One of the marks of a CCA student is that he is diligent in study.  Now, you may think this is just stuck in there so that it is easier for teachers to tell you to do your schoolwork—after all, it’s not just an assignment; it’s part of the Honor Code, right? 

But in truth, the mandate to be diligent in study, like all of the virtues and honors we hope to instill in you, are primarily for your own good—not ours.  C.S. Lewis said this about it:

Teachers will tell you that the laziest boy in the class is the one who works hardest in the end.  They mean this.  If you give two boys, say, a proposition in geometry to do, the one who is prepared to take trouble will try to understand it.  The lazy boy will try to learn it by heart because, for the moment, that needs less effort.  But six months later, when they are preparing for an exam, that lazy boy is going hours and hours of miserable drudgery over things the other boy understands, and positively enjoys, in a few minutes.  Laziness means more work in the long run.  (Mere Christianity)

One way or another, the work will come.  The question for you, is will it be diligence now, or drudgery later?  A Columbus Classical Academy student is diligent in study.  Are you?

Have a wonderful day.