WORD OF THE DAY: "SATISFICE"

Listen up you lazy cadets:  The word of the day for 17 through 20 December is satisfice.  Satisfice is not a standard SAT vocabulary word, rather it is a personal selection on my part based on an increasing concern about the general state of cadet motivation in our unit.  Satisfice is a verb meaning to decide on and to pursue a course of action satisfying only the minimum requirements to achieve a goal rather than trying to excel.  To satisfice is to take the easiest way or to pick the easiest solution, regardless what's best.  A manager will choose to saticfice when the goal is not considered worth the effort of trying harder.  When high school students attempt to satisfice they do the bare minimum to get by; for example, they might just through a few words together to answer a homework question.  Their answer, while not reflecting any real work, would count as a check in the block and keep them out of trouble.  When you merely satisfice, it is very obvious and you lose respect.  If you want to do well in ROTC, you must do more than merely satisfice.