Friday, September 17, 2004
Contingencies
Sometimes, you're faced with failure. It's important to accept failure and head to a different plan, rather than mope about it.
For instance, this editorial from the DC complains about how tragic it was that the students' demands weren't put into the new student code of conduct. While pointing fingers is important, it's more important to set a new standard of behavior to adapt to your failure. In this case, for instance, we may have to put aside our desire to cheat, invade classrooms, and otherwise act like a total dick in order to adapt to the changing regulations.
Also important, though, is recognizing the realities of your failure and making future decisions accordingly. Here's an example. Right next to an editorial which complains about how the university fails to take student interests into account, you can find another editorial which says "We should trust that they [The UC and CSU systems] have students’ interests in mind when balancing their budgets and give UC and CSU control of future fee adjustments." Daily life is full of information worth complaining about, but it is important to draw connections.
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