Dec. 10, 2009, Turning Points
A woman recalls a key moment in college when she was in an art history course. Her assignment was to go to the art museum and write about a sculpture. Rather than going to the museum, she wrote about it from a picture: “When I received the paper back it had no grade, but instead a note which said ‘see me.’ Upon meeting with the instructor I was informed that the piece about which I wrote was currently being restored. Since I had not followed instructions and written about a piece I had seen, I was required to write another paper. In addition to being extremely embarrassed, I learned a valuable lesson about not taking shortcuts.”
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