Is 99.9% good enough for us??
By patrickn10 on May 22, 2008 in random
One of Oscar Wilde’s well-remembered quotes. It makes us think about ourselves and who we are as human beings. If we realise who we truly are, we can realise our potentials and by realising our potentials, we can at least take a shot at living it….. Definitely easier said than done…
Our peers and families tell us to ‘try our best’ and that in itself is the ultimate achievement for us. Well, when we hear this so-called ’support’, take notice and maybe work harder not just for our families, but for our own satisfaction and achievement. We are also told that perfection should not be strived for, as it isn’t possible to attain it. Well, now I am going to have to prove this wrong… And I mean it….
If ONLY 99.9% is good enough for any of us then…
Every day there will be 12 newborn babies given to the wrong parents
Every year there will be 114,500 mismatched pairs of shoes shipped out from the USA
Every HOUR there will be 18,322 pieces of mail mishandled by the American Post Services
This year there will be 2,000,000 documents lost by the Internal Revenues Service
Every year there will be 2.5 million books shipped with the wrong covers
Every day there will be two planes that lands at Chicago’s O’Hare airport that is unsafe.
Every year there will be 315 entries in Webster’s Dictionary misspelled
Every year there will be 20,000 incorrect drug prescriptions that is written
Every year there will be 880,000 credit cards in circulation that hold incorrect cardholder information on their magnetic strips
During this year there will be 103,300 income tax returns processed incorrectly
Every year there will be 5.5 million cases of soft drinks produced flat
Every year there will be 291 pacemaker operations performed incorrectly
The above list proves my point exactly. There are people out there with jobs that demand perfection and us as students shouldn’t be striving for the best of our ability but realising our potential and getting the best out of our potential.
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