Advice To Freshmen From The Old Professor

From Don Salyards:

On the first day of class he asks them a question. "What would you be doing if you were not in College?" They reply that they would be working in a retail store, construction, or at the paper mill in their hometown. "So you would be working 40 hours a week? Is that correct?" he says. They answer in the affirmative. He then goes on to guarantee that if they will work a 40-hour week in college, they will be successful. He asks them to "work" in their academic pursuits 8 hours a day, five days a week, with evenings and weekends off. The 40 hours must be spent either in class or in study time. He explains that if they would get up at 7 a.m., eat breakfast, and either attend class or study from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with an hour off for lunch, they would have every evening off to socialize. They would also have their weekends free. He knows that this will work. He also knows that they won't take his advice.

Comments

[Maven]

And it is very true advice. Too bad I was one of the massed millions who never followed it. My college career would have been much more successful.

[Woody]

This can also be applied to people who are out of work. If they got up early and made finding a job their full-time job, then they would have a much higher success rate at finding one. I know too many people out of work who spent, at most, an hour a day following up on ads and applications.