''Oh my gosh, did you study?''
''No, did you?''
''No I don't know anything.''
''I'm gonna fail, it doesn't make sense studying now.''
''Yeah an I hear his tests are really hard.''
''Oh my gosh really? How am I gonna get into university man?''
''Same here. I think all teachers just want us to fail, so they give us the hardest things.''
''Yeah I know.''

This was a conversation I overheard between two girls during the five minutes we have to get to the next period. They were walking in front of me doing something I find extremely inconsiderate; walking very slowly like they have all the time in the world and with the other crowd of people following suit I was unable to push myself through. Besides this fact, while waiting for these people to move their lazy legs, I thought about my writers craft assignment. I thought this conversation was interesting and a lot of students can relate to it.
I'm pretty sure on the day of a test or exam, students will ask each other, 'have you studied?', some may say yes, but from my entire school life, most say no, including me at one time. I thought about the conversations between these girls and wondered, ' why didn't they study?' I mean from what i heard the girl said she wants to get into university. Do they know that it takes hard work, dedication and a whole lot of studying to even be considered as a potential for university? I'm definitely not trying to say these girls are dumb or incapable in any way. In fact, i truly believe that they can most certainly do well on the test they were conversing about and i believe that they really can get into university. But how is all of that going to be possible if they don't do their part? In order to do well on a test you have to study and look over your notes, ask teachers questions even if you don't understand. This brings me to the next part of what the girls were talking about.
Why is it that they firmly set their mind to believe that their teachers want them to fail? If these girls proved this true, then why do we have dedicated teachers standing in front of a classroom of 30 students everyday ensuring they receive a good education and trying their best to answer their questions? Having taken co-op at an elementary school and currently studying to become a teacher myself, i can say that teachers want students to succeed and pass with flying colors. Their only main goal as a teacher, apart from many other positive ones is to educate students. However they want students to do their part and study and put in the effort.
These girls need to buck up and in order for them to get into university where you must keep up, they need to take initiative and not blame teachers for their lack of studying and academic care. Maybe like their slow walks to class, it may unfortunately take a while for students to take their first step in taking care of their education.