ATTITUDE TAKES THE MOST OF IT

WEEK 8:

As an engineer, it is important for me to know the various types of tools especially the bench tools because knowing everything about them ensures my safety and that of others. In this week, I learned the uses, kinds, and limitations of pliers, screwdrivers, chisels, tap and dies, and hammers. Knowing all about the said tools cannot only give safety, but it can lead to economy in a way that if an engineer wants to replace the damaged part of a certain machine, he can fabricate to serve as the replacement for it. In this way, both the company and the engineer profit: the company saves while the engineer improves his skills and knowledge.

Knowledge is not enough for us to succeed; it must be accompanied by awareness and attitude. This idea was justified when our instructor, 1AE Cabatan, told us some stories about many engineers who were harmed due to their negligence and impropriety to the rules implemented. Those engineers know the proper use of the tools, but because of their attitudes, they tend to forget it. Instead, they do what they want thinking that it would just lead to the same result. At the end, they were the ones harmed, and who shall be blamed for this?

In this week, I saw the significance of attitude. Even if I am not good at this time, I’m sure that I could make myself better. It is not necessary for me to be knowledgeable at all times since knowledge only takes a small percentage in one’s life; attitude takes the most of it.