Re: justification of study effort

[Kathy Morgan]

*SIGH*  I always hate hearing this complaint.  To me, it exemplifies a 
peculiarity that may be unique to the United States--this Horatio 
Alger-ish idea that hard work invariably leads to success.  This 
unspoken sense of entitlement worries me when I think about the future 
of this country.

I tell my students (depending on how jaded I am) that the unfortunate 
truth is that only their moms care about how much work they did.  In the 
"real" world, the client does not know or care how hard you worked on a 
project.  If he or she does not like it, you don't get paid or you don't 
get the contract.  I can work out every day at the gym for years, but 
that doesn't mean I am going to get to be a member of the Olympic 
team--no matter how much I might want to be!

You have my sympathies.
--Kathy Morgan
Wheaton College
Norton, MA  02766
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