Basic Requirements For The Job.

By this time in your career on Planet College you have probably applied for a few jobs. Maybe more than a few. So you are, no doubt, familiar with the "basic requirements" section of the job posting or description. Usually this section contains essential elements that the worker must be able to perform when hired. They are often relatively simple things like, " must be available to work evenings and weekends", "must be able to lift forty pounds", stuff like that. Often one basic thing not included is just assumed, "Must show up on time and be sober." This is usually a given and is almost always detailed somewhere in the company's employee manual.

Anyway most of these basic requirements also apply to your school experience. It is usually essential to show up on time, sober helps, and about lifting the forty pounds? Sometimes that back pack can get mighty heavy.

The point of this is that just like any one of your current jobs, school, right now, is a job. Perform the tasks regularly, show up on time, lift that forty pounds, i.e. meet the requirements. Employing a work-a-day approach to your education may not be too "uplifting" but it will get the job done. And unlike your paycheck, the compensation for this job, a degree, will last the rest of your life.