Even back then in college, I knew when things weren’t right. I was the Managing Editor of the Stony Brook Statesman and the top editor made copies of our Newsday Awards and was mailing someone a response to a letter, criticizing our typos. When you draft a 16-page paper at 4 am, there are going to be errors. Rather than accept the criticism, the editor claimed we were an award-winning newspaper, which still didn’t mean anything when confronted with our typos.
I write and use an AI proofreading tool. People criticize my typos and I accept it, as a one-man shop. When you are out there as a person or a plan provider, criticism is part of the job. We have school board members and other political leaders in our village and I’m amazed how thin-skinned they are. When you’re a public official, being criticized is part of the job. The same with being a plan provider, things go wrong, and take criticism.
