| Term Paper Title | Creative Writing: There Isnt Much Time |
| # of Words | 600 |
| # of Pages (250 words per page double spaced) | 2.4 |
Creative Writing: There Isn't Much Time
It is Monday morning and I have slept in, thanks to Thanksgiving. In
fact, it's twelve o'clock and I am free for the afternoon. As usual, I sit in
front of the . television after I clean myself up, staring endlessly at the
screen with my finger clicking on the remote. I realize that I have a draft due
on Thursday, but I justify my procrastination with reasons like: "there is still
lots of time."
Life is faster now, and people in the 90's are supposed to organize and
plan in order to keep up; however, it seems to me that more people are
procrastinating than ever before. When I ask people why they procrastinate, they
often supply reasons like: this task won't take me a long time; the pressure
makes me to work more efficiently; there were emergencies; and there were other
important things. Some of these reasons sounds legitimate, but I think these
reasons are just excuses for people's fear of failure, fear of lost security,
and need for pressure.
Back high school, I had a friend, Eric, who dropped out of school
because of bad grades. As his friend, I knew he was doing fine until the period
of final exams. He was a smart and responsible person which laziness is not a
factor of his bad grades. Eric could not pick up the books soon enough before
the exam because he was afraid of failure. Since Eric's older brothers had
achieved excellence academic records and great careers, Eric' parents expected
him to follow his brothers' foot step. As the result, Eric was afraid to try
because he feared to fail his parents' expectation. When he realized the problem,
it was too late.
It is two o'clock in the morning. The computer is on, the coffee maker
is cooking, and I am under a lot of stress. "There isn't a lot of time left," I
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