Global Journal of Human Social Science, G: Linguistics and Education, Volume 23 Issue 3

IV. T o E rr is H uman ‘To err is human’ is a worldwide universal truth. Nobody can deny nor refute it. ‘Man can mistake’ is quite natural. Mistaking is an integral part of human life. There is no doubt about it. Those working more may make more mistakes and commit more flaws. Making a mistake is nothing new for human beings. Instead, committing no error is unnatural and unexpected. An error is not an offense as an offense is related to intentionally doing anything undesirable and unwelcoming. But, in today’s world, nobody wants, nor even is ready to accept any mistake at any cost or give adequate time to do any job smoothly. Everybody expects things to be done overnight and flawlessly. Thus, the ultimate result is accelerating heart beats, increasing tension rate, and deteriorating health hazards. That is why; no work is getting standardized upto the mark. Every assignment is undergoing a pathetic fallacy. So, it is an affable clarion call to all of us to come out of the existing notion and relentlessly follow the norms of ‘Hasten Slowly,’ that is, not doing now without any reaction time, instead of doing hurriedly but deliberately and contemplatively, avoiding the mistakes as many as possible or without any error if possible. To do once, never twice, or thrice is the motto of every action. In this regard, setting the standard should be the prime focus. Consistently scoring ten out of ten is not the standard or motto of doing anything. Then, the quality will fall down. Instead, six out of ten should be the expected level, and then, the natural course of action can ensure the best get. V. K azi N azrul I slam’s V iew Our national poet ‘Kazi Nazrul Islam’ in his “Jouboner Gaan”, said that he is in the group of contemplation, not action. Contemplation behind every action works like the blood in the human body beyond human visibility. Action and contemplation are two ever- inseparable sides of a single coin. An action without contemplation is a boat in the vast ocean without a rudder. But in this era of supersonic speed, there is no business of contemplation nor any reaction session. We always believe in action, not in contemplation or thinking deeply. Just doing the work like a machine is the devastating trend of the modern age. That is why; the work standard sometimes deteriorates abruptly to a greater extent. There is no time for today’s people to take a nap or fall the sigh even. They are panting and doing the work without any respite diminishing even the vitality of their life. VI. L ife in D eath is M ore S ufferable than L ife or D eath T.S. Eliot, in his poem ‘The Waste Land,’ describes the suffocation of Sybil, a beautiful mythological lady. She was punished for her betrayal with the sun god ‘Apollo’ who endorsed her exemplary punishment. Once, the god (Apollo) fell in the deep love with Sybil and wanted to marry her. Thus, he asked her what she wanted to be in her life. She wanted only to be immortal and he (Apollo) granted her immortality as he desired to take her as his beloved for her paragon beauty with the pagan eyes. She was a lady with a tall figure like a beautiful goddess. But when she denied being the beloved of Apollo, she was punished. She was kept inside a bottle hanging her by its cork, tightly attached. There was no air passage in that bottle, and thus, Sybil was suffocated. She couldn’t live nor even die because of her immortality. As a result, she was there in a life-in-death condition. When the cowboys came with their herds and asked Sybil what she wanted in her life, she answered she wanted to die only. The reason is that she was in a life-in-death condition, that is, more sufferable than life or death. Living with the crouching effect of tension, anxiety, etc is as sufferable as the dying state of Sybil. But life-in-death is more sufferable and agonistic than living or dying. The two intangible facts, ‘zero error syndrome’ and ‘no reaction time’ in the critical age of sighs and suffocation, act as the catalyst to create such a life-in-death condition in human life that it eventually degrades the work standard or the quality of jobs. VII. C onclusion Working is an art. Many people can do the same work in many ways, following their artistic style. For this, the quality of work may vary from man to man. Somebody can do a job as quickly as possible, some may take more time, and some may make a few mistakes, some more. It depends upon their capacity and capability. But it is accurate and universal that the quality of a job can best be ensured if a man can do it without any apprehension of committing any error and with adequate time, whatever is needed. It is because he gets the scope to ponder over it. He can deliberately make a plan and then execute it soundly. But if he does it hurriedly without any thought or contemplation, definitely its quality will go underneath or degrade. He may make the most probable mistakes, which many of us in today’s busiest world are not ready to accept. That is why; many litterateurs in different literature depict the point with immense prominence. So, if we can accept the errors of doing any work to a certain extent and give some relaxation time, we can expect more quality output in turn. R eferences R éférences R eferencias 1. Sophocles. Oedipus Rex . Prestwick House, Prestwick, 2006. 2. Eliot T S. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrockk . Chicago Magazine Poetry, 1915. Volume XXIII Issue III Version I 70 ( ) Global Journal of Human Social Science - Year 2023 G © 2023 Global Journals Hasten Slowly, Avoid Zero Error Syndrome and No Reaction Time