UPSB v3
Philosophy / Does being good at something make you like it?
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Date: Sat, Nov 8 2008 07:04:29
Does being good at something make you like it?
if you're good at penspinning, does it make you like it?
if you're good at anything, does it make you like it?
cuz it seems like if youre good at something then
you like it -
Date: Sat, Nov 8 2008 07:24:09
Not really, an example is a student, he may have good grades in Math but he's not interested in Math.
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Date: Sat, Nov 8 2008 09:28:06
well, i like many things but im not good in them lol.
I like math and science and im good at math and science.
@kurt, well, students may be a different case cause i mean, if they wanna do well, they have to be good at all subjects whether they like it or not.
I think if you don't like something, you wont even be good at it in the first place. -
Date: Sat, Nov 8 2008 10:29:36QUOTE (Glamouraz @ Nov 8 2008, 08:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>well, i like many things but im not good in them lol.
I like math and science and im good at math and science.
@kurt, well, students may be a different case cause i mean, if they wanna do well, they have to be good at all subjects whether they like it or not.
I think if you don't like something, you wont even be good at it in the first place.
That's not really true, you can hate something and be really good at it.
Like... if your parents force you to play sports or force you to study all the time, you could be extremely good at it but not necessarily like it at all. -
Date: Sat, Nov 8 2008 10:34:34
uh yeah.. my 3rd line said/meant that..
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Date: Sat, Nov 8 2008 13:53:36
not at all. i get A's in English but i still hate it
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Date: Sat, Nov 8 2008 14:23:54
yes if you have a winning spirit (only like things you win)
no if you have a loser spirit (only likes things u suck at)
maybe if u dont have either spirit -
Date: Sat, Nov 8 2008 16:03:20
i dont like falling down
but i sure as hell could fall the crap out of all of you -
Date: Fri, Nov 14 2008 02:21:09
when i was younger i was really good at baseball. but after a few years i started to not like it. now i only play contact sports. baseball is for pussies
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Date: Fri, Nov 14 2008 03:16:37
i suppose i like things im good at. psing is different though. ive never had to practice so much at something to get good at it.
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Date: Fri, Nov 14 2008 06:05:04
I don't think so.
Such as when I went to a shooting range for the first time and I was apparently really good at it, but I don't like the whole "shooting" thing. Probably 'cause war scares the hell outta me. -
Date: Fri, Nov 14 2008 06:32:06
If you enjoy pen spinning, its a good motivator....but I think that competitiveness to simply be better than the rest is an even bigger motivator
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Date: Fri, Nov 14 2008 08:11:02QUOTE (Kurteous! @ Nov 8 2008, 06:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Not really, an example is a student, he may have good grades in Math but he's not interested in Math.
lol... that's exactly the position I'm in right now ... I don't HATE maths but I don't like it... I'm more interested in English...
But I always get high marks in maths ... -
Date: Fri, Nov 14 2008 19:03:19
i think it's more the need for improvement that makes things good. im ok at parkour, but i train everyday to get better. alot of the older spinners quit because they thought spinning wasn't getting anymore challenging
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Date: Sat, Nov 15 2008 00:03:49
I hate mathematics,but im in a class 4 years ahead of me. And i get better graders then everyone in the class. But its so boring.
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Date: Sat, Nov 15 2008 02:54:02
Of course. You are not going to keep doing something if you don't like it. And those people saying "I get A's in English, but i don't like it", that is different becuase you have to do that, but if you had a choice you wouldn't do it.
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Date: Mon, Nov 17 2008 02:05:54
You are more likely to get good at something you enjoy doing. This causes people to think that being good at things makes you like them, however, I think this is very rarely the case. Although, it can be true that improving at something can cause you to like it more.
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Date: Mon, Nov 17 2008 05:10:04QUOTE (Mats @ Nov 17 2008, 01:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>You are more likely to get good at something you enjoy doing. This causes people to think that being good at things makes you like them, however, I think this is very rarely the case. Although, it can be true that improving at something can cause you to like it more.
And you want to improve because you like it and you want to get better at it ... BECAUSE YOU LIKE IT.
In other words, if you like it you will probably put more time and effort in to it. Putting more time and effort into it will HOPEFULLY get you better results, yes?
Then we can go on saying that time is money so you're basically putting money and effort into it but ... that's getting complicated.
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Date: Tue, Nov 18 2008 01:22:42
when u like sumthing, u would most probably want to do it.
like practising and stuffs.
i love maths. and when exams are here i would mug and practise.
it also applies to science.
somehow i dislike english no matter how hard i mug for it. i still dont Ace it.
however.
when u like something it dont mean u will do well.
i like badminton but i don't do well.
it differs person by person(weird phrasing) -
Date: Tue, Nov 18 2008 13:10:37
Here are my thoughts on the matter:
As other people have said, you don't have to like something in order to do well at it. Rather than "if you're good at something then you like it" I think it's more a case of "if you like something, you will become good at it and find ways to keep yourself interested in it". It's like in psing: you see a really cool trick and you try to learn it. When you get it right the first time, naturally you'd be ecstatic. However, once you 'mastered' it, you don't sit there and do just that trick forever. Eventually it will get boring and you may even come to hate the trick. So, if you really like psing, you don't go "oh, I've done it now" and put the pen down and never touch it again. No. You go and look for other tricks to try out that will challenge you. -
Date: Wed, Nov 19 2008 01:16:13
Sometimes, but if getting really bad grades in something i hate it, but i like doing some cause it interest me wheither im good at it or not.
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Date: Thu, Nov 20 2008 00:40:41
definately not. i like pen spinning, but im not good at it. but i am good at playing piano, but i dont like it. XD
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Date: Thu, Nov 20 2008 07:16:33QUOTE (Chummy @ Nov 19 2008, 12:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Here are my thoughts on the matter:
As other people have said, you don't have to like something in order to do well at it. Rather than "if you're good at something then you like it" I think it's more a case of "if you like something, you will become good at it and find ways to keep yourself interested in it". It's like in psing: you see a really cool trick and you try to learn it. When you get it right the first time, naturally you'd be ecstatic. However, once you 'mastered' it, you don't sit there and do just that trick forever. Eventually it will get boring and you may even come to hate the trick. So, if you really like psing, you don't go "oh, I've done it now" and put the pen down and never touch it again. No. You go and look for other tricks to try out that will challenge you.
You know what? I think you're right. =D
I haven't done the Charge for maybe 2-3 years? And I'm learning new tricks 'cos I don't like Charge anymore.. =] -
Date: Fri, Nov 21 2008 20:31:23
Personally, I think being good at something can be an incentive to like that thing, however, it doesn't necessarily make you like it.
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Date: Mon, Nov 24 2008 05:47:08
yeah not always. I play piano, and I'm 8th grade, but its not my most favourite thing to do.
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Date: Sat, Nov 29 2008 04:30:37
I get like Good grades but i hate doing the classes i hate math the most.
But for psing i think its differnet lol -
Date: Wed, Dec 3 2008 12:58:25
If you like to do something you often spend a lot of time on it and become good, not vice versa.
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Date: Sun, Dec 7 2008 20:32:54
Most of the time yes cause you always win
Special occasions no because maybe your getting forced to do something -
Date: Sun, Dec 7 2008 21:20:34
Well I hate swimming but I'm really good at it..
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Date: Sun, Dec 7 2008 22:01:11
Not really because some athletes may be extremely good at one sport but are being pushed by a parent when they really want to do somthing else
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Date: Mon, Dec 8 2008 01:57:00
If you're outstandingly good at it than i'd say yes. Otherwise that depends on your motivation to keep improving on whatever you're doing.
If you're really motivated with something than liking it should be a consequence. -
Date: Mon, Dec 8 2008 17:17:58
It could go either way. I hate being a Checker at my work... even though Im the fastest in the entire Kroger company of the USA. If I didnt do it so much, I would probably like it a lot more. But overall, I would say yes. There are things that I like because Im good at it. Penspinning isnt one of them because I suck... but I still love it.
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Date: Tue, Dec 23 2008 20:42:31
I think yes - because the better i get at PSing, the more im involved in it. ^^
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Date: Tue, Dec 23 2008 22:42:33
I believe being good at improving penspinning will make you like it.
I believe in some cases, being ubergood at something(it depends) can make you bored of it.
I believe if you have mastered everything in a field, you may not necessary like it.
But being bad at something can also make you like it.... sometimes.
It's the connections that you make and/or keep making that keeps you going and liking it.
I feel it's seeing the regular improvements- is what keeps us liking what we do.
So yes, I believe that if you're good at something, then you like it-
that is, if your efficiency in acquiring skills is sufficient to your..... liking it -
Date: Sun, Jan 4 2009 00:04:54
not necessarily, i think u can b good at alot of things that u dont like, and bad at alot of things that u do like.
the trick is to find something u like that ur good at.
but anything comes with practice like with pen spinning ull prolly just enjoy getting good at it. -
Date: Sun, Jan 4 2009 09:51:13
IMO no.
liking the thing ure doing may make it easier to excel at it tho -
Date: Sun, Jan 4 2009 17:48:29
I tend to like things that I'm good at by default. But if I like something that I'm not good at, I work at it.
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Date: Wed, Jan 7 2009 00:28:34
I definitely agree that if you like something and are good at it, you are more likely to remain interested than if you weren't "good". But if you're passionate and into something, hey, then you can BECOME good at it!
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Date: Wed, Feb 25 2009 12:14:46
People excel at things they are interested in because they take time to practise.
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Date: Wed, Feb 25 2009 22:07:19QUOTE (chrisphd @ Feb 25 2009, 07:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>People excel at things they are interested in because they take time to practise.
What if my mother made me do math all day long even though I hated it... and then I got really good at math and did great in math in school....
I still hate it though
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Date: Wed, Feb 25 2009 22:41:26QUOTE (JC @ Feb 25 2009, 05:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>What if my mother made me do math all day long even though I hated it... and then I got really good at math and did great in math in school....
I still hate it though
He didn't say you have to like it to excel at it, in your case you have a mom who forced you to do math...
It would be the same reason he said, you took the time to practice, just under a different motivation -
Date: Wed, Feb 25 2009 22:50:14QUOTE (Awesome @ Feb 25 2009, 05:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>He didn't say you have to like it to excel at it, in your case you have a mom who forced you to do math...
It would be the same reason he said, you took the time to practice, just under a different motivation
hmm...i guess my post was directed more at the overall topic of the thread rather than his post... just didn't read his post carefully enough and didn't realize that he wasn't supporting either side of the original question of...
good = must like it
OR
good = like it/hate it
this isn't a good day for me... i should just stop talking >.>'' -
Date: Thu, Feb 26 2009 10:26:58
I like English the most but I don't get the best grade outta that subject.
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Date: Sun, May 24 2009 06:57:47
Obviously,u practice a thing cozu like it and practice makes u good....perfect(whatever)!!
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Date: Tue, Oct 20 2009 23:37:21
nope, not entirely true, im good at walking, but i dont always like it.
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Date: Wed, Oct 21 2009 09:27:37
I'm (apparently) (naturally) good at science, but i dont like it
but then again, thats just a one in something thing
if you're good at it, you'll probably enjoy it because you can do it, or like it more than something ur not good at -
Date: Sun, Nov 8 2009 22:36:22
no, cuz im very good at writing but i dont like it lolol.....
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Date: Mon, Nov 9 2009 21:07:30
Obviously not.
The two aren't even related.
Skill=/= Preference.