Resilience In College Research Paper

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My brother Jingyi showed resilience in college when he had a lot of work due. In in this period of time my brother procrastinated and did not plan how to complete his homework so his homework piled up. My brother realized that he had to start doing his work since he procrastinated and he had little time to finish homework so he had to give up exercise, sleep, and his social life to get all of his work done. He eventually managed to get it all done. He also changed his habits so that he could get things done and not have it pile up. My brother learned that college is different then high school

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