The answer is a it has nothing to do with violence
First of all their environment if they are in bed or at school can effect performance. Personally I do better at home because it’s more comfortable. However some people get distracted and need to talk in person. Also if there is any mental health issues that your bypassing this can effect your efficacy to work. Most people with issues like these end up procrastinating their work. The teachers can effect how well you learn. This is based on what methods and their attitude towards their students and school. If a student has a hard time at home or outside of school they may not even care about school. There’s so much more like parental pressure, sports, etc. But this is all I can think of for now.
The pamphlet seeks to engage Americans in the fight against the British. Indeed, Paine wrote The American Crisis pamphlets during the early stages of the American Revolution that were very unfavorable to Americans and when their cause seemed more uncertain than ever. Support for the Revolution was waning and Paine intended to galvanize it in order to facilitate a turnaround of the current situation.
The analogy of winter intends to show the reader that as winter gives way to the new life of Spring, the initial struggles and defeats of the American Revolution would give life to victory. The use of the terms hope and virtue intend to show Americans that this was a just war against tyranny and that the alternative to victory was the death of democracy.
