Question of the Day: Day 33
Is there a difference between making a mistake and being careless?
Explain your answer.
Explain your answer.
posted by Michelle at 9:01 AM
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posted by Michelle at 9:01 AM
13 Comments:
Interesting question. They are not the same thing, but mistakes are often caused by carelessness.
A definition for "mistake" is:
1. An error or fault resulting from defective judgment, deficient knowledge, or carelessness.
2. A misconception or misunderstanding.
A definition for "carelessness" is:
"A careless, often reckless disregard for consequences."
So a good way to avoid making mistakes is to use your best judgment, have as much knowledge about what you are doing as possible, and take great care, keeping consequences of your actions in mind.
I think there is a difference, between making a mistake and being careless. IF someone were to horseplay inside a house and broke something that would be a differnt kind of careless but still careless, but if you were to walking inside the house and was no paying attion and knocked something over that would be a mistake.
Many people make mistakes while being careless but to me they are two different subjects. So yes carelessness and mistakes are different. But hey thats just my opinion.
I think being careless means to me that you drop everthing and give up on everthing.A mistake is when you don't mean to do something it just happens.
THEIR IS A DIFFRENCE BETWEEN A MISTAKE AND BEING CARELESS. THE DIFRENCE IS THAT WHEN YOU MAKE A MISTAKE YOU NORMALY TRY TO FIX IT, AND TRY NOT TO DO IT AGAIN. BEING CARELESS MEANS YOU MAKE A MISTAKE AND YOU DO NOT CARE. YOU KEEP GOING AND DOING THE SAME MISTAKE.
I think making a mistake is not knowing you are and doing your best at it, being careless is knowing what your doing but not having an investment in it.
In class I answered it different than I would now. Now that I had more of a chance to think about it, I would say that there is a difference.
Like Jennnn had said there are not the same thing and that maost mistakes are are caused from carelessness. I think she makes a vey good point when it comes to that!
Also I think that there are minor mistakes that are caused by people not caring about what they are doing, and not giving things more thought before the should do it. Then there are people who do things out of carelessness and they don't take responsibility for there actions.
I think that people who don't take responsibility for there actions are making another mistake and being careless at the same time.
Really it all depends on how you look at it. Before you can just make a finnal decision.
I can defenatly say that there were times in my life that being careless turned into some of the biggest mistakes of my life.
I always thought my kids had reached a milestone when they understood that sometimes "I didn't mean to!" isn't good enough: sometimes you have to mean not to.
A mistake is in the first category--and they happen to everybody, even if we're being careful.
Carelessness is different. Carelessness is a matter of choice.
I would have to agree with Jessica F. I think carelessness involves actively choosing to do whatever simply because you don't care. A mistake is made by someone who sincerely was interested in doing the right thing, but just calculated wrong, didn't think about all the variables, or something like that.
Yes.
A mistake is an assumption or behavior that leads to a wrong conclusion or reaction that was not expected or wanted. A mistake can usually be corrected with some effort.
Carelessness is choosing to something that already know you probably shouldn't be doing that ALSO leads to an unexpected and/or unwanted to conclusion. But in this case you have more responsibility because it wouldn't have happened if you hadn't already been doing something wrong.
The drunk driver who hits the kid on the bike isn't making a mistake. He's being careless to a degree that includes both reckless disregard for others and criminal negligence.
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