Knowledge is a gift being abused and neglected by young college students every day.
Higher learning has become a necessity in today’s highly competitive world, and it is nearly impossible to find a well-paying professional job without a college degree.
This I know to be true, which is why I have returned to Bakersfield College in pursuit of a bachelor’s degree. As I sit among my fellow students, I am astounded by their lack of time management skill, lack of priorities and their self-centered mindset of how professors should accommodate or be more forgiving when assignments are not being turned in on time.
Attention, boys and girls: This is the beginning of self-responsibility. Everyone has a life filled with drama outside of class. You make your own decisions whether you are going to stay up watching a movie, drinking too much or simply fooling around instead of doing what is most important: school.
I have two young children. I have been raising them by myself, working full time and still managing to find ways to get my work done. The secret? Because I want to, because it is important, because I do not want to work for minimum wage my entire life.
Hey, life happens. Believe me, I understand. Life has happened to me more this semester than at any other time. It is hard and challenging to get it all done.
If it wasn’t for the communication I established with my professors, I would probably be failing my classes. I bit off more than I could chew. Yet in all of the craziness, I’m still hanging on without complaint and without blame on anyone else but myself. The disorientation of my life is no one’s fault but my own.
In addition, please, for the love of God, stop complaining that your professor gave you a less than desirable grade.
First of all, your professor did not just pull the grade from a hat. You and no one else earned that grade on your transcript. It is a direct reflection of the time, will, and dedication you applied. Nothing and nobody else is to blame.
This is your golden opportunity to reach and achieve any dream you have. You are young, able people who are attending a well-respected community college staffed with dedicated professors who are there ready to support that dream any way (within reason) possible.
So stop complaining how you don’t get enough sleep. You will get enough when you are dead.
Focus on school. There will always be a party or a beer to drink, I guarantee it. Besides, that beer will taste a whole lot better when you finish school and can actually afford it.