Responsibility In College

Whether or not a newly inducted college student may consider the responsibilities thrown at their preppy, bright-smiling faces, the ability to realize these so-called “responsibilities” affect a great deal of college students across the entire globe. To some of these students, the ability to merely wake up from their hung-over slumber and walk dreary-eyed to their morning lectures classify as their “responsibility”. However, for other students who believe planning and prepping for their future days in college are key, shall note that other types of responsibilities are what set them ahead in the game. These students believe in having time management throughout their schedules, being friendly to whomever they see, and having an open mind to …show more content…
Some graduate students however believe the entire “high school idea” falls under three basic categories, being “a time to slack off”, “a time to mature and work”, or “a time to socialize”. Personally, going back to my roots in Lewis Center, Ohio, Olentangy high school did not prepare myself for college, nor did it prepare myself for the people I would meet outside of the 2,000 students I was forced to lay eyes upon. With scheduling conflicts, short-tempered teachers and a student body fueled by indifference, sex and overall lack of responsibility, high school was solely a requirement needed to be finished in order to progress in my life. It was rare to meet friendly faces that would offer a helping hand towards any assist, never mind if the help was critically needed or not. Along with this, teachers were given poorer salaries, which then followed with sloppy teaching habits, lectures and overall attitudes towards their classes, whether it would be their favorite group or not. Therefore, my personal knowledge in mathematics is lacking in basic calculus and beyond, only because of the lack of push and care my high school gave myself, as well as the other struggling students who were taught to take their time and care about their futures. With this being said however, Olentangy high school did teach me topics as …show more content…
As students step onto the campus, accept their surroundings and eventually receive their workloads from professors, organizing the time to deal with and complete the assignments thoroughly is critical. Unfortunately for some students who do not organize their time, the result typically does not result in their favor, such as Mark Gruntz and Allison Routman from the University of Virginia. Gruntz and Routman were expelled from the university after plagiarizing an online movie review in order to save time and effort. Upon calling the movie review their own work, the students turned it in for a formal grade and were later caught and asked to leave the campus. William Harrison, English teacher at the Alexandra campus of Northern Virginia Community College, commented on the student’s act, stating how “use of unprotected material offered up in the expectation that students will misuse it violates a fundamental, strongly felt agreement between writer and reader” (Harrison 1). Harrison describes this act as unprofessional, while deeming the plagiarized students to have been given the correct punishment for taking the easy way out and copying down another’s work to save them time. Thus concludes why simply writing down future events and organizing one’s time is a needed responsibility for any college student, rather than taking a simple