Failed students rethink view toward school, classes, grades

Colleen Strassenburg Features Editor

Students’ chuckle, as once again the teacher reminds consequences of work not being completed on time.

Millard South students reminisce over previous years, when they were less than what would be deemed prepared for the beginning of their high school career. - talking. Just don’t talk while the teacher is speaking, and if you get a detention go to it, so you don’t receive an afternoon school,” Canick said. in the case with sophomore Heather Sullivan, we're affected less dramatically.

“Yes, I honestly regretted not try>~ ing as hard in my courses very much.

If I would have just done what I was supposed to then I wouldn’t have had to take all of those classes again,” senior Angela Peters said.

Other pupils such as sophomore, Thomas Canick, agree with Peters’ statement, lending their own warming.

Some students at MS struggle with course material each year, choosing instead to neglect classroom activities, as Canick and Peters demonstrate. The aftermath of this decision proving of poor judgment.

“My parents had been upset with Ie. and it made me feel weird around myfriends,”Canick said.

Peters endured amore personal affectfrom thismishap.

‘Tdfeltlazyandstupid,everyone elsewas doing well orOK, and Iwas doing incredibly bad. Ihave had to work veryhard togettowhere I’mat now, due to the paths chose,” Peters said.

“If I were to apply myself more there would be better results, but I didn’t have that much trouble besides the fact that I had to do my work eventually. Not succeeding in my classes just made me feel annoyed,” Sullivan said.

Peters, Sullivan, and Canick, alles leave words of wisdom for those entering the school.

~“Do your homework, I know you may hate doing homework, I hated it too. Which is why I failed two classes. Don’t try to be tough by not doing it, or failing a class, it sucks,” Peters said. Canick concurswiththeother'sopinions, and contributes his own thoughts on the matter.

“I used to get in trouble for talk-

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“If you do what you are supposed to do, you will do well in school,” Canick said. ing to my friends while the teacher was