11:00 the night before I have an assignment due in my Child Development class. The assignment is to observe the variety in pictures of children used on childrens toys (gender, race, etc.) The assignment is due tomorrow. The assignment calls for us to physically observe these things at a toy store. Pretty sure Toys 'R' Us closes at 9. So that option is out. I have class all day before this class. I have reached a point where it is no longer a possibility to actually go to the store. However- I've already written the paper. I've bought toys before, i have a pretty good idea of who's on the pictures...and I'm a creative writer, therefore good at making things sound believable. I even wrote in detail about the shared gender picture of two little girls and two little boys that I 'saw' putting together a shrek puzzle...But I never went to the store. Should I be able to turn my paper in? I can turn it in, I can get an A, no questions asked...of that I'm sure. BUT...that will be an undeserved cheated A. But it will help my grade. And it's really not that big of a deal, right? ....
I went to a funeral a couple of weeks ago of a man that was one of the most highly respected people in my life. His son spoke about memories of his dad, and there is one that has resonated in my mind ever since...Jon (his son) came home with a pen one day that his dad didn't recognize, and when asked where he got it, Jon replied, "at school". His dad quickly responded, "well you better return it, that's not yours". A pen. from school...a PEN.
Those words in my paper are not justified. That A is not technically mine. I don't deserve these points. I dug this hole myself. This vicious cycle of procrastination and manipulation has taken over. But it's a paper. A 10 point assignment for a course in my freshmen year of college. as far as my grade..it will help a little, bit it won't hurt a lot. am I overanalyzing, or is it so much more than that?
i've always questioned how to incorporate God into every aspect of my life, (i.e. how can i bring him into Piaget's theory of cognitive development) i think i just found my answer.
i have a choice to make at 3:00 tomorrow afternoon.
to hand in, or not to hand in....that is the question.
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You could add a footnote saying you didn't actually observe them for this paper but relied on past experience.
Heck, I just wrote a footnote in a paper saying "I realize this is probably heretical but this isn't the point of my paper, even though it is a consequence of other assertions I am making, but I don't have the brain power or the resources to discuss it. So while it's not an accurate statement, I don't have the brain power to tackle it now."
Like Lester Burnam: I rule.
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