Doing the Work and Having Fun

By Michael Collins

I have always hated doing work, ever since I was a little kid, so much so that in kindergarten I always used to get my twin brother Sean to do all of my work for me. That is how I ended up being held back and having to repeat kindergarten. 

Repeating kindergarten just made me detest doing my work even more. In third grade, I was notoriously bad about doing my work. One day during a blackout at school, the teachers openly celebrated me completing the bare minimum of work I was supposed to have completed.

​This dislike for doing work is the reason I have taken so long on writing this blog post. Through the friendly learning environment that i have experienced and the great journalistic opportunities that have been presented to me, I feel that the YMP program will help me get past my hate for doing work. I feel like this summer is going to be fun—and hard work.

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