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Old 06-05-2007, 12:21 PM   #16
Hanna B
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
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Re: It's not a democracy, I know.

The anon here might be over estimating his or her abilities, but I will respond assuming xe does not.

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I know it shouldn't bother me
Why the heck shouldn't it? Rank is you teacher's way of giving status to his pupils. He offers you lower status than your peers - and tells you you have no right to worry about it?

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The reason I wouldn't talk to my sensei about this is because he has addressed issues of ego, the importance of rank, comparison to other students, etc. during class many times. His position is clear; get rid of such thoughts!
I.e., the favoured ones are entitled to their pride, but you are not entitled to yours. You know, people who are not very concerned about rank matters don't have to talk all the time about how unimportant they are...
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