Students from a Teacher's Perspective

Most of you suck. No, really, you do. If you think that by having things given to you all your life, i.e., your parents buying you everything they didn't have when they were young and more, then you are setting yourself up for failure in college.

Here's why:
First off, college, even community college, expects you to work for your grades. This means you will be reading, writing, doing math and other various forms of science. You will be required to actually show up to class and participate. You will take tests. You will have instructors you may not like, but in reality, this will happen when you are employed so get over it. When these expectations are not met, you will fail the class. Of course, being spoiled by your parents, you will probably whine and blame it on the teacher. Or, like many students today, you will come up with random excuses as to why you missed 9 classes or why the work wasn't done on time. Heck, you might even kill off a family member to get out of the work and responsibility. It's been known to happen. I have had one student say they were sick for an entire semester with the flu. The FLU!

Generally, teachers have a syllabus that dictates what the student needs to keep up with, week to week. However, many will lose it. Or they won't even read the thing, complaining that they "didn't know" when something was due. Most of us are smarter now, and we place the syllabus online as well. Then, though, the student will say, "I don't have access to the internet." Look, if a student doesn't have internet access, in today's world, then guess what? You need to make a choice. Either you go to the school library and access their computers, or you should NOT be in college until you can get a computer with internet service. It's that simple.

There are the few students out there that really want an education. They work hard for good grades. These are the students that make teaching awesome. The rest of the student body, though, is lacking in motivation and FULL of laziness. If you are lazy, don't go to college. It's not for you. Accept it and move on. Maybe when you are older, you might be able to truly respect what college is all about.

Until then, stay in bed and let your parents take care of you.