By Kevin Donovan

Its 11 at night the day before the paper is due. You’re frantically looking for your directions on how to do the assignment. The paper has mysteriously disappeared, and your stressed out because you have to figure out what your going to tell your teacher in the morning why your paper isn’t done.

This is the story of my schooling life. Originally I had to write this article on something important that deals with our college. When I finally realized last minute I had a paper to do, it was too late. I couldn’t find my stories background paper. On any normal day I’d go and lie down and say forget it, and try and make up some ridiculous excuse to give to the teacher in the morning. I sat up last night and contemplated emailing the teacher, and then realized I’d have to come up with a new subject to do my article on. What better idea then the situation I was in.

Fellow Buffalo State College Student, Rob Sirolie, states a similar situation where he decided to wait till the last minute to finish up his essay and realized that his internet service wasn’t working at his house. He, as we all do had to stress out till the next morning when he had to tell his teacher the problem. He may come up with an excuse original as “my dog ate my homework”, or “my computer exploded losing all the files including my essay”. Instead Rob told his teacher the truth. He explained what happened and the teacher luckily believed Rob, and let him hand in the assignment a day late.

As a teacher when do you say enough is enough? Yes the student has to stress over talking to you in the morning, but the teacher has to stress over getting grades in on time, and making sure the student is learning the material given. I am not a teacher but I know the excuses I’ve given in the past and some are pretty bad. I guess it’s an endless cycle that keeps not only Buffalo State College interesting but every school in the world interesting.

More or Less the moral of my article is too not leave things till the last minute. If myself or Rob would have decided to do the article or essay a week before it was due then we wouldn’t be in the predicament we put ourselves in. Granted I write this now, but I have a feeling I’ll be right back in the same situation next week when a hurricane comes and destroys my book bag leaving me without my directions once.