Shaena+S's+OpEd+Article

**Stop Complaining and Do Your Work!** Shaena S. media type="file" key="shaenas-muckraker-2011.mp3" align="center"

====“I was too busy to do it.” I cannot tell you how many times I’ve heard this excuse, and almost every time I want to respond with “Really? That’s unfortunate for you. What were you doing? Oh nothing; then shut up and stop complaining about how busy you are.” The majority of people who use this excuse are the ones who do no extracurricular activities, take one or two if any AP or honors classes at all, and have no other commitment outside of school.====

====For all of you who claim to have no time to complete your assignments, I would like to tell you that that statement is complete and total BS. I dance a minimum of two hours every day, spend my entire Saturday rehearsing, am taking two AP classes, two honors classes, babysit full time, and guess what, I manage to get it all done.====

====Sure, maybe you had a ton of homework from all of your classes assigned and due on the same day. But chances are that the work you receive doesn’t even begin to compare to the difficulty or quantity of the work that I or other people like myself must complete. Okay, so you say that you just aren’t very smart. Well guess what, we have plenty of teachers, free tutors, and I bet you could even find a friend to help you finish your work if you just don’t understand it.====

====Bottom line: don’t make up excuses about how busy you are, everyone knows that you just go home and watch T.V., or go on Facebook until who knows when. Discipline yourself to get your mindless busywork done and quit complaining.====