Well, well. Your three-month vacation has ended (or is about to for you college kids) and as you sit down for a long lecture on the pros and cons of the isosceles triangle or whether Marxism has any redeeming qualities modern day society should consider, it’s important that you remember that such vacations will be few and far between when you hit the working world.

Just something to think about as the bell for your morning class rings. Plato anyone?

Now, get busy. It’s true enough that most of the things you’re learning have virtually nothing to do with everyday life and even less to do with getting a job. Has anyone used a quadratic equation recently? Anyone? Bueller?

But knowledge is indeed power. The lessons you learn in school do serve a purpose. As frivolous as some may seem — they make you more intelligent.

Who wants to be smarter than the average bear? Well, everyone should, because in the Jellystone Park of life, you’ve got to know how and where to get those pic-a-nic baskets. It won’t be easy. Few things really worth having are — a good education is no exception. Take the more difficult path now and you will go much farther later. It’s true.

We’ll all be looking forward to your graduations, whether they’re in nine months or nine years. Either way, stick with it, those who didn’t (i.e. dropouts) will unanimously tell you they wish they had. You’ve got a full life’s climb ahead of you and should consider education as one of the most important rungs on the ladder.

So, back to school. Oh yes, one more thing… In the words of Nelson Muntz, of “The Simpsons” fame, “Ha ha.”