Procrastination, a college student's worst enemy, but closest friend. I’ve developed this habit where I wait until the very last minute doing an assignment. It has gotten to the point where the clock is ticking down to the last few minutes and I am sitting at my desk just now starting the assignment. What do I do to get in this sticky situation you ask? I do everything but the thing I’m supposed to do. Although I would have earned better grades from doing things days before it’s due, I’ve mastered
my homework then I say oh when I am going to be presenting my speech and then I say oh I ran out of time. Greeting: Good afternoon, judges, teachers, and fellow classmates Introduction to topic: Today I will be talking about something horrible we have all done before. Today I’m going to share with you some statistics that I can’t believe affect us all. According to the Brandon Gaille website in the article about 17 lazy procrastination statistics, they said that 85 to 95 percent of students in North
something myself you and many Americans have problems with. I chose to do this speech on something I do on a regular basis and I know I’m not completely alone. Whether you’re a person who puts things off to the last minute or you’d love to get things done with right away, I have to assume that all of us at some point has become a victim to procrastination. I found I’m not alone according to two leading experts on procrastination, Joseph Ferrari, professor of psychology at DePaul University and Timothy
same numbering, same sections, same spacing, etc.). Simply delete the blue text and replace it with your own black text. ****DELETE ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE SUBMITTING**** Procrastination I. Speech Overview: A. General Goal: To inform. B. Specific Goal: By the end of my speech, my audience will understand what procrastination is, the causes of it, and the effects. II. Introduction: (FYI: This is where you start talking) A. Attention Grabber: “One of the greatest labor-saving inventions of today is
I. Attention Getter: We all have been there when we wait until the last minute to write a paper or study for an exam. We struggle to get these things done and this struggle is called procrastination. II. Relate to Audience/ Thesis Statement: In this classroom, I am sure we all have procrastinated one time or another when it came to doing something either school work or doing chorus. Some of us probably procrastinate all the time and it is part of our life. III. Establish Credibility: I procrastinate
is dilly dallying on who to cast for the upcoming show, high school students are too tired to do anything and parents are putting off their morning meetings until the afternoon! And do you know what causes all this chaos? Just five syllables: PROCRASTINATION. From the 慖抣l do it later?excuse to the 慉w man, I can抰 believe I put
procrastinate and put things off, it reflects how inefficient we are in every aspect of our lives. Thesis: Procrastination is the main result of disorganization whether it’s at home, work or school. I. Introduction I will do it later. I will do it tomorrow. I will start it on Monday. Oh, I’ll get to it next week. If you have said any of these statements then, you probably have a problem with procrastination. I know I have done it and we all do it in some way whether its home, work or school. A. Attention
Scott Alex Suddoth COMM 2381 Outline for Persuasive speech 11/18/2015 Procrastination I. Attention Getter: A famous author by the name of Wayne Dyer once said, “Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is incredibly heavy.”(1) In todays society it seems as if procrastination has become a normal and acceptable thing to do. It is often joked about amongst schoolmates and co-workers around the world. Nothing seems to get done until it
Procrastination, a college student's worst enemy but closest friend. I’ve developed this habit where I wait until the very last minute to do an assignment. It has gotten to the point where the clock is ticking down to the last few minutes and i am sitting at my desk just now starting the assignment. What do I do to get in this sticky situation you ask? I do everything but the thing I’m supposed to do. Although I would have earned better grades from doing things days before it’s due, I’ve mastered
“Procrastination is the thief of time.” – Charles Dickens A glorious morning to the honourable judges, dutiful timekeepers, teachers and my fellow competitors. From my quote you would’ve easily guessed that today I am going to talk on procrastination. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Procrastination is like a disease or virus found in each and every one of us. We would have experience it at least once in our lifetime, but believe me, I am not wrong if I say that all of us are going through it all the time