Jennifer Cruz reflects on her past struggles with procrastination in high school and how it is no longer a viable strategy in college. In high school, she could complete assignments under pressure and still get good grades, but college requires more self-discipline as professors provide due dates upfront and are less lenient. Procrastinating causes undue stress and does not allow time for important revisions. Finishing assignments early provides benefits like gaining extra credit opportunities and reducing stress. Overall, the author concludes that procrastination should be avoided so students can do their best work and have a better college experience.

1. Jennifer Cruz
9/11/11
SLS1001 T 5pm
Procrastination
As I was reading the scenario, I started to think of myself when I was in high school. I always had
the mentality that I work better under pressure, but in reality I cannot because I couldn’t achieve my full
potential. I remember when a teacher would give me a dead line and I had more than enough time to
complete this project, I would keep pushing aside the project to do things that came to mind at the
time. Once the dead line was getting close and I didn’t have enough time to complete the project I
would stress and stay up late trying to complete the project.
In high school, I didn’t think that procrastination was such a bad thing because I did get good
grades even when I worked under pressure. But now that I have entered college I can see there is not
enough time to procrastinate. High school was like a baby being feed its food but college you have to
learn how to feed yourself. There will never be enough time because in college the teachers give you the
due dates the first day of school but in high school they remind you when the projects are due. As I was
reading the scenario it made me think, I have changed from high school to college because some
teachers really don’t care if you pass or fail, plus I have to pay for all my classes.
A procrastinator really doesn’t think about what would happen if I were to complete the project
early. In my opinion, I would think that if you were to finish the project early you would not have to
stress about finishing the project before it is due. The stress is not healthy on a person because it can
through off your system. Finishing the assignment early helps the person revise the work before turning
it in. some benefits for completing and turning in the assignment early may gain you extra credit if the
teacher rewards those students who work hard to achieve their best scores.
In conclusion, one must try to stay away from procrastination because the stress, and the
benefits it will take away. One must always strive to become a better student and finish all their work on
time so they are able to have some time to themselves and achieve the best score they can receive.
Revision is always an important part of an assignment, but procrastinators do not have enough time to
revise their work because the assignment will be due when they have finished. I suggest that no one
should be a procrastinator.