a paradox
Posted by Tony Lee | Posted in dad, hatred, learning, love, mediocrity, mistakes, paradox, regret, respect, st. bonaventure, the intrepid | Posted on 2:37 PM
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My dad, a former Microsoft Korea CEO, never had a filter.
Good idea or bad, appropriate or not, he would say whatever he wanted, however he wanted, any way he wanted.
That's all I have ever known, how a man who had the ability to make Bill Gates shut up acts.
In 2009, I transferred into St. Bonaventure University — a tiny, conservative, Catholic, liberal arts university where no one questioned the status quo.
Now imagine everyone's surprise and disdain when a student — with flashy diamond studs and a personality to match — demanded changes like a tyrant.
I. Was. An. Arrogant. Prick.
It didn't matter Jacek Utko, an award-winning Polish newspaper designer, separately said the same things as me in 2009. No one had a reason to listen and/or accept me.
And it led to my greatest collegiate regret.
