Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Fine Academic Lines

There's a fine line between being assertive and being aggressive (or even.. shrill?).

There's a fine line between criticism and constructive criticism.

There's a fine line between being supportive of a struggling grad student and prolonging a bad situation that should terminated.

There's a fine line between being mature and being a doormat.

There's a fine line between educating and entertaining.

There's a fine line between careful consideration and indecisiveness.

There's a fine line between being sane and not sane.

4 comments:

Yvette said...

Reminds me of a song from Avenue Q-

There's a fine, fine line between a fairy tale and a lie
And there's a fine, fine line between "you're wonderful" and "goodbye,"
I guess if someone doesn't love you back, it isn't such a crime
But there's a fine, fine line between love and a waste of your time!


Not actually a song about academia, but there are arguable parallels. :)

Anonymous said...

I started singing that too!

- a new reader who's still trying to figure out whether academia is, in fact, love or a waste of her time

Anonymous said...

There's a fine line between apathy and meaning.

Ms.PhD said...

FSP- agreed.

yvette- great quote.