Comments on: But you have great potential… http://mscatalysta.com/2008/08/18/but-you-have-great-potential/ Trying to get down the aisle in one piece... Sat, 30 Jul 2011 06:40:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: thecoconutdiaries http://mscatalysta.com/2008/08/18/but-you-have-great-potential/comment-page-1/#comment-284 thecoconutdiaries Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:50:46 +0000 http://mscatalysta.com/?p=153#comment-284 "I've got great potential for being an optimist"? Priceless. Keep your humor and you will do fine. It's interesting...I didn't read "you have great potential" as something negative. To me it sounds like someone is genuinely paying attention to you and your work; only they they lack the specificity of praise that you need to make it sound like an actual compliment. So, potential optimist, put that in your pipe and smoke it! “I’ve got great potential for being an optimist”? Priceless. Keep your humor and you will do fine.

It’s interesting…I didn’t read “you have great potential” as something negative. To me it sounds like someone is genuinely paying attention to you and your work; only they they lack the specificity of praise that you need to make it sound like an actual compliment. So, potential optimist, put that in your pipe and smoke it!

]]> By: Foz Meadows http://mscatalysta.com/2008/08/18/but-you-have-great-potential/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Foz Meadows Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:55:12 +0000 http://mscatalysta.com/?p=153#comment-282 Lol, my whole recent being-fired-for-having-a-personality thing is still at the forefront of my mind, but if there's one unfairness I can't stand, it's false accusation. I hate being yelled at for errors that weren't my fault - but then, so does everyone. :) Lol, my whole recent being-fired-for-having-a-personality thing is still at the forefront of my mind, but if there’s one unfairness I can’t stand, it’s false accusation. I hate being yelled at for errors that weren’t my fault – but then, so does everyone. :)

]]> By: Miranda http://mscatalysta.com/2008/08/18/but-you-have-great-potential/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Miranda Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:25:31 +0000 http://mscatalysta.com/?p=153#comment-280 Hello princess cynical...Queen cynical here. I feel that life isn't fair all the time. I total feel you on the whole test score thing. Some of us in this world just don't have the test-taking gene. I worked with a girl a year younger than me and we were both applying to vet school that year. I studied for my GRE for 3-4 months, she didn't study at all. My score - 900... her's was over 1300. Just to clarify, average for a vet hopeful is around 1200. Not fair. It was the same way in high school with the ACT. And this trend has continued through vet school. My friends always ask me questions and study with me in class, and I know this stuff, they tell me I know this stuff. When it comes to test time I get - Thanks for ruining the curve when in reality, I'm really thankful for any curve I can get. My friends from class and I now know my testing potential and come to expect me, as a test-taking potential vet, to be mediocre if that (and we know that the girl sitting at the end of our row is the one that blows the curve - another great test taker). I've accepted that now, though and realize that whether or not I graduate as a DVM with a 3.0 or a 4.0, I'm still going to be a vet, and no test score is going to tell me that I'm a bad one. I agree that potential is a crappy word. I have great potential of being a musician, but my heart really wasn't in it, therefore, I'm still in school. How about, you have great drive and ambition and based on what I know about you - you're going to remain fabulous and do great things in addition to what you do already. A little more of a mouth-full than potential, but so much better. Hello princess cynical…Queen cynical here. I feel that life isn’t fair all the time. I total feel you on the whole test score thing. Some of us in this world just don’t have the test-taking gene. I worked with a girl a year younger than me and we were both applying to vet school that year. I studied for my GRE for 3-4 months, she didn’t study at all. My score – 900… her’s was over 1300. Just to clarify, average for a vet hopeful is around 1200. Not fair. It was the same way in high school with the ACT. And this trend has continued through vet school. My friends always ask me questions and study with me in class, and I know this stuff, they tell me I know this stuff. When it comes to test time I get – Thanks for ruining the curve when in reality, I’m really thankful for any curve I can get. My friends from class and I now know my testing potential and come to expect me, as a test-taking potential vet, to be mediocre if that (and we know that the girl sitting at the end of our row is the one that blows the curve – another great test taker). I’ve accepted that now, though and realize that whether or not I graduate as a DVM with a 3.0 or a 4.0, I’m still going to be a vet, and no test score is going to tell me that I’m a bad one. I agree that potential is a crappy word. I have great potential of being a musician, but my heart really wasn’t in it, therefore, I’m still in school. How about, you have great drive and ambition and based on what I know about you – you’re going to remain fabulous and do great things in addition to what you do already. A little more of a mouth-full than potential, but so much better.

]]> By: Dingo http://mscatalysta.com/2008/08/18/but-you-have-great-potential/comment-page-1/#comment-278 Dingo Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:16:46 +0000 http://mscatalysta.com/?p=153#comment-278 I am sure that you do have great lawyer potential. The LSAT proves diddly squat. I've met and worked with attorneys who were great at standardized tests but sucked at being people, much less lawyers! But, I'd like to quote my good friend Calvin, from the cartoon Calvin & Hobbes <i>Calvin's Dad: The world isn't fair Calvin. Calvin: I know, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?</i> I am sure that you do have great lawyer potential. The LSAT proves diddly squat. I’ve met and worked with attorneys who were great at standardized tests but sucked at being people, much less lawyers!

But, I’d like to quote my good friend Calvin, from the cartoon Calvin & Hobbes

Calvin’s Dad: The world isn’t fair Calvin.
Calvin: I know, but why isn’t it ever unfair in my favor?

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