Great Without Work

“The first major conclusion is that nobody is great without work.” ( Colvin, 2016) Colvin stated that in What it Takes to be Great. I am able to apply this statement to my academic experience. I have never been someone who puts too much work into school, and because of that I saw the results when I started college. After my first semester I saw 3 Fs and 1 D on my transcript, I put most of my time into my social life, and barely any into my academic life. With that I knew a changed needed to be made, and still after coming back home and attending a community college in Connecticut I was not focused to do the best I could do because, I still was not putting the work into my studies. Finally after taking a year off, and working at a daycare I