Well it's just like being an athlete.
Student athletes have to balance going to class with playing sports.
Well student leaders have to balance going to class and getting their education,
which is their primary mission of being at an institution like NC State,
with their student leadership responsibilities,
and so I was not permitted to cut classes, and in my day when I was at NC State
you were only allowed a certain number of class cuts regardless of what the reason was, unless it was a death in the family.
So I had to attend class and I had to study and I had to do all those things so I could graduate when I was supposed to graduate.
I was also in ROTC so I was a student officer at the time as well.
All of those things were healthy for me in that it forced me to discipline my time,
and that's been a really good learning experience from my NC State experience because even today I'm a very disciplined person.
I know things that have to be done and I work hard to make sure that I maintain some kind of a schedule and that kind of stuff.
So I can't recall it ever being a burden, although I'm sure there were times when there were conflicts,
I had some kind of student responsibility and I also had a class.
Well class came first, and by the way that's what Dr. Caldwell used to say.
Chancellor Caldwell would say: You remember, classes come first.
If I ask you to do something and you've got class or you've got an exam or you've got to study that comes first.
So I don't recall it being a burden.