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YODA
Black Belt
Joined: 25 Jan 2002
Posts: 1033
Location: England (int'north west)
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Special Olympics
A few years ago, at the Seattle Special Olympics, nine contestants, all physically or mentally disabled, assembled at the starting line for the 100-yard dash. At the gun, they all started out, not exactly in a dash, but with a relish to run the race to the finish and win. All, that is, except one little boy who stumbled on the asphalt tumbled over a couple of times, and began to cry.
The other eight heard the boy cry. They slowed down and looked back. Then they all turned around and went back. Every one of them! One girl with Down's Syndrome bent down and kissed him and said: "This will make it better." Then, all nine linked arms and walked together to the finish line. Everyone in the stadium stood, and the cheering went on for several minutes.
People who were there are still telling the story. Why? Because deep down we know this one thing:
"What matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves. What matters in this life is helping others win, even if it means slowing down and changing our course."
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YODA
2nd Degree Black Belt : Doce Pares Eskrima www.docepares.co.uk
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Ai Hate
Yellow Belt
Joined: 07 Apr 2002
Posts: 86
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| Posted: Mon May 06, 2002 4:06 am Post subject: |
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a very touching story, yoda. 
i'm gonna mail this one to my friends.  |
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Bon
Black Belt
Joined: 10 Aug 2001
Posts: 1047
Location: Australia
Styles: BJJ, Kickboxing
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| Posted: Mon May 06, 2002 4:56 am Post subject: |
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Hmm, I love to help people..
But, very few people appreciate it.
An example, I took the time to ring up a kung fu dojo and find out some information for my friends. From what I found out, it seems to be a good dojo, training 6 times a week, cheap prices, no belt/grading systems, with an introductory lesson of 2 hours, then you can join in the 'normal' classes.. I found out all the info and passed it on to them..
They didn't go and won't go.. How far do I have to go ? Organise to pick them up and take them to the dojo and go in with them, join in too ?
Another example, I do SDD (software design & development) which a lot of people are struggling with.. They do general mathematics though, so that could be part of their problem too since they can't even do basic algebra.. There's this guy who ignores me and my friend when his group is around, but when they go to class and we go to SDD he's our best friend. He EXPECTS and DEMANDS help from us, we explain the same thing to him a million times, a simple concept like arrays, he doesn't care, he just wants us to do his work, so he can hand the assignment in and get good marks! Packs the ****s with us 'cause we wouldn't do it for him, only 5 people out of the class of 16 or so managed to get their program fully working.. When he expects help, he just comes straight up to us, otherwise he doesn't want to associate with us, and he doesn't even greet us, or ask us how we are. I was busy fixing a bug up in my program and he was constantly trying to tell me his problem.. Fair go!
the moral of this story, people wait to be acted on and don't want to help themselves win.. People who are prepared to put the effort in to win, I'm more than happy to help.. But, they are very few and far between.
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tessone
Green Belt
Joined: 23 Apr 2002
Posts: 395
Location: Galesburg, IL
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| Posted: Mon May 06, 2002 7:07 am Post subject: |
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Software engineering in general is a sadistic art. Anything more complex than "hello world" can be impossible to read unless you wrote it. Wait three months, and even that doesn't help. "Uh...what was I thinking here?"
The thing that's nice about MA is that you can practice forms all you want, but to really improve your techniques, you need someone else's help. Anyone who said they got their black belt through their hard work alone isn't telling the truth. 
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kicker
Black Belt
Joined: 17 Sep 2001
Posts: 3649
Location: Canada!!!! (The 5th biggest City)
Styles: kickboxing, muay thai, tennis, lots more.
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| Posted: Mon May 06, 2002 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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That is a good story.
It is true that you should help others when your injuryed or others. But their are always those who only care about winning even if someone gets injuried.
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Bon
Black Belt
Joined: 10 Aug 2001
Posts: 1047
Location: Australia
Styles: BJJ, Kickboxing
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| Posted: Mon May 06, 2002 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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On 2002-05-06 09:07, tessone wrote:
Software engineering in general is a sadistic art.
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You're using these forums because of software engineering.. Just because you find programming difficult doesn't mean you should bag it out. Not everyone likes programming, fair enough. But, it's hypocritical to say it's a sadistic act because you're using a browser and posting on a forum that was made through software engineering.
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Bon
Black Belt
Joined: 10 Aug 2001
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Location: Australia
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| Posted: Mon May 06, 2002 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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Besides, my point wasn't about programming. I was making a point, which involved my software design class..
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Phantasmatic
Purple Belt
Joined: 21 Dec 2001
Posts: 586
Location: Dunlap, Illinois
Styles: Goju-Ryu, Shorei-Ryu, Shuri-Ryu, Kobudo, Judo, Shin-Kage Ryu
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Wow, that is why they call it the "Special" Olympics! It makes me happy to see people with mental and physical disabilities help each other. They are good examples for people that could easily do the same without having to take the chance of losing a big race!
About your story, Bon. Just ignore the idiot! Just be sure that there is no physical contact involved.
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Lau gar
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Joined: 27 Apr 2002
Posts: 252
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| Posted: Tue May 07, 2002 9:34 am Post subject: |
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stories with lessons in them cool story
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ZeRo
Black Belt
Joined: 03 Apr 2002
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| Posted: Tue May 07, 2002 10:15 am Post subject: |
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thats a very touching story YODA thank you for posting it
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on the post.
