We are all work in progress

We all are ignorant about one thing or the other. It will be foolishness if we live in denial of this.

In your place of ignorance, don’t make a fool of yourself because people make silent conclusions about you, and you rarely ever get the opportunity to correct those conclusions.

I remember one day, in my first year of lecturing, I had a Sociology of Education class.

Now, one very interesting woman and somewhat “mighty” at the time came into my class and the following conversation ensued:

She: Oh you teach here now
Me: yes ma’am
She: what course do you teach?
Me: Sociology of Education
She: “Soshiology” not Sociology (she uttered with disdain and to hearing of my students).
Me: smiled.
She: walked away.

She trotted along, supposing that she had dispensed lexical wisdom to a lesser being.

I want to believe she now knows that the word is pronounced as /səʊʃɪˈɒlədʒi,səʊsɪˈɒlədʒi/ not Soshiology that she claimed.

Message: Leaders, stop gloating. It does nothing to you. And if you think you know, pass on your knowledge without that funny look.

Chill babe! We are all work in progress