A former student's advice on avoiding procrastination
/A former student visited my class last month to offer advice to my fifth graders as they prepare to embark on their journey to middle school.
His advice was fascinating:
In order to avoid procrastination, fill your life with after-school activities. Do as much as possible. Sports, drama, student government... anything and everything. Pack your day with excitement and adventure.
In this way, he explained, your time to complete homework and study will be limited. You'll have very specific and defined times each day when you can get your work done, and as a result, you will be forced to do your homework and studying during those times.
My former student's message is this:
When we have large amounts of free time available to us, we procrastinate. If we eliminate or restrict the amount of free time we have each day, we'll have no choice but to use that free time wisely.
Kind of brilliant. Right?
