So, I think my sister is mad at me.
We were talking over AIM last night, and she was lamenting over the belief that one of her teachers would fail her since she missed five classes.
I don’t believe the teacher will fail her, but K probably won’t believe me, so in turn, she probably won’t turn in her paper, which will cause her to fail. It’s a cycle she likes to put herself in.
She’s been trying to convince me for a month now that next semester she’ll take my Math class online, and I’ll take an English class for her. However, I finally gave her a complete and definite no, which was the same answer it was going to be all along.
K didn’t like that I pointed out that she was lazy. Of the five times she’s missed class, I’m sure that none of them are for sickness. She has even more absences in her other classes. Which, I understand all to well. She just doesn’t care about school yet. I mean, she wants a degree, but it’s not important enough to put it first.
I was that way too, right out of high school. I had a car, and was responsible for the first time in getting myself to school on time. Which inevitably meant that I didn’t go to school, or left early when I did.
When I dropped out, I didn’t miss school much. I was working full time, and moved out six months later, so school was on the back burner indefinitely. It took another two years to decide to go back, because I wasn’t going to go back without having a major to declare.
I have missed very few classes this last year, which is most likely do to the lack of a car. I am a slave to the lightrail. But, also, I like my classes (well, except for math), and I can’t imagine missing English. And all this work shows in my grades. I write crap papers and get A’s. I do horrible on Math tests, and am still pulling a B.
I think that K just needs to figure out where school fits into her life. It obviously isn’t a priority—not that it has to be. And I do feel bad. If she does fail this class, she’ll have to take the lower form, and that won’t be any fun at all.
— “All the Small Things,” Enema of the State: Blink 182
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