COLLEGE LIFE
MOTIVATOR
#73
Live
life with no regrets but understand the consequences of your decisions.
Your professors should understand that you need to miss class to attend
a job interview. However, you will still
be responsible for getting class notes and making up any required work.
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STORIES FOR COLLEGE LIFE
Know the
consequences of no regrets.
I
had a student who said there was a “pie in the sky” casting call for some
production, but it meant getting in line and waiting for hours at a downtown
hotel. And missing my class.
I
simply told her that she could go, but was responsible for getting class notes
from a fellow student. I believe in
going after opportunities, even when it means sometimes doing the irresponsible
thing, like telling a professor that you need to ditch class for a pipe dream
of a chance at something big.
I
learned that lesson as a law student, when I was clerking at the U.S.
Attorney’s Office. A movie was being
filmed downtown starring Robert Redford, and they needed extras to fill up an
old minor league baseball stadium.
Instead of playing on green grass, I did the responsible thing by going
to work that day.
Years
later, every time I see The Natural, I say to myself: “If only I called
in sick that day.” Thankfully, this is a
minor regret. It serves as a lesson to
me about risk taking and understanding the consequences. Be a risk taker in your college life, but
know where to draw the foul line.
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