Procrastination

As high school students we tend to procrastinate a lot, like more than is needful. This tends to get rather stressful around the end of the term. There's so much to do, and so little time. We have late papers, test/quiz retakes from seven or eight classes to do in a week. WOW! You'd think after one term we'd get the point and not procrastinate anymore, but no. Why is it that we do that? Why is it that we always put things off until the last minute? For me personally one of the main reasons is time. When the assignment is given I don't necessarily always have time outside of school to do it, so I keep putting it off thinking that I have plenty of time before the end of the term to get it in. Then the time seems to go by really fast and all of a sudden it's the last week of the term and life gets ten times more stressful as it would have been if I would have just done the assignment on time. So if we can realize that there isn't as much time as we think there is, our lives can be a heck of a lot less stressful.

Why do so many people have such a hard time focusing?

Everyday we are surrounded by things going at a fast pace and it really doesn’t take all that long to get adapted to that. At home we watch TV, play games on our high speed internet, and text our friends, then we go to school. The day goes by so slow and we can’t focus. Why is that? What makes it so that we have such a hard time focusing? Like I said earlier, it’s from all of the fast pace things that we deal with at home. It really gets to us, and all of a sudden if we can’t have it fast then we don’t want it at all. So at school when we are confined to the space of a small desk with a pencil and paper, we go crazy! So if we can get the world to not move at such a fast pace then it would be so much easier to focus in class.

Why are some people so prejudiced?

When I walk down the halls at school there are certain people that stand out to me as being different. Not necessarily in a bad way, but not really in a good way either. They're obviously nice enough to have their own friends, yet creepy enough that the "popular" kids stay away from them. Why is that? Why do people make such sudden judgements and stay away from other people that are "different." I think that the main reason is personality. I mean seriously who wants to spend the day with someone whom they have absolutely nothing in common with. You'd be surprised what you have in common with someone who appears to be way different than you. In junior high I had one of those built up prejudices against someone who turned out to be a pretty good friend of mine. She appeared to be the exact opposite of everything that I wanted to be in contact with, but one of my friends happened to be friends with her. So when all three of us had a class together and those two were communicating, I had either the option of being the class "loser," or actually trying to get to know her. I decided to start talking to her and found out that she had had a difficult life and was actually a really nice person. That just goes to show that if you misjudge someone, you could be missing out on a really great friendship.

Fairy Tales

Then they got married and lived happily ever after. Why is it that all fairy tales end that way? Sure it's a nice way to end a cute story that hundreds of little kids read every day, but it doesn't teach them about the facts of life. These stories make every girl think that as long as they find prince charming that everything will be perfect and they'll never have to worry about a thing like divorce. How much harder is it going to be for them if their parents end up in divorce?

I could only come up with one reason for why they would let every young child grow up with such beliefs. That's because it's a fairy tale! All these stories of happiness were first told when there were actually princes and princesses alive, and they've just carried on through the ages. Back in those days it was common to have a good marriage, in fact if your marriage didn't turn out you brought disgrace on you and your family. Now, life is obviously different and they should have different stories to tell. I still believe that every child should have a dream to look forward to achieving. However, there's a fine line between reality and dreams and if we aren't careful all happiness could turn out to just be a dream.