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Students who procrastinate often have low self-esteem and are lacking in time management skills, perseverance, and have higher levels of frustration and depression. Internal factors involved with procrastination deal with a student’s personality, competence, cognitive, and mental/physical states. External factors involve a student’s…

Poor Time Management Once you enter college you will realize that you have a lot of time on your hands. This is a good thing, as it gives you the opportunity to get a job, to be more social, and gives you more time on your hobby. However, if you don’t learn how to manage your time, it can be adverse. Poor time management can lead to bad habits such as procrastination or a bad sleeping schedule. So It 's important to know how to administer your schedule, because if you don’t, it will ultimately…

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…

When the country elected its first black president, Barack Obama, Republicans plotted not to pass anything that he tried to accomplish. There was much doubt in the country due to the fact that an African American had taken office. In this instance, the president was not causing racial conflict, but the people around him in the White House were. They did not like the fact that a black man was trying to change the racist ways of America and so this…

I was the only African-American to be accepted into REACH (gifted students) in elementary school at the time and later became the only African-American STEM student at the high school level. I was also accepted into the International Bacculearate program, but had to decline the offer due to family relocating. The dedication and…

John T. Edge reminisces in his essay of a time when he was a 17-year old freshman in college. He remembers the night where he gets pledged by a fraternity and stumbles drunkenly into an all-night diner. This wasn’t any old diner; it was the hotspot for young adults his age. He scarf down his food and rushes to the bathroom with no avail. He throws up on the floor and the owner yells at him to clean his mess up. In the beginning of Edge’s essay, he creates the setting, in the middle he develops a…

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…

A Procrastinator wants to have fun and not work on what they need to work on. Fun is better than being serious. Being serious all the time leads to a boring life everyone needs to have a little bit of fun every now and then. All monkey’s no matter what they are doing or what kind of deadline they have, goes through the same thing: “guilt, dread anxiety, self-hatred – all those good procrastinators…

When most people reflect on their childhood they are consumed with feelings of nostalgia and yearning. They are typically faced with memories of a more carefree and joyous time period. I on the other hand, am faced with memories of war, struggle, and strength. My life has not been a fairytale, nor has it been a complete nightmare. I like to believe that all the obstacles I have been faced with has shaped me into the person I am today. Everyday represents a new struggle to surpass yesterday's…

Hush Shhhh, we don’t talk about that. We are taught that the corrupt parts of American history are swept under the rug. Many times that creates animosity between those affected and the perpetrators. Anachronism, inconsistency of written history is often the style that many historians take to eliminate the bad parts. Every country’s history is plagued by events that its citizens would like to forget a desire to do so may lead to “revisionist history” when those who write history books make their…