taking responsibility and thinking about what you do. There is no such thing as the "my world, your world", only one world exists (and dont bring me that alternate world stuff because it ain't gonna matter here and I don't care about it).

10.) "Kung kayo talaga, kayo talaga" is bull, and is the lamest excuse I could think of at the moment for not taking responsibility and using your God-given faculties to do something constructive.

11.) People are stupid. By that, you could see how they outgrow it and become wise.

12.) Understanding a situation without doing anything about it is useless. Acceptance therefore is genuine if you're working your ass off to get over it

13.) Unless you're in a coma, don't leave everything to God. He's already so busy with all prayers, complaints, requests and even curses. That's why He gave you the ability to think, which really would make you smart or smarter.

14.) Perseverance doesn't mean worthiness.

15.) Making up excuses is for stupid people and cowards, taking up responsibility is for smart ones. When people won't stand up to do what's required, what's right, trouble escalates to the benefit of no one.



As Dr. House said, "You can think I'm wrong, but that's no reason to stop thinking."