C's Get You.... Unemployed

"C's get degrees."

Actually, they get you a degree and no job.


We college students sometimes need tough love, so here it is: stop worrying so much about your immediate comforts and start working hard on your assignments, because someday, a future employer is going to ask for your GPA and weigh it against dozens of other kids who also have degrees. Because so many people have college degrees these days, there are other factors involved than just your diploma, one of the most important being your grades.

There are a lot of internet posts telling us not to let our grades get to us, that C's get degrees, that our grades do not reflect us personally. While these statements are all true, and all of us screw up now and again with classes, we can't allow that to be a pattern. As far as a future employer at a desk is concerned, those C's and D's reflect your work ethic, efficiency, diligence, among other things, whether they do in reality or not. Does this mean we should panic? No, not at all. But the idea that college in and of itself is too much for you to handle is a lie, my friends. College is a faulty system and sometimes we have to force ourselves into its one size fits all methods. However, it's our choice to procrastinate beyond reason. It's our choice to binge watch television instead of doing our reading first. It's our choice to complain. It's our choice to self-medicate with unhealthy food, media, and laziness instead of leaning on God who gives us exactly what we need in terms of strength and patience, if we just ask Him, and who gives us the grace to get through each day.

Am I saying you should shoot for valedictorian? No. I mean, if you want, go for it. The point is, you know what you're capable of, that God promises to help you, and that this is the path set before you. It's our choice what we do with it, and maybe it's time to turn off the temptation to whine and look at the big picture instead of the immediate here and now. If we want that family and white picket fence and Pinterest-worthy house, we've got to start working for it now.

Work is hard. Life is hard. But are we going to take the challenge that is life on cheerfully and depending on God? Or wallowing in self-pity and chicken nuggets (not that there's anything wrong with chicken nuggets. You know what I mean)?


Because that's not how dreams come true.

That's not how God is glorified.

That's not how goals are reached.

That's not how the Gospel's preached.


Are you an A student? Get A's. Are you a B student? Get B's but shoot for A's. Are you a C student? Find a better strategy and shoot for better, because you're able. Are you letting yourself go? Time to put down the motivational books, roll up your sleeves, and get to work. A lot of schools have opportunities such as tutoring, help sessions, and there are usually upperclassmen and professors willing to help you. But more importantly, God WILL help you. And we can do it because God will give us the strength we all need.


Proverbs 12:14: "The work of a man's hand comes back to him."