The Best of Si Robertson: Life Lessons from the Lovable Duck Dynasty Uncle & Author of Si-cology 1 (Duck Commander Family, Happy happy happy, Duck Dynasty, ... Family, Si Robertson, Phil Robertson) by Bauer Timothy

Author:Bauer, Timothy [Bauer, Timothy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-11-25T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5: Si’s Life Experiences

“America, everybody is in too big of a rush. Lay back, take a sip of tea, mow a little grass. Then if you get tired, you take a nap.” – Si Robertson

There are experiences in Si’s life that I’d like to share with you. Not only because they would make you laugh your guts out, but because there are lessons that you can learn from it along the way.

When in doubt, C is the answer

When Si was in college, he wasn’t really what you call the perfect student. He went for three quarters – two of them were spent partying. After all, if you remember, that’s what he told his mother, right?

Since he wasn’t really bent on going to school, Si rarely went to class. Charles Hollier, Miss Kay’s cousin was his partner-in-crime. Charles, aka Tinker Bell, was also flunking school. Si’s days were spent at the mess hall or spent fishing with his brothers Tommy and Phil. If he’s not doing those two things, he is probably drinking beer with Tinker Bell.

Eventually his brothers got on his case about not attending class. The truth is, he’s already on probation with the school dean and he can’t commit more mistakes, or else he risks getting thrown out of school. However, he still didn’t exert much effort in studying.

One day, Tinker Bell went to him and asked if he knows anyone who has their class’ lecture notes. Apparently he too can’t flunk because his father would “kill him”. Si then found a number of girls who gave him copies of their class’ notes and they proceeded to study for 74 hours straight.

On the day of their final exams, Si did well in his classes. He breezed through his exams and was alert. He was still wired from the caffeine and the sugar intake he had from all the soda pop he drank. When the final exam came, it had 100 questions – he answered about 15 and before he knew it, he fell asleep… his professor woke him up telling him he only has ten minutes remaining to finish the exam.

It was a multiple choice type of exam, which for Si, worked in his favor. He went through his answer sheet and breezed through the answers, answering all C. All he needed was 5 minutes and he was done.

The next day, Nancy, Tommy’s wife, was ranting and raving at Si. Since she worked for the registrar’s office, she was able to check his grades. Si initially thought he had flunked, but to his surprise –

For six months, he partied. He never went to class. But he almost made the dean’s list; he would have made an A average if not for three points.

Remember: when in doubt, C is the correct answer.

Vietnam War

Si may have proven his wit, but he didn’t feel like continuing his studies. For him, a college education doesn’t equal intelligence and success.

It wasn’t easy to break the news to his parents. After all, they were very enthusiastic about him going to college.

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