I suddenly came to this thought, even though I am not feeling well right now, because there is more than one instance where I hear of my friends calling their own committee members and friends 'not up to standard', ' low calibre', 'lousy', 'cannot make it', and a lot more...
As a person who has to fight through everything from scratch, I am quite offended by these remarks.
Just to clarify, in my own opinion, no one is 'lousy', ' low calibre', 'cannot make it' and what have you. As the Chinese sayings go that there is an expert for every field of work, and every dog has its day, the point that I want to make is that we do not deserve to judge anyone as lousy, or having no potential whatsoever.
The critical issue, in which so many of us forget, is to try and help them and us look out for the one special thing that each and every one of us can excel in.
In fact those who call these remarks should retract those derogatory and demoralising phrases. Because we all start from scratch somewhere. Take my ex classmate for example who started from scratch after O levels but has finally carved out a career for himself and is doing very well.
So the moral of the story: Before you even think of saying these words, think about yourself in their shoes and ask yourself if you can do better than them. If you can, help them out, or do their work to prove a point. Otherwise, it is best not to say it.
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