I Can’t Work Today; I Got a Job

Years ago, a survey asked students who didn’t take any summer courses after expressing interest why they changed their mind.  Some had work conflicts, one had a technical problem logging in (and therefore gave up, apparently), et cetera.

My favorite explanation is this one, repeated here in its entirety:

I got into college

Yeah.  You wouldn’t want those college courses to get in the way of your college courses.

One thought on “I Can’t Work Today; I Got a Job

  1. cliff claven says:

    It’s a little known fact that people who get into college do not need to take college courses. I personally am one of those people. Contrary to what the Dean said in his expulsion letter, the reason I did not do the classwork was because of the coursework. And vis-a-versa.

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