I have noticed a trend that seems to work well on the university campus that I am a little skeptical about transferring to life after college. It seems to be the cool thing to do these days in class: show up without your work done but excuse your behavior with comments like, "Man, I so would have done the reading but I went out last night instead..." or “I didn’t know we had anything due [as if the rest of the class has some sort of advantage?]”. As one might naturally assume, when I hear a comment like this I respond with, "Oh, you poor thing", just as I would respond to someone who said, "In the middle of reading Aristotle I suddenly produced a high fever and even though I was wiping away the drops of sweat from my brow, I collapsed on the floor and didn't wake up until right before class. Thankfully my roommate found me before I died of dehydration. Unfortunately though, I didn't get through the entire chapter." As an objective college student, I see all excuses as equal in their claims. Because, quite frankly, who am I to judge your poor time-management skills?
Don’t get me wrong, I do feel sorry for the poor souls who went out last night and in the midst of drinking themselves silly forgot to study for their midterm. But I feel I must warn my peers that after they graduate and their employer asks why they are late to work, they should be well-prepared for the unsympathetic response awaiting them if they try to pull a collegiate excuse outside of the thick, collegiate walls of campus.
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very nicely said... makes me want to start trying to do better in school.
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