The Captain of the Yankees covers a truth most people learn in junior high. What if colleagues knew this truth?
In the 7 December 2009 Sports Illustrated, Derek Jeter made an obvious point: "If you're accomplished, people will talk about it for you. You don't have to point it out."
Who did not learn this in junior high? If Stud Bucket were a ladies' man, would he have to tell us that he was? If Buffy Moolah came from so much money, wouldn't we discern that without much assistance from her?
So why does this colleague tell me about her breeding? Why does that colleague remind me that he is "a member of the club" in some discipline? She and he point out such "facts" because otherwise I would never guess them. They have to point such facts out because they are not accomplished.
At any university or college, expect the least accomplished colleagues to remind you of their accomplishments.
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