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Originally Posted by Angela  There you go again, with your do-do! 
Again, I'm talking about who you are being, not what you're doing.
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It is all up to you. It is all about you. You can blame others all you want, but it's not going to get you what you want.
Do you understand? |
I think I understand!
I mean, I will certainly take responsibility for whatever I do, but what I came here for is to ask some... procedural suggestions :P
I
will take 100% responsibility for my actions.
But I would merely like some further suggestions on
which actions to take.
There's one thing that strikes me though (let me use Brutha's example)...
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Originally Posted by Brutha Don't feel offended by the result of your actions.
If I get a bad note on my math exam, it is pointless to feel offended by the math teacher. It is better to think: Maybe I should learn more the next time. |
I will take 100% responsibility for
my actions.
Suppose I did my exam really well, but the teacher correcting it discriminates against people like me (e.g. because of my race) and gives me a lower grade than what I actually worked for.
It's not that I feel offended for no reason, it's the teacher who gave me the bad grade. And it was his action.
I would obviously be wasting time complaining about him (is that what you meant, Angela, by saying that it's no use blaming them?), but it was still his action that created the negative impact.
Or should I be 100% responsible for other people's actions, too?
Or is the fact that the teacher is a racist a result of my actions?
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P.S. Brutha, OK, I'll send you an edited "transcript" of our conversation because the original one was done on an online community containing all our real-life personal data.