Philosophy was a bore today. There was a report by a classmate thus the start of the monotonous subject.
Amidst the idea that it was rather an interesting subject matter there are factors to consider why majority of the class are dissinterested to even pay attention to the topic being discussed. One was that the method of reporting was of the usual: read-the-contents-of-the-slide then explain-what-was-in-the-slide, a conventional strategy. Another was that, it was very late afternoon-- almost night when the discussion had taken place. And lastly, the weather had been horrible and most had been ill and would not take the chance of being marked absent to maintain a clean record; afterall, who would want their files tainted permanently? Do note that this post was not to put the reporter down but merely point out that today was not exactly the best of days, not that any of us had any choice.
What caught the interest of these students were the thought of:
"What is the difference between intellect and common sense? They seem to play the same role by drawing conclusions and making judgment."
"Why is common sense not so common?"
brought about by several students during the question portion of the said report. I commed the professor by doing justice the subject. Well done indeed!
History was yet another drag. The professor did not do justice the history of the Japanese Period. The last period had the same effect. Consolation for the tiring day, it did not rain on the way back home. Quite a lovely day, isn't it?
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"Why is common sense not so common?" - I asked this wuestion in class! LOL:>
*question
"Why is common sense not so common?" Common sense is common because it's there, but it's not commonly used by people, sadly.
It's like finding a heap of stones. Most people would just ignore it, but there might be one or two who would use it (and sometimes, those people get laughed at during the start). Someone might use it for an abstract mosaic... thingy, and someone might smoothen out the rough edges and make it into a necklace (no matter how hippie that sounds). It depends on how you use it, and more often than not, it awes people once the full potential of the "stone" is released.
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Yes, it's obvious that my brain is only half-working. Sorry if my two cents aren't worth anything.
To Mistukai: In other words.... you are saying the people tend to make simple things complicated. That's why the "common" becomes "uncommon". Its not too hard for you, huh?
To Arianne: Yup, it was yous question, and it was a very good question indeed! I commend you!
*your
some people are just too oblivious to see what's right in front of their noses. they don't use their common sense (exactly what mitsukai said. they either over-analyze things or jump into conclusions.
i have a friend who is book-smart but devoid of common sense. hes in engineering. anyhow, for his girlfriend's birthday, he gives her a cake. only, she lives in cebu. so he sends it via FedEx to cebu. by the time it gets to the girl, the cake is spoiled.
i do not know how he didn't see that coming.
that doesnt beat mitsukai's stone story though. hahahaha!!!
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