Should I stay or should I go now? (The Clash, year?)

I should stay. More importantly, I should stay because:

1) I am a hard working student.

2) This class will help me fufill my goal to become a Mechanical Engineer.

3) Doing well in school is important to me because I am a role model.

Obviously I have never cheated on any of my assignments, and I haven’t missed any classes yet(to my knowledge). I have turned in all of my assignments, and I am averaging an A. But is that enough? No. I should be allowed to stay because I can contribute greatly to the class through comments and discussion. I have already taken some college-level English courses, and I was instrumental for the flow of the discussion in those classes. For some reason, I think of some pretty strange ideas during discussions, and it leads others to new ideas for the entire group. Mine aren’t always brilliant points (most of the time they’re not), but it does help others to think about an issue more than the three points that they were required to write down before discussion. Also, because some of my ideas are so ridiculous, it provides for comic relief. Which is a little embarrassing, but it is also very helpful for keeping the discussion moving because it helps people relax.

Another reason I should not fail ENGL 106 is because it will destroy my aspirations and goals. I am trying to get into the Mechanical Engineering program, and I have to maintain a 2.7. Even more importantly, ENGL 106 is a required freshmen Engineering course, so without it I will not be able to move into the Mechanical Engineering program. My goal is to become a Mechanical Engineer and work with electric vehicles, planes, or robots. Ideally I would like to work for Tesla motors, but I would love working at Lockheed Martin or Boeing as well. If I don’t pass ENGL 106, then I will not be able to get my degree, and I won’t be able to work at any of those places.

Finally, I must pass ENGL 106 because I am a role model. I was a captain in two sports at my High school, and I keep in touch with many of the students that are still in High school. I have shown them that hard work can get you places (the 9th best Engineering school in the country), and that school is very important for your success. I always tried to help other teammates with their school work, and I showed them that a low grade is better than failing, so they should never give up. If I wasn’t allowed to finish ENGL 106, then I would have no basis for what I told those students. I would be asking them to “do as I say, not as I do,” and that is isn’t fair to anybody.

I have shown that it is imperative that I stay in this class, because I am a good student, I have goals that are based on my passing of this class, and there are high-schoolers that look up to me and they know how well I do in classes.

And as the Clash song goes:

Darling you gotta let me know
Should I stay or should I go?
If you say that you are mine
Ill be here til the end of time
So you got to let know
Should I stay or should I go?

Always tease tease tease
Siempre – coqetiando y enganyando
Youre happy when Im on my knees
Me arrodilla y estas feliz
One day is fine, next is black
Un dias bien el otro negro
So if you want me off your back
Al rededar en tu espalda
Well come on and let me know
Me tienes que desir
Should I stay or should I go?
Me debo ir o que darme

Should I stay or should I go now?
Should I stay or should I go now?
If I go there will be trouble
An if I stay it will be double
So come on and let me know

This indecisions bugging me
Esta undecision me molesta
If you dont want me, set me free
Si no me quieres, librame
Exactly whom Im supposed to be
Diga me que tengo ser
Dont you know which clothes even fit me?
saves que robas me querda?
Come on and let me know
Me tienes que desir
Should I cool it or should I blow?
me debo ir o quedarme?

Should I stay or should I go now?
yo me frio o lo sophlo?
If I go there will be trouble
Si me voi – va ver peligro
And if I stay it will be double
Si me quedo es doble
So you gotta let me know
Me tienes que decir
Should I stay or should I go?

yo me frio o lo sophlo?

I should stay.

P.S. Danny Kolenz would like to stay too.