Setting: Valencia Classroom Characters: Virginie, Julianna and Botello are all students in Freshman Comp 1. They are given the task to write a play for their final exam, but procrastination takes over; in an attempt to save their grade Botello takes on the role of Anderson Cooper, Julianna as Donald J. Trump and Virginie as Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential debate. Nater: VIRGINIE: Do you have the play? Julianna looks over to Virginie with confusion and shock. JULIANNA: I thought you had it !?! Botello: Are you guys serious right now? VIRGINIE: Check your bag Julianna Julianna vigorously searches her backpack for the play script JULIANNA: I can't find it! Nater: Need I remind you this is a final exam grade? You need to do something! …show more content…
Hillary takes a sip of water. JULIANNA/DONALD: Thank you, as I was saying- BOTELLO/ANDERSON COOPER: I'm sorry, but your time is up. Hillary your turn. While Virginie/Hillary speaks Donald constantly shakes his head, rolls his eyes, and mouths an audible "Wrong" "ISIS" VIRGINIE/HILLARY: Well Anderson I believe that goals are important for our health. Goals are a necessary component to a stable psychological and mental state, to overcome procrastination, and to lead a successful life. BOTELLO/ANDERSON: Donald would you like to respond? DONALD/JULIANA: A successful life she says? Many American have goals yet many our unsuccessful it's because ILLEGAL MEXICANS ARE TAKING AMERICAN JOBS! When I become president I will build a wall and we will make America great again and get rid of ISIS. I can promise you that, I will she won't. Julianna/Donald points to Virginie/Hillary Nater: ok that was something. I can't say you will get and A. BOTELLO/ANDERSON: See this why we shouldn't have procrastinated. VIRGINIE: Yea you're right. Procrastination is an unhealthy habit, and it makes us unable to meet deadlines and reach our goals. In fact everyone has procrastinate at least once, which lead them to be
Each college student will face procrastination at some point in her college career. It is an epidemic of the academic world. Depending on the student it will impact her sleeping habits, grades, and overall health. However, each student will handle it differently. Some will depart from college with minimal stress and others with grey hairs. Either way, procrastination will surely be a part of the college world
“Hillary Clinton and as you know, she, most people know, she is a world-class liar,” Trump said during his 45-minute speech given in Trump SoHo in New York City. "Just look at her pathetic email server statements or her phony landing in Bosnia where she said she was under attack but the attack turned out to be young girls handing her flowers, a total self-serving lie."
All humans tend to procrastinate on any kind of work that requires significant effort. It is human nature and sometimes even the most organized person cannot avoid it. Putting things off until near the deadline is very much a good thing according to John M. Shanahan who once said, “Deadlines are the mother of all invention.” Shanahan is one-hundred percent correct in saying this. Deadlines for work eliminate the problem of procrastination and help the human brain become active and creative.
When we think of procrastination the first word that comes to most of our minds is lazy. Laziness and procrastination seem to go hand in hand and often procrastination is caused by us simply being lazy. However, procrastination is a chronic and constant problem for many of us and while some of us may also be chronically lazy as well, most of us aren’t. I am, unfortunately, a person that battles procrastination and I can say that laziness is usually not my problem. I believe that procrastination comes down to one thing; we simply do not want to do whatever it is we need to do. The reasons we feel the way we do can vary according to what we are avoiding and from person to person.
In a meta-analytic and theoretical review of procrastination, it was estimated that between 80-95% of undergraduates experience problematic academic procrastination, with up to 30% experiencing severe procrastination (Steel, 2007). Considering the effect of procrastination on the general, work and academic
While it is not a life-changing syndrome; that is, a diagnosis found in , procrastination is still pernicious, psychologically. It can create mild symptoms or some that are chronic, even debilitating. Regardless, procrastination is something that can be played with.
In this article John Rampton listed some of the positive aspects of procrastination, although some of them were both logical and relatable but the non-credibility of the sources weakened them & made them less convincible. What made his article engaging is that the ideas he introduced were relatable to the majority. As a procrastinator myself , i found his definition of Procrastination quite interesting where he said “procrastination is using fear as a motivator” , its actually true that we finish some tasks on time only out of fear. Besides, the reasons we delay doing a certain task is usually because it’s either a boring task or a stressful one , which is what the author stated to let readers
Procrastination is the act of putting off doing things at a later time or date for no particular reason. For the person experiencing procrastination it can be either functional or dysfunctional according to the degree of the behavior (qtd. in Sweitzer 11). A person that procrastinates must realize they have a problem and find effective ways to overcome procrastination because they are putting their health, family and job at risk. According to Joseph Ferrari, a Professor of psychology at DePaul University, states that twenty percent of people realize they are chronic procrastinators which is a lifestyle to them. Some procrastinators are not born but pick up the behavior from family members (12). There are various reasons why people procrastinate.
Since high school, my teachers have always told me not to procrastinate. I did not even know what the word “procrastinate” meant until my freshmen year of high school, which was stupid of me. Let’s just say I let my procrastination skills go into full force, which led my group and I to not place in the final ten at the FBLA national conference in our competition.
Procrastination is a habit that has existed since the beginning of time and it certainly a problem for many students. Procrastinators actively look for distractions, particularly ones that doesn 't take much of commitment on their part; playing games are almost perfect for this purpose. Procrastinator distracts themselves as a way of regulating their emotions such as fear of failure. They also may actually think they get a thrill out of delaying their work and believe they work best under pressure. At its core, student procrastinate to keep themselves happy in the moment until they’re pulling an all-nighter to meet the deadline they had weeks to prepare for. Furthermore, I am not an exemption procrastinating dwell in me. Procrastinating is
Stagnation, uncertainty, and yes, procrastination will cost you opportunities in your career, your relationships, your financial growth, and/or your business, just to name a few.
One of my toughest mental battles that I had to face was dealing with procrastination. Procrastination is the delaying on one’s objectives. While everyone has procrastinated during their lifetime, there is a twenty percent chance in becoming a full-time procrastinator. Basically if you compared yourself and four friends, then one of you is likely to be a full-time procrastinator. Procrastination only bring negative effects such as: setting a bad reputation upon yourself,
The article The Causes and Effects of Procrastination, retrieved from the website UK essays, and Procrastination: A Positive or Negative, by John Michael Federici, both addressed issues regarding the pros and cons that the act of procrastination will bring upon to its user. Both author discussed about procrastination, the act of delaying the work. Authors of each article has their very own unique perspective in how they view on the act of procrastination, with both representing their points followed by a very strong arguments and fact in order to convince the readers. The act of procrastination happens in our everyday life either it is performed by us or it is done by the people around us, and this act can personally affect the procrastinator itself and also people whom are involved with them. The author for The Causes and Effects of Procrastination, mostly has a stand that shows disagreement on the act of procrastination,
"Coping with Procrastination" by Rebecca Moore, Barbara Baker, and Arnold Packer is an essay that explains why people procrastinate and how to deal with it. This essay says that people mostly procrastinate because they don’t know how
Julia wakes up from sleep and leaves her room and sit on bench with the headmaster of the school and shared their life stories with each other. She carelessly shared her story with headmaster and tell him that in the people have treated me really bad but there are some people who really cared about me but now I have lost them. Priciple makes her realize that she did wrong by leaving those people. She really move by his words and leave the school to find Matt.