Thank you for taking the Centennial Challenge and interest in Cadets in PEI. This Answer Guide is intended to give the ‘most suitable’ answer to the questions posed on the Air Centennial Mess Dinner Placemat. While other answers may also have merit (and open for discussion), some are objectively ‘black & white’ and only one correct response. Some are subjective, open to interpretation, and therefore there may not be ‘one correct answer’ – of course, that is all part of the journey and fun!
Remember, you can’t be wrong in your opinions (‘I like the colour blue best’), but you can be wrong in your ‘statement of facts as truth’ – e.g. ‘Water freezes at 100 degrees Celsius’! Knowing this distinction is as important as trying each day to do your best and always helping others! Please bear in mind the following quotes from history that helps frame what this Challenge is all about (in our humble opinion):
- ‘The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.’ (Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius);
- ‘Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.’ (Marcus Aurelius – the so called ‘Philosopher King”);
- ‘Wine is strong. the King is stronger. Women are stronger still: but Truth Conquers All.’ (1 Esdras 3:10);
- Finally, remember “There is No Red Port Wine Left” (therefore Starboard is Green)! (a ‘mnemonic’).
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