I am a man who values honesty and truthfulness above all else. But unfortunately, the world is made up of successful liars, and their foolish superiors who cannot see beyond the boot-licking, pig-shoving acts. And for this, I hate the latter more than the former.
I realized this only after getting into IIT. I was appalled at some of my friends behavior. A normal bragging would go about like this -
Yaar, I was sleeping in the first row of the class, assuming the the professor will not notice. And then in the end, just to make sure that the professor does not get any doubts, I asked him a few questions. And sadly, the same professor feels that I am a good student and has given me some extra work to do.
Who are you fooling? Everybody can see through your lies. It was always your intention to get the attention of the professor. You wouldn’t have dressed up neatly and sat in the first row if you wanted to hide in plain sight. If you tell me a story wherein you were jumping down the professors neck with your hands raised just to escape his attention, then please, go find a better listener. I am sick and tired of listening to such attention-seeking stories.
Else, do the right thing and actually owe up to your actions. Confidently declare that you truly wanted to get noticed and are pretty happy about it. Grow up. And the professors, please, a good Yes Man is not necessarily the best student.
And if you are reading this post, I hope you realized that IIT, professor and student are just metaphors.
If I ever go on to become a manager, these Yes Men shall live the hardest time of their lives. I shall eliminate them from my department even if it means removing the top best brains and settling with the second best. I am a stickler for my principles.
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