“When I was 5 years old, my
mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to
school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’.
They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t
understand life.” ― John Lennon
What is the
connection of this quotation with the title? Well, it’s simple as pie. As you
may have observed a good number of students tend to neglect their studies. But,
before you judge these students as lazy and stupid, have you ever asked yourself
as to why these students neglect their studies? Reality check, you don’t even
stay with these students 24/7, so what gives you the right to judge them?
Amazingly, people
and even teachers will make conclusions that these students who are neglectful
towards their studies in school are incompetent, lazy and will not go far
someday – they’re wrong. I am proud to say that I am one of those students who tend
to neglect their studies in school. I am always happy and satisfied with a
passing grade because I know I did my best. I am happy knowing I did my best.
Some may argue and say that I do not dream, aim high or am someone who doesn’t
want to improve, or even someone who is just too lazy to do something for the
improvement of his life. Well, the people who think of me this way are wrong. Because
what if just having a passing grade gives me happiness? What if by neglecting
my studies I am able to do the things that make me happy? Isn’t that what life
is really about? Being happy? What’s the sense of living when you are not happy
with what you do?
You may perceive these
students as stubborn, lazy, stupid, and useless, but can’t you see? You’re the
one who’s stubborn, lazy, stupid and useless! Why? Because you need to judge
someone just to make yourself happy and satisfied. These people, even though
they neglect their studies, even though they don’t do well in school, even
though they don’t have a clear future ahead, albeit they are the ones who’re
really happy right now. These people light up the dark, makes your day
worthwhile, gives you problems and they are the one’s who makes the teacher’s
day exciting. Imagine this, what if all of the students in the world are very
studious? What will happen then? No one will be late, no one getting scolded,
no one opposing someone and of course no one breaking the rules, do you think
it’ll be a better world? Or will it be just a boring world?
Yes, when students
neglect their studies they will have a tendency to fail and not learn anything.
Well, not all students are like that! People should stop stereotyping these
students because each and every one of us here in this world is unique. We all
have different perspectives in life; we grow up with very different things in
life. People should stop comparing their life with someone else’s because they
don’t know what that person has been through. What we can do is ask the reasons
why these students are neglecting their studies? Well, if you ask me this, it is
because I am not interested with what the teacher is talking about. This makes
me neglect my studies. Here is the thing, during class I tend to be absent or
late therefore missing a lot of topics that my teacher has discussed. There was
this one time when my professor asked us to make a press release and present it
in class, the funny thing is when our teacher discussed about the press release
I was absent, yet during the presentation of the press release I was the only
one who got it right! The one who rarely goes to class on time or the one who
rarely focuses his mind about studies beat the ones who focuses their minds and
the ones who do not neglect their studies, the funny thing is, I learned more
from self studying than listening to my teacher, it is kind of ironic because
my parents pay for these teachers for me to learn, yet I learn more things from
the internet and reading books which are free of charge. It just goes to show
that even though some student neglects their studies that don’t mean that these
students will not perform or do well. We are all unique individuals, and that’s
a fact!
To those students
who tend to neglect their studies, I want to tell you this, GRADES ARE JUST
NUMBERS! They don’t represent you as a student. You can have a high grade in
school, but I tell you this, grades won’t get you anywhere, it is you yourself
who will get you somewhere. You need to believe in yourself and stop listening
to people who pull you down. Do what makes you happy! At the end of the day life
is not about the numbers, the grades, the teachers, the subjects, the lates,
the late submissions, the money, and other people. Life is about the sadness,
the happiness, the wisdom, the truth, the oneness, the understanding and lastly,
life is about YOU.
