Students, Homework, Politicians, Teachers and Citizens
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by William Skinner
Most teachers know that some students simply ignore homework.
Others lose it; do it badly or get somebody else to complete it for them. Most students,
are quite aware that the reprimand they receive, often falls very short of
expulsion. Since the punishment is rather light, the failure to do the homework,
is treated by students as just something they bluntly refuse to finish.
This attitude is often present in some regional governments.
Many observers will say most. They tend to ignore certain issues, fortified that
such ambivalence, will not lead, to being removed from office. Since ignoring
these issues seldom result in the ultimate punishment of stripping them of
power, they treat the citizens, in the exact manner students treat homework.
However, the student who fails to or refuses to do homework,
pays an individual penalty. This usually results in poor grades, failing examinations
and often leads to unemployment and lifelong financial struggles because of academic
laziness. Governments face no such long-term suffering. They move on and the
players change while the unfinished homework remains. Their successors usually
refuse to complete unfinished tasks and start afresh.
Most teachers, who understand that homework is a priority,
will insist that it be done every time it is given. They ignore the puerile
schemes and machinations of the offending students. They also know that their
duty is not to bend to the wishes of inexperienced children. Citizens must therefore
follow the examples of those teachers, who insist that tasks given must be
completed or there will be consequences. Politicians are like some students; left
to their own devices, they ignore, refuse, or deliberately leave important
tasks undone.
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