Ravit's Blog

When looking forward to the great expanse that I envision lying forward in the future, I feel awestruck imagining the range of possible outcomes that exist. On the one hand, I imagine how if I put my best foot forward and dedicate myself wholeheartedly to the pursuit of my ambition, with the help of luck I might find myself in the position of just having found a top job at a large company. On the other hand, I imagine myself allowing things to slip by and not endeavoring to find a good job and not practicing the skills needed to find one, but instead slacking off and investing suboptimal effort in pursuing my duty. Comparing these two drastic alternatives, I can see that the long-term effects of both are drastic. One the one hand, I can work my way into finding a respectable position in society. If not, I might find myself bereft of a job, straggling to keep up with the lower ranks of the software engineering competition. However, more important to me currently than achieving either of...

Inspired by the web series Gullak , I have been thinking about a sportsman-like attitude to studies, academia, and preparation for the workforce, where an attitude of a game is taken towards the whole enterprise of studying hard, getting good grades, maintaining good extracurriculars, having good references, maintaining achievements, and securing good placement in schools or jobs. That being said, there are varying degrees of the serious-ness of attitude that people take towards sports, but they are surely not awarded the same degree of seriousness as practical life affairs, such as marriage, divorce, birth, illness, death, divorce, politics, arguments, or careers. All the way from middle school, or perhaps earlier, starting in elementary school, to college and beyond, developing individuals typically have the opportunity to be immersed in a school-type setting in which there are students, resources, hope, motivation, and a range of attitudes and feelings. While there are some for whom...