My Project - Milagros Bravo Alvarez - A08

CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF PROCRASTINATION ON STUDENTs

                                                                                  

        Almost all students have procrastinated at least once in their lifetime. They either kept on doing their homework until the end of the day or they have done their homework quickly with no revisions on their due date. These are some kind of actions which make students give in the temptation of procrastination. For that, most of the time students regret about the accumulation of their homework since they do not realize that their homework does not take a few minutes to finish, and then it becomes and unpleasant task to complete. Therefore, the majority of students, which are putting off their things, should know the causes and be aware of the negative effects that procrastination has on them.

 

       Disorganization is one of the main causes of procrastination, especially between students. According to Linda Solomon, a psychologist of the University of Vermont, "Most students who procrastinate tend to do the easiest task first, regardless of whether they are urgent or not. However, more urgent or difficult tasks begin to pile up as they are put off." For that, pupils must do the urgent or important task first, and the current or uncomplicated homework can put aside to focus the attention on the difficult one, but if the task cannot be made at all at once because it is quite complex, then it can be subdivided to avoid any kind of trouble at the moment of doing it. Unfortunately, many students do not admit that due to the lack of organization in their activities, they have to deal with procrastination.

 

       The other main cause of procrastination among students is fear of failure since pupils who are driven by this sort of fear usually use avoidance and have an intense desire to delay performing a task or simply wait for its deadline, so they have no longer take it up. These students sometimes use expressions such as "If I try, then I will only fail.", "I knew I was going to fail, so what is the importance of starting work on the next assignment?" and so on. They say that because they prefer to postpone doing their things instead of overcome the fear. According to Esther Pothblum, the author of a test called the Procrastination Assessment, "Fear of failure is usually manifested as performance of anxiety, lack of self-confidence and perfectionism."

 

       As a consequence of bad or poor organization and fear of failure, students who procrastinate obviously have to confront and deal with the negative effects which make their life worse.

 

       Procrastination carries many consequences; for example, if students start to postpone, their homework gets increased and eventually they have an accumulating homework; in addition, they suffer from terrible drop of grades. Procrastinating students also tend to be distracted quickly, for they rather want to do easier works than finishing tedious ones that they are assigned to do. For last, stress is another downside from procrastination because if students do not learn to manage stress, it may lead to depression, frustration and other mental issues which will make their lives much harder to cope with.

 

      To sum up, students need to be careful about procrastination since it is dangerous and harmful to their life school, and they should make something important about their piled up homework and get in to the good habit of completing their work every day like a strict routine, so they will not have any kind of negative consequences as accumulating of homework, becoming distracted and the stress. Therefore, pupils should remember that because they avoid finishing a task today, it does not mean that their homework will not need to be done tomorrow.

 

Descripcion of my writing

Well, the kind of organization i used was CAUSE/EFFECT ESSAY because of the topic i chose, it was easier for me to use this sort of essay organization since i could discuss the causes (reasons) for procrastination and the effects of it.

Lastly, the pattern of my essay is the following:
INTRODUCCTION
1st Cause

2nd Cause

Transition Paragraph

Effects
CONCLUSION