Wastin' Time

We all do it, and sometimes it is OK. But there is a time and a place to work. Often times we think that we can do it later, do it at home, do it during Pirate Time or before school. That's what we think, until something better comes along, like a juicy piece of gossip that we just HAVE to talk about or a great movie comes on that we just have to watch. And when we do have something better to do, we ingore what needs to be done or what should have been done earlier. I am just as guilty of this as the next person, but when I have a designated time to work, I do it!

And thus, wasting time leads to hurried and sloppy work. It leads to skimming the material rather than reading closely. It leads to relying on spell check, which will NOT catch the their, there, and they're mistakes or the were-where, whether, weather mistakes! Grammar check will not insert or delete commas for you. So when you wait until the last minute for the homework fairy to do it for you, it WILL affect your grade.

Funny that I have seniors who still waste time when they have research to do in the library. Like they think that the research will again magically happen? Or that the paper will be easy to write at the last minute so all the research can be done at the last minute? Call me crazy, but all my attempts to prevent procrastination seem fruitless. I will just stop trying I suppose.

But if you can't afford me the time in class, don't expect me to afford you the time outside of class. Call me grouchy, but learning is a two-way street.