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AjanleKoko: There is some sense in the OP's postulations, if you examine the premises carefully.Chairman, nice to hear such comments from you. Nothing could have been truer |
[quote author=since_1914]O.P., I agree with you 200 per cent! I think this is a general problem around the world today. People hear a dictum or maxim and then the next thing is to start using it carelessly. In my opinion, the question we should have asked is... What is the context in which the words (no knowledge is wasted) were first spoken? This is because there are several notorious maxims like the one above, being daily bandied around without having any correlation to the context in which they were first used. It is also important to note that just because these maxims are been used every day and almost by everyone for decades doesn't in any way make them logical. If you were in the Architecture and Design industry you probably would have also heard notorious maxims like "Form Follows Function". This has even used by Design professors around the world for well over Ninety years now. In the course of my research, I found so many holes in that maxim. First the phrase was misquoted and secondly the context in which it was used then, is difficult to align with how it is been used today. In fact as part of a larger body of work, I have only recently written a 5000 word polemics on the irrelevance of this same maxim- Form follow Function. So in essence, with regards to the maxim- No knowledge is wasted, we must look for the context in which it was first spoken before ascribing any meaning to it. But on its face-value, it think it is absolute nonsense. For instance, in the early days of the craze for Oracle, CCNA and other computer Certifications, I had associates who graduated as Civil Engineers and while they were waiting to go for service and even while job-hunting, enrolled for and took a handful of these certifications. I was disgusted then because I knew, they will never be able to use them; and till this day they have never used those certifications and will never use them because they are full time Civil Engineers. Imagine if they had used half of the resources and time they had then to enroll for classes on Building Information Modelling programs like Revit Architecture, Bentley etc, won't they be standing well above their peers in the industry today? That said, I still think it is good for people to casually study about different subjects just for the sake of general knowledge, without expecting any gratification on account of this. The mere knowledge they have acquired in the process should be enough gratification. The problem we usually have is when people aggressively veer off their professional mark to go speculate in another parallel professional terrains acquiring knowledge they don't need.[/quote]Bonzer, didactic diverging, compelling, incisive and pithily expressed. |
Serendipity: There were times I was over sensitive, I would send like 70 messages during festive seasons like Easter, Christmas and sometimes in celebration of a new month. |
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osadhordy: then what is it plz?By virtue of Section 36 sub 12 of the constitution, one caanot be punished for anything not written down as a crime. So I don't think that what the guy did is stated as punishable anywhere. Or do ypu get punished for licking orange in public even though some people my view that as ungentlemanly and improper? |
Dgunnerz: You haven't decreased your posts too!Ramblings of a frustrated hepopotamus |
osadhordy: Yeah thats true he's not suppose to be given a scholarship because what he did is a criminal act also a murder case for risking his life and the 157 passanger.Not necessarily a crime |
I am at one with you. Check my previous thread on this: www.nairaland.com/782584/watching-football-nothing-sheer-tomfoolery |
I think Airtel is cool and you will do well to deactivate pictures and use it when necessary so that you will save megabytes. |
Abu Mikey: **Yawns**Yawns. |
[quote author=Juan_De_Dios]Nigerians getting all emotional as usual! Our inability or unwillingness to think critically will keep us down. What has Daniel done that is worthy of emulation? Nearly getting himself killed? He's not even smart - at half his age I knew you don't fly from Benin to America. Yeah, send the dolt to Sandhurst and let his mother be proud of him.[/quote]I'm stocked that you caught my drift. We always attach sentiments and emotions to issues. |
KAYD007: I guess the group would have asked that he is buried as a national hero!Sarcastic and asinine |
Some will ask a fish to climb by faith |
Aggrippa: yeah serendipity is correct. in learning the concept of opportunity cost is unconsciously applied. this is why an individual should carefully choose what to learn and master them effectively. one cannot afford to attempt knowing lot of things at once. for example the lawyer or the programmer cannot learn all the aspects of law and programs respectively.Brill |
Serendipity: At bottom, I send most of my messages individually to enable me personalise them by prefacing them with the recipient's name. |
sKeetz: Signs Of End Time!How? |
dacrystal01: Stop being sentimental. Those two analogy do not corellate with each other. A child that throws sachet water at a convoy of the presidency has comitted a crime. He has purpoted in his heart to hurt. It is a sheer act of wickedness.Please, what if he had died? |
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At bottom, I send most of my messages individually to enable me personalise them by prefacing them with the recipient's name. - I do this when the recipients are dear to me otherwise I might just indite the messages and send it at random. - So do you prefer a customized message with your name attached to it or just an impersonal one? |
e mandman: big english...all dis una i2know scholars can sit down and tok anyhow sha...i actualy tot u wanted to suggest d boy taken to movie academy or NDA.Just reappraise your statement'' they are alredy inspired by wrong movies, broken homes, peer group.'' I shudder. |
There were times I was over sensitive, I would send like 70 messages during festive seasons like Easter, Christmas and sometimes in celebration of a new month. - However, I was usually diasppointed given that only a few people would reply, some might just 'flash' to acknowledge the receipt of the message. Few too might call but the majority would be mum which would keep me wondering whether or not they actually got the message. - At any rate, I view as discourteous and a negation of propriety for one to ignore messages completely. without reacting at all. - So how do you react to yours? |
lrguru: i would not want to start indulge u, since its obvious u are a common attention seeking local village town crier who is bent on spreadin news in matters that does not concern u.I don't converse or have confab with juveniles. You are bereft of perspicacity and shrewdness. |
Excellent7: I feel the same way as the OPBitching and stellar 1000 likes! |
What is courageous about this. So if a child tries to put his hand on a fiery furnace, then it becomes courage, the boy was simply oblivious of the risk he put himself and you guys are spewinw courage. What if he had died. He was just simply unaware of the danger it posed, just like a toddler can stay with a poisonous snake and not be afraid. |
You talk more like a simpleton and I'm afraid you are green. Who is talking about sentencing, when he hasn't commited any offence. = This is akin to awarding scholarship to the lad that threw sachets of water on Obasanjo's convoy in 2011. Or wasn't he too courageous. |
lrguru: why are u beefin him, or are u his neighbour or his relative that do not want him to progress?You talk more like a simpleton and I'm afraid you are green. Who is talking about sentencing, when he hasn't commited any offence. = This is akin to awarding scholarship to the lad that threw sachets of water on Obasanjo's convoy in 2011. Or wasn't he too courageous. |
Chanchit: What you fail to realize is that very few people would attempt what this boy did, you think if he's just reunited with his family foreign terrorist groups won't come for his services..? He just displayed what they want "courage" which you and me lack to a very large xtent, or can you do what he did..? Henceforth his career should even be monitored by the government cos he's a rear gem.What is courageous about this. So if a child tries to put his hand on a fiery furnace, then it becomes courage, the boy was simply oblivious of the risk he put himself and you guys are spewinw courage. What if he had died. He was just simply unaware of the danger it posed, just like a toddler can stay with a poisonous snake and not be afraid. |
Hebunn: Maybe the boy should be killed, abi? And I want to believe they're not funding the scholarship with your money... So park well oga ade.I do not in the least begrudge his scholarship. I'm just concerned about the signal that might send to other teenagers when they see that a 'wayward' child is being rewarded. Be pragmatic. |
iamSi: What has that gotta do with what the boy did?... People can be so funnyAnd at times learn to leave sentiments out of issues. |
iamSi: What has that gotta do with what the boy did?... People can be so funnyIt's unfortunate that you couldn't reconcile these apt analogies. |


