Nuclear Physics and blind kittens

October 29, 2009

There’s an Italian saying “La gatta frettolosa ha fatto i gattini ciechi”, of which a translation could be “The hasty mother-cat gave birth to blind kittens”.

It’s just a saying to tell “If we let hurry win on the quality of what we do, the result won’t be perfect, and might miss some “important details” “.

Indeed, yesterday night this sentence came up to my mind before going to sleep. I knew I hadn’t been able to dedicate enough time to what I have been studying, therefore I knew that “I needed a LOT OF LUCK to get really high marks”.

At the end. Today I got a good mark but, as thought the previous night, not the aimed and this made me being a little complaining.

Some complaint-results:

Mom and bf said: “It’s good” (When they were students they were both used to really high marks, therefore they understand my bad feeling)

Daddy (he has a degree in physics too) came home and said: “SO?”. I didn’t want to tell him the mark, mom told him it. And he said: “GREAT! Congratulations!”. I started my complaint and he said: “EH? Are you kidding?! Nuclear physics in about 15-18 days and getting that mark is good!”

A friend said:”Hooray!” and then defined me “Miss I-complain-anyway”…

Ok, maybe they are right and “my kittens” are not totally blind. They probably just need powerful glasses!

Meaow!