"Why Students Procrastinate in College"
Students suffer detrimental consequences for procrastination in college. Most students put off or postpone something that needs to be completed within a designated time, in most cases opting to do something more pleasurable. A few examples of procrastination may be fear of failure, poor time management, or indecisiveness. According to FWU Journal of Social Science, studies indicate that college students many consisting of continued education students as well as high school graduates tend to procrastinate more than university students who entered in as a high school graduate.
Students who tend to have a fear of failure will procrastinate because they feel that no matter how much they study or how much …show more content…
These students become stressed under “pressure” of having to make a decision, causing a delay until pressure is applied and “It must get done”. For example ; Students are given three topics to choose from and a due date for the report. Because indecisive students find it difficult to make a decision they will ponder over the topics, robbing them of the time that could have been utilized to gather their information and research the work. These types of students feel satisfied knowing they were able to complete the task with no concerns of passing or failing. In result this can lead to a lack of self worth and many incomplete or poorly constructed …show more content…
Although procrastination is very visible in school settings it is also very much present in our daily lives. Whether it is a bad habit or a defense mechanism one would never know. " I work better under pressure" most often this is a misled statement. It may be true that some people work only when under pressure, but by doing so; are they working effectively? By delaying their starting date they have left no time to properly research their work and they produce an incomplete assignment or a paper that lacks the appropriate
Students suffer detrimental consequences for procrastination in college. Most students put off or postpone something that needs to be completed within a designated time, in most cases opting to do something more pleasurable. A few examples of procrastination may be fear of failure, poor time management, or indecisiveness. According to FWU Journal of Social Science, studies indicate that college students many consisting of continued education students as well as high school graduates tend to procrastinate more than university students who entered in as a high school graduate.
Students who tend to have a fear of failure will procrastinate because they feel that no matter how much they study or how much …show more content…
These students become stressed under “pressure” of having to make a decision, causing a delay until pressure is applied and “It must get done”. For example ; Students are given three topics to choose from and a due date for the report. Because indecisive students find it difficult to make a decision they will ponder over the topics, robbing them of the time that could have been utilized to gather their information and research the work. These types of students feel satisfied knowing they were able to complete the task with no concerns of passing or failing. In result this can lead to a lack of self worth and many incomplete or poorly constructed …show more content…
Although procrastination is very visible in school settings it is also very much present in our daily lives. Whether it is a bad habit or a defense mechanism one would never know. " I work better under pressure" most often this is a misled statement. It may be true that some people work only when under pressure, but by doing so; are they working effectively? By delaying their starting date they have left no time to properly research their work and they produce an incomplete assignment or a paper that lacks the appropriate