Message to Garcia Thoughts

Today in class, we read the short story, Message to Garcia, by Elbert Hubbard, and discussed how it still relates to our lives as students in modern day, even though it was published in 1899. This story relates to our lives because, with being in high school now, and a lot of us being involved in afterschool activities, we have a lot on our plate. We constantly have to stay on top of our work alongside having practice or some other activity right after school. It is up to us and nobody else to keep up our grades and excel in our extracurricular activities. For instance, if one of us has a game and we need to leave school early, it is up to us to let teachers know that we will be missing their class and to get our makeup work. If we fail to do that there are no excuse and the blame falls on us, and no one else but us. As students we need to be responsible and we need to stay on top of everything that is expected of us.