Application: Dabbler

James · #1 03-24-2008, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Inverness

I was thinking this as I was reading James' application too; choosing to study/work when its important instead of going to a party seems more like common sense than good judgement in an unusual situation to me, and common sense is something that has obviously become less common.

Don't confuse good judgment and common sense, as they are two different things. I'd like to remind you that everyone has to make choices in life, and I believe people have different levels of common sense. You can sense that it'd be a bad idea, but if you really wanted to go out and party, you'd be using your good judgment not to.

Inverness · #2 03-25-2008, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by James

Don't confuse good judgment and common sense, as they are two different things. I'd like to remind you that everyone has to make choices in life, and I believe people have different levels of common sense. You can sense that it'd be a bad idea, but if you really wanted to go out and party, you'd be using your good judgment not to.

Party vs. Study for Test(or similar) is too common a situation I think, everybody with a bit of intelligence knows what the right choice to make would be.

I hope people have better examples of their own good judgment than that.

James · #3 03-25-2008, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Inverness

Party vs. Study for Test(or similar) is too common a situation I think, everybody with a bit of intelligence knows what the right choice to make would be.

I hope people have better examples of their own good judgment than that.

He said make it short and to the point, so I did. I could have brought up plenty of examples, but they would have required too much explaining.

Regardless of it being common or similar it's still a choice of good judgment, whether it's a poor example or not, those were the two that were easiest to explain.

cbk1994 · #4 03-25-2008, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by James

He said make it short and to the point, so I did. I could have brought up plenty of examples, but they would have required too much explaining.

Regardless of it being common or similar it's still a choice of good judgment, whether it's a poor example or not, those were the two that were easiest to explain.

We don't want a lot of bad examples, we want one or two good ones, not one or two crappy ones.