The Art of Failing

Flunking out from college is not difficult for most people,
but some students have made an art in failing. To begin, they
make their minds to attend to class only occasionally. When
they do attend, they walk to the classroom 10 or 15 minutes
late, just to annoy their fellow students and to experience the
displeasure from the professor. Of course, they make sure of
missing class at days when important examinations are
scheduled, and they never bother to request a makeup test to
the instructor. On other times, they insist upon disturbing to
the class in talking out of turn, making jokes, or gossiping
with students seated next them. They even draw the class's
attention away important topics with asking silly questions or
offering "humorous" responses at serious questions.
However, the easiest way to flunk of out of college, as these
clowns have discovered, is to cheat on exams or copy
someone else's work. Known as plagiarism, this is a cardinal
sin and will surely result on an F for the term and/or even
expulsion from college!

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