Lessons from fourth graders

It's funny how people in the world try to get credit for stuff that they don't deserve. I'm a teacher's aid for a class, and today we have 4th grade recorders. They are young, but they are already trying to get credit when they didn't practice. They have an entire week to practice one short song, but when they get to class, they either think of excuses or try to get full credit when they aren't fully ready. In life in general, people do this all the time. Excuses don't do anything. They give a reason, but they shouldn't get you out of what you deserve. If you didn't do what you're supposed to do, then you should get the punishment you're supposed to get or not get the reward you could have gotten. Life is all about working for what you get. If you try to get off by only doing part of the work, you're not going to get anywhere. Hard work and determination get you farther than excuses and only partial work.