Bismarck.Roguethief said:
»Bismarck.Roguethief said:
»"Honesty is the best policy" is a nice simple way to view the world that we tell our children and it helps when they're that age, true.
Would be nice to be so young and naive again, keep my consciousness and go back to being 5 or something lol
I'm by no means young, and many of the things I say border on cruel. But I still feel it is for the best more often than not. And the "not" part of that is me just being sarcastic.
A few times of my being honest with someone has caused them great pain or ruined their lives. I don't blindly shine a light of "honesty go! Bluntness can be care and helpful!" anymore like I used to. Sometimes lying is the best thing we can do and sometimes people need much more than truth.
For example if you were the supervisor of that class and trained by professionals to see students' potential and identify needs/capacities, yeah you're definitely likely to be brutally honest and save lives as you are qualified to. But in theory just another student thinking they know what's best? Doesn't sit as well with me.
Think of it less as another student more of as a potential partner.
As someone who puts in work and effort to be one of the best, I don't want to be partnered with someone who skated by and nearly failed their classes. I expect you to be able to carry yourself in a high stress situation and not rely on me.
The sad part is he wants to be a flight medic, which requires even more training and experience. I haven't flat out told him it will will never happen (for one thing he is about 100 pounds over weight to even qualify), and am banking on either him realizing it will never happen or the program supervisor finally giving the ax in the class. He has gotten more than enough freebies and it is time reality sunk in.