Young Writers Society

It's about 5 am at the time of this post...

I have a paper due later today about Othello as a morality play at 10 am for a Shakespeare class, and I didn't start it until 11 pm. For the rest of the day, I didn't do a thing save go to my one class and my one hour of work at the elementary school. So all in all, I wasted about twelve hours where I could've finished my paper.

Thing is, I thought it was gonna be an easy paper, but I was way wrong. Way wrong. So now I'm finally on the conclusion, and still procastinating by writing this post. Doesn't matter that my eyes are half closed and that I really, really want to go to bed; I'M STILL PROCRASTINATING!!!

So anyways, I was wondering how many people here procrastinate. After all, everyone here is a writer so, logically, everyone here should be good at doing assignments in a timely manner. I know that I started procrastinating back in fourth grade, and that I've never looked back since even though each and every single year I promise myself that this year will be different, this year I won't write a paper or do a project that we've had months to do the night before its due.

Of course, I also blame it on teachers. It's way too easy to get an A, especially at my college. As long as I use proper english, I'm virtually assured of, at the very least, a B+.

So anyways, procrastination stinks, I want to go to bed, and I promise that I will never do it again.

Oh man...Nate, I am the definition of procrastinate.

I procrastinate too. I have been known to finish my workbook assignments and flashcards for Spanish as Mrs. Spiteri is coming around and checking them. And a couple weeks ago we had to write a reader response on whatever book we chose (I have the Great Gatsby) and comment on the book and use quotes. I wrote the most random, useless, carp I have ever written the night before and stayed up until 10:30, which is late for me with homwork. But I managed to fill two pages double-spaced. Yesterday I did the same thing but this one was a lot better. I actually followed one line of reasoning.

I let everything wait till the last minute. Chores, homework, filling stuff out, anything you aske me to do, I'll do it, but not right away. When I have to pay my own taxes I'll be the one rushing to the post office at 11:59 PM on April 14th.

Yep, definately a procrastinator, i normally spend my time sifting through various items on here instead of doing my homework.

Nate, that sounds exactly like me. I call myself the ultimate procrastinator. We had a take home test for math two units ago, and I turned it in on Tuesday of this week. It's probably been, like, two months since then. Of course, I would have done it the day we got it, but I was gone that day, so I ended up taking forever to get it done. I'm surprised my math teacher even accepted it. See below.

hehe, guilty. I was up until 10 last night finishing an english project that I had started the day before, and we had it for a month and a half. and I had band that night...oh well. Sure was fun, though *cough*

I had this big test for maths and I didn't revise until the last night. I got the worst score EVER.

26/100 .... >.<

Ouch. And I thought 12/20 was bad... on the other hand, I've always been one of the top math students minus whatever work I don't do, so it is bad. Yeah.

Ya.I once had to do a paper for history and it was SUPPOSED to be about Casa Blanca. Well I hadn't paid atention to the movie so I wrote about Phantom of the Opera. The paper took me 4 hours cause I was on here then i talked to Nicole on the phone.

wow! I feel sorry for you there. I a=normally always do bad in tests in maths. I get to much homewrok. I say I will do it but then I forget to do it. Its the same with french. And german.

Just the other week we had this enormous test on Dante's Inferno, and we'd known it was coming up for two weeks. But did I study? Nope.

It was all essay-questions, so I decided to study by writing practice essays, right? Well, the test was on a Friday, and by Wednesday night I was getting a little concerned b/c I realized just how close the test was. I studied probably a grand total of twenty minutes that night..lol.

Thursday night rolls around and by 10pm I still haven't studied. So finally, I crack down and work until 230am. And get up at six.

I was so hilarious that day...four hours of sleep...usually I get at least six, so I was laughing when nothing was funny and running into more stuff than usual, lol.

But of course, instead of failing and learning a lesson, I got a 96. What can I say? Omnibus is my thing.

I have never needed to study for tests but because I procratinated I had to do a presentation on improve but I got na A.

OH OH! NATE! i have a book about procrastination.... i havent gotten around to reading it yet.

QiGuaiGongFu wrote:OH OH! NATE! i have a book about procrastination.... i havent gotten around to reading it yet.

LOL

lol that was funny. And I know this girl who doesnt ever revise or try and gets good marks
sooo unfair