What's the answer?

[Tant01]

40 Things You'd Like to Say Out Loud at Work to someone but DON'T !

I can see your point, but I still think you're full of shit.

I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to pronounce.

How about never? Is never good for you?

I see you've set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in public.

I'm really easy to get along with once you people learn to see it my way.

I'll try being nicer if you'll try being smarter.

I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message.

I don't work here. I'm a consultant.

It sounds like English, but I can't understand a damn word you're saying.

Ahhh...I see the screw-up fairy has visited us again.

I like you. You remind me of myself when I was young and stupid.

You are validating my inherent mistrust of strangers.

I have plenty of talent and vision. I just don't give a damn.

I'm already visualizing the duct tape over your mouth.

I will always cherish the initial misconceptions I had about you.

Thank you. We're all refreshed and challenged by your unique point of view.

The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist.

Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental.

What am I? Flypaper for freaks!?

I'm not being rude. You're just insignificant.

It's a thankless job, but I've got a lot of Karma to burn off.

Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.

And your crybaby whiny-assed opinion would be...?

Do I look like a people person?

This isn't an office. It's Hell with fluorescent lighting.

I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left.

Sarcasm is just one more service we offer.

If I throw a stick, will you leave?

Errors have been made. Others will be blamed.

Whatever kind of look you were going for, you missed.

I'm trying to imagine you with a personality.

A cubicle is just a padded cell without a door.

Can I trade this job for what's behind door #1?

Too many freaks, not enough circuses.

Nice perfume. Must you marinate in it?

Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done.

How do I set a laser printer to stun?

I thought I wanted a career. Turns out I just wanted a salary.

Who lit the fuse on your tampon?

Oh I get it... like humour... but different

[Tant01]

Good teacher, bad teacher

"It doesn't matter.... It doesn't matter if you say that I am a bad teacher. I have tenure."

http://www.ndsmcobserver.com/media/storage/paper660/news/2004/09/15/Viewpoint/Good-Teacher.Bad.Teacher-718825.shtml?norewrite200604021841&sourcedomain=www.ndsmcobserver.com

[darkrelevance]

the worst student is not the only measure of a martial art. but if even the worst student is way better than you, then it must say something about the art/school/instructor.

"anyone" can take someone with a lot of talent and turn them into a great fighter. its much harder to take someone with little or not talent and still make them a great fighter. if a teacher is able to turn mediocre fighters into great fighters, and raise the average proficiency of all of their students, they would be much better than the teacher with a few star students that may be great fighters while everyone else is crap.

a great teacher/art should be able to make "greatness" out of anything and not only the talented but also the mediocre?

[Shoot]

This is a great question. I think we measure it by what an average person can do with it through hard work and dedication over a "reasonable" amount of time of practice.

Some arts are simple and effective and can be used by the proverbial "everyday man" who would represent the extent of the "worst" in my answer, "yes." Some arts are very difficult to learn because they require years of intense practice and extreme athleticism. So, if I developed a martial art that, if mastered, could defeat 99.9999% of the world's population in hand to hand combat but it required that you be able to bench press 500 lbs, be able to long jump 25 feet and do a bunch of other fantastic athletic feats etc.... and only .0001% would have the athleticism to master it, how would we measure this MA? If I developed a martial art that a 50 percentile man could learn easily, never forget, and would increase his chance of survival in a real world altercation by 65%, but would leave him losing to 98% of MMA fighters how would we measure that MA? What about a MA that uses only lethal techniques, how do we measure its effectiveness?

I suppose what I'm saying is that the utility of the MA has to be considered.

[WildWest.]

The style doesn't make the individual, the individual makes the style.

[stabbychick]

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[OmaPlata]

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Is a Martial Art only as good as it's worst student?

that would be the first day for a person in class, so no

[treelizard]

Nice quote! Pretty much sums up how I feel about the subject.

I like it too. But I prefer, "You can lead a horse to water, but it will make a mess."