By Jason Dagenhart
Round Table reporter

Everyday we use a little bit of effort, whether it is a day inside reading a nice book or a day outside in the sun, or a boring school day filled with work and stress or even a snow  day filled with fun and free time.

But we have to put effort forth; everything depends on how much effort one puts into something, what he or she wants the outcome to be, and if he or she is willing to work for it.

A classic example of effort is school. “What you put into your schoolwork is what you get out of it,” said Ms. Wormwood from the famous comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes.

And Ms. Wormwood is totally right. If you put the suggested amount of effort or even more into your schoolwork and into your classes, you will get the grades you want and will be able to do whatever you want.

The only way to get into a good college or do what you want to is to put forth effort in the way you want to put it forth and achieve the outcome you anticipated.

But the thing is most people expect a good reward, regardless of their actions and if they put in any effort at all. They have this entitled attitude towards life and think that if they put minimal effort into the things they want to achieve they will get the best outcome out of them.

But they’re wrong.

Life isn’t like that. Life doesn’t just hand you lemons and say to make lemonade. It hands you the seed of a lemon tree and tells you to grow your own lemons, create your own lemonade by hand, and to get down and do it yourself.

Life isn’t going to unwind for you. You’re going to have to unwind life and follow the path you, or life, create.