RainSong wrote:
I confess that I'm staring blankly at this essay I'm supposed to be rewriting right now; it's due tomorrow morning, first period, and I've all ready used my late pass. I confess that I'm probably not even going to go to school tomorrow (me being me, I always manage to catch multiple sicknesses at once), but it's due anyway. I confess I think that's absurd, but hey, what're you going to do.
Ah, the joys of having your creativity ripped from you... By arbitrary subjects and arbitrary deadlines.
I confess... Sometimes you need to learn to jump through hoops on prompt. Needing to do so won't necessarily last forever; but the ability to do so is a useful thing to develop in this day and age. Generally speaking, this is nothing more than the ability to force yourself to focus when you really don't want to, on things you really don't want to. It is largely a matter of self-discipline, self-control. If nothing else, these are useful things to learn, no?
Anyway, good luck. Grades are largely a matter of learning to jump through hoops. BUT, those grades may come in handy, later on in life. Really. It is a hard thing to see when you are young, but later on, it may become apparent how the arbitrary efforts in your earlier days were worth it. Grades are intrinsically worthless; but, they can be used to open doors, some of which you may later wish to open; don't discount them too quickly...
Good fortune,
- Icarus the Essayist
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