Wharton Professor’s Guide to Giving Feedback

Vocabulary & Expressions

think for (oneself): 스스로 생각하다, 스스로 판단하다
…they realize there might be multiple perspectives on a problem, and they have to learn to think for themselves.

opponent: (논쟁 등의) 상대
…you have to acknowledge when your opponent has made a good point.

criticism: 비판, 비평
I think most of us are terrible at hearing criticism.

have high expectations: 기대가 크다, 기대가 높다
I’m giving you these comments because I have very high expectations of you, and I’m confident that you can reach them.

establish (one’s) credentials: 자격을 증명하다
I walked in, and I felt like I have to establish my credentials

a dagger to the heart: 가슴에 비수를 꽂는 것
It was like a dagger to the heart.

night-and-day different: 전혀 다른
…I basically delivered a carbon body of the same material from before, but the feedback forms were night-and-day different

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