Procrastination In High School

No one’s a stranger to procrastination. It sneaks into lives slowly, careful to destroy anything good a person’s got going for them. As a student in my final year of high school, I have seen my fair share of procrastination. There are endless reasons a person might procrastinate and each person’s situation in which they do is unique. However, don’t be mistaken, for procrastination is a serious issue in many high school and college student’s lives’ and has serious consequences. Procrastination results in poor grades, low self-esteem, and loss of opportunities.
Students try to avoid a lot of things in high school and one of the biggest hurdles they must learn to jump is the one built upon their grades. The pressure to do well in school, brought on by parents, teachers, and personal …show more content…
Procrastination sees opportunities knocking and takes them out before someone has time to open up the door. This is because when someone procrastinates they waste precious time and valuable experience that could result in better things for them in the future. An example of this is when a high senior is applying for colleges. If he or she decides to procrastinate then the application may never get turned in leaving that senior with a missed opportunity of attending that specific institution. This effect of procrastination also carries out past high school and into adult lives’. At a business, a boss might over look an employee for a promotion because of their tendency to procrastinate. This is because procrastination has so many underlying effects that are sometimes extremely hard to notice until they result in bigger issues. For example, when someone starts to procrastinate long enough it begins to be such a major habit in their life that it ends up being a lifestyle. Once procrastination is a lifestyle it starts a downhill spiral filled with bad reputations, empty promises, and finally loss of