As a member of the I Ho Chuan team I've been away from class and the extracurricular activities more than I've been present, which makes it very difficult to feel like I have a voice in the meetings or organizational discussions or emails. When my schedule doesn't align with the demos, Tiger Challenge, Chinese New Year, learning the lion dance, assisting with the dragon dance, etc....it really leaves me no choice but to sit back and keep my thoughts to myself. Committing and not following through would let the team down even further than not committing at all. This is not a matter of all or nothing, its a matter of knowing my situation.
I've got to a point where I'm tired of blaming my attendance on my career (I've had enough of hearing it myself!), because I realize that everyone has challenges, not just myself. In all honesty, my schedule is the most hindering but when I spend 60% of my life away from my home and my family, when I return it is very difficult to fit everything in that I need to do, plus get some rest for my next 200hr (2 week shift).
I wish I could commit to more and I wish that this didn't bother as much as it does. I appreciate what the team is doing and apologize for my lack of involvement.
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Darcy Regier
Without major(and unnecessary)adjustment, a square peg cannot fit into a round hole. No matter how hard a square peg tries, it cannot wish itself to fit into the round hole. Does that make the square peg invaluable? No. Square pegs have their own unique contribution. But here's the thing: a square peg needs a square hole in order to "fit" and that takes custom designing.
ReplyDeleteBut what if, when one looks closely at the perceived round hole, it's not actually round, but square and it's designed to fit not one square peg, but a number of square pegs of all different sizes and angles?