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post Jun 14 2006, 05:10 PM
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Okay. Today, I came up to my teacher to give her my late assignment.

She asked me why I gave her right now.

I told her that I didn’t do it over the weekend because I totally forgot about it. Unusually, she didn’t write down the assignments on the board that the class needed to complete. Since I had a hearing disability, I’m not really good at catching information by verbal in air.

Then she says, "That was your choice not to do it".

I was confused; I didn’t really choose not to do it.
i know it's my mistake for not remembering it.

I always turned in every assignment.
For some reason, I didn’t turn in the assignment this time.

the question is: is forgetting a choice or not ?
 
 
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post Jun 21 2006, 05:25 PM
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it's a reason, but it's not a very good excuse. of course you didn't choose not to do it, so you just forgot. a simple mistake. but like Katt said, there are things that you could do to prevent you from forgetting again.
 
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QUOTE(marzipan @ Jun 21 2006, 3:25 PM) *
it's a reason, but it's not a very good excuse. of course you didn't choose not to do it, so you just forgot. a simple mistake. but like Katt said, there are things that you could do to prevent you from forgetting again.


true. i always do my best to do everything correctly.

QUOTE(gigiopolis @ Jul 2 2006, 12:57 AM) *
That's like the definition of lying. Lying isn't lying unless you KNOW that you're telling the person the wrong piece of information. When you knowingly tell an untrue statement, you're lying. But you could tell someone an untrue statement accidentally, and since you didn't know that you were lying, then you weren't.

Choosing to forget only means that you chose not to do it. Forgetting, by definition, is not a voluntary act. Forgetting always means that you meant to do something, but failed to do it. Choosing to forget means that you choose to fail to do something that you meant to do.

Wow. Confusing.


Well, as you know, i didn’t really choose to forget and lie. Just like I mentioned, I always turn in every assignment. it means that, i really meant to do it.i'm the kind of person who cares about school and pretty much that envolve with teacher's expectations. In my case, it wasn’t voluntary forgotten, it was involuntary forgotten.
 

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Spiritual Winged Aura   forgetting   Jun 14 2006, 05:10 PM
Angelina Taylor   Um.. no, it's not. Sometimes things just slip ...   Jun 14 2006, 05:22 PM
ermfermoo   Its not a choice, but it isn't an excuse eithe...   Jun 14 2006, 06:33 PM
Angelina Taylor   QUOTE(ermfermoo @ Jun 14 2006, 7:33 PM) I...   Jun 14 2006, 06:40 PM
ermfermoo   QUOTE(Angelina Taylor @ Jun 14 2006, 7:40...   Jun 15 2006, 08:52 PM
magicfann   QUOTE(ermfermoo @ Jun 14 2006, 7:33 PM) I...   Jun 15 2006, 12:41 PM
NinjaxMageLayouts   QUOTE(magicfann @ Jun 15 2006, 12:41 PM) ...   Jul 2 2006, 02:47 AM
Ajmalhuuss   Ur fault for forgetting.   Jun 21 2006, 10:57 AM
Paradox of Life   QUOTE(Ajmalhuuss @ Jun 21 2006, 10:57 AM)...   Jun 21 2006, 05:22 PM
Spiritual Winged Aura   explain why. if you dont have a reasonable informa...   Jun 21 2006, 05:13 PM
ECD & C0   sometimes people convienently [sp?] forget so the ...   Jun 21 2006, 05:20 PM
marzipan   it's a reason, but it's not a very good ex...   Jun 21 2006, 05:25 PM
Spiritual Winged Aura   QUOTE(marzipan @ Jun 21 2006, 3:25 PM) it...   Jul 2 2006, 07:10 PM
dtang4   What kinda "debate" is this?   Jun 30 2006, 09:15 PM
airam   i can't help myself if i forget things   Jul 1 2006, 06:40 PM
gigiopolis   That's like the definition of lying. Lying isn...   Jul 2 2006, 02:57 AM
gigiopolis   ^ Well, I'm saying, that there's only invo...   Jul 2 2006, 08:44 PM
iRock cB   If you turned in every assignment and you slip up ...   Jul 3 2006, 02:56 PM
Brittany Rachelle   Humans aren't perfect. We make mistakes. The b...   Jul 4 2006, 08:18 PM
Crich323   I think some thoughts just get lost in the back of...   Jul 5 2006, 09:40 AM


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