Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 1997, Page 49

Description:	*Kerry Law sIou look up at the clock as youdrink your sixth cup of coffee.The glowing red numbers blareout 2:30 a.m., and youre only on pagefive of your ten pagepaper that is duetomorrow. At thismoment you wonder,Why did Iprocrastinate?Procrastination wasunfortunately a part ofeveryones life duringthe year. Many thingstake up students timesuch as friends, sports,activities, and jobs. Bythe time students getaround to theirhomework, it is almosttoo late.Junior Jay DeeBarnthouse said, I havea life outside of school.One time, I hadntstarted my six week project for WorldHistory until the day it was due. Ispent first through fifth period,skipping lunch to finish it, but I stillended up with an A!Sophomore Justin Banks said,There was a big report due forEnglish, worth 50 percent of yourgrade, on Wednesday. Everyone knewabout it for a month, but for somereason I just remembered it onTuesday, the day before it was due. Istayed up until two in the morning,and it still wasnt done. I was doing itin all my periods the next day duringschool trying to finish it. I got toEnglish and it wasnt due for anotherweek! That really made me mad, but Iended up getting 100 extra bonuspoints on it for turning it in early, sothat was cool.I tend to procrastinate morein the classeswhere I know Ican get awaywith it.—juniorNaomi Dalglishby hayden smithMany times the cause of a studentsprocrastination was after-school jobs.Senior Zack Herring said, I dontfeel like doing my homework. I thinkI can put it off until thelast minute, but then Idont have enough time.Once, I got off work at11:30 p.m. and realized Ihad a paper due thenext day. I was up until3:30 a.m. typing ...Senior Rickie Ayressaid, I work everynight, so that reallydetracts me from doingmy homework on time.Students also juggledtheir homeworkschedules with sports.Sophomore JoeSchroeder said, Imtired after school fromswim practice. I justwant to go to bed, so Illdo my homework the next day inother classes.Depending on the class, studentsprocrastinated to different degrees.Junior Naomi Dalglish stayed ontop of things in most of her classes. Itend to procrastinate more in theclasses where I know I can get awaywith it.Barnthouse said, Its the easyclasses I put off the most because Iknow I can get the work done and Iknow I can still get a good grade inthe class.Banks said, I think everyoneknows the classes where they canprocrastinate and where they cant.Its a great feeling, though, when youhave all your work done on time, oreven... early.Amanda Hirschprocrastination 49
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