What happens if you don’t do your Homework Very few people in this world really like homework. While it can be interesting, helpful, and occasionally fun, overall – homework equals negative feelings. Do you hate homework? Do you put it off and BS your way through everything? Well here is a story, based on reality, of a young man who didn’t keep up on his homework.
The Story Johnny liked to have fun. He was an intelligent, fun-loving kind of guy that everyone liked. That was part of his problem. He liked being around people so much that he always had parties to go to, spontaneous movie nights to attend, and very active social media profiles to keep up on. Although intelligent, unfortunately, the allure of life stole his attention away from homework and towards an exciting college social life. He had managed to scrape his way through classes by guessing wisely, paying attention during class, and BS-ing well. He felt bad about his lack of out-of-class effort, but not quite bad enough to change. Johnny was now in his junior year of college. He barely made it into his selected major and was now entering upper-division classes. Rather than in-class quizzes and multiple choice classes, he was given group projects, fifteen-page papers, and free-response essay finals. At the beginning of the semester, it seemed like he had no homework at all! He would go to class, pay attention, learn a lot, and go home. He disregarded his reading, because he saw no reason for re-learning what they already talked about in class. But as the semester wore on, Johnny began feeling the weight of upcoming papers and projects tugging on his shoulders. The first paper rolled around. The night before it was due, he finally gathered the will to write. He’d just sit down, throw out some flowery writing peppered with principles he had learned in class and that would be that. As he reviewed the syllabus for the paper’s guidelines, he began realizing that his regular last-minute writing might not cut it. He was required to include fifteen reliable sources, including three personal interviews, and several examples from the text they had been assigned. He only had twelve hours left before class. Sleeping was not going to be an option tonight. The next morning, a haggard, nervous Johnny handed in his paper. He hoped the other three papers due within the next two weeks would be easier. They were not. Each paper he met with the same horror. So
much work and research were required and he no longer had the time. Each paper he handed in with dread. If only he had done the readings, read the syllabus earlier on, and started writing earlier! After a few nervous weeks, he got his papers back. Two D’s and two F’s. Put on academic probation, Johnny had to slowly work his way back. Never again, would Johnny put off his homework! He fully repented and soon graduated with honors from Fort Collin’s Colleges! The Fort Collins College Campus became a springboard of opportunities and had taught Johnny important, life lessons.
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