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The last thing on most students minds when they arrive on cam­

pus is school work. Friends, roommates, and homesickness are

usually at the forefront of their ever-increasing concerns. Stu­

dents “cram” academics somewhere in the recesses of their brains,

hoping to temporarily forget their course work. However, soon

classes begin and students find themselves gazing up the impassi-

bly high mountain known as academics. By the second week of

school all are straining to begin the climb towards completing their

classes. In most students, the drive to succeed soon takes over and

becomes evident in those who desire to do well. Keeping scholar­

ships, finishing well, or beginning well are all motivating factors

in students’ minds to be diligent.

Proverbs 13:4 states, “The soul of the sluggard desireth, and

hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.” As

Christians, students should strive diligently to do their best in all

areas of their lives, not j ust academics. Every aspect of a Christian’s

life reflects either well or poorly on other Christians and on Christ

Himself. Diligence needs to be a priority as students prepare to

ascend the seemingly insurmountable heights to their goal—the

top of the mountain where the end of the semester is in sight.

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