Compare and Contrast

To Do or Not To Do

How badly I don’t want to write this essay is not the question. There is no question. I just don’t want to write it, end of sentence. It’s that simple. I dislike writing mostly because I don’t enjoy it and I feel I am not very good at it. I really have no drive or incentive to write. I loathe writing papers, especially ones with no topic or boundaries set for me to write about. All I get is the type of essay it has to be, therefore, there are thousands of possible topics; I can never choose one topic to write about and it takes me an extremely long time to finally choose one. But is it really worth not doing versus doing? That may be the question, I suppose. Will it hurt my grade enough that if I don’t do it I will suffer severe consequences? Or can I get through the semester with a decent grade by not doing this one essay?

Sure, the teacher may be upset and disappointed if I don’t turn a paper in. She probably wouldn’t look at me the same way in class or even like me as much. She might not call on me for answers during class anymore because she may think I am not competent enough to answer them. The teacher may even go as far as talking to me about not doing the essay and then I would have to explain to her why I didn’t turn an essay in. Then I would have to break the news of how I didn’t want to do it. I would receive a zero or some other kind of depressing grade or mark for that particular assignment. My grade would go down and would definitely reflect my actions. Depending on how low the zero dropped my final grade, I may have to pay the Air Force back for not receiving a C or better in the class. That would be detrimental, seeing how I am trying to save for a wedding and Christmas is just around the corner. And who wants to pay for something when they are receiving it for free in the first place. Not me, that’s for sure.

If I did do the essay, I would go through a ton of...