What's the difference between college and high school? OK, it's not that black and white, but one glaring difference you will notice immediately is that no one is waking you up in the morning demanding you go to class.
Actually, sleeping through your classes might not seem like a bad idea, especially since you don't have to go, right?
If going to college is supposed to make you a more responsible person and give you life lessons to take with you for the rest of your life, let me go ahead and throw you a bone.
Go to class. Everyday, go to class. Sit in the front row and listen.
Auburn recently raised tuition 4.5 percent overall, making tuition a number that hurts my eyes every time I see the bill.
So if we're paying gobs of money to be here, what excuse do you have to not be in class?
I have missed a few classes in my three years at Auburn, but never because I just didn't want to be there. If I didn't want to be in class, I wouldn't have gone to college.
If you're fortunate enough for your parents to pay for your education, I'm sure they would love to know you slept through your 8 a.m. science lecture.
Missing class has always been one of those mysterious confusions to me.
I saw kids in high school show up late to class every day, eventually leading to deductions in their grades,.
So if you're going to be in school in the first place, why would you be late, or rather, not go at all?
If you go to class and pay attention, you will have a much easier chance to succeed and understand the material compared to those who don't go.
This might sound comical and almost elementary to some, but this could be the easiest way to manage yourself successfully through college.
I have no reason to believe some individuals come to college to be lazy and hang around for extra semesters, but I do have experience in seeing it.
If you don't have enough motivation, or at least that's what you're telling yourself, someone in your life can surely provide it. Whether it's parents, grandparents or older siblings, someone is willing to talk to you and show you how hard work leads to success.
Go to class, ladies and gentleman, because college isn't just a good education, it's proving to yourself that you're ready to meet the challenges of the real world.
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