Procrastination, the tendency to postpone our duties, is a widespread evil, especially at a time when there are so many distractions and temptations in the form of leisure.
But among students it is something almost inherent, even among those who study a doctorate: all students They spend about a third of their waking hours in amusements that they themselves describe as a form of procrastination.
Leisure before exams
On average, Students dedicate more than eight hours to leisure activities during the two days before the exams, and their inability to properly manage time is one of their main concerns, as they themselves confess, and one of the reasons for abandoning their studies.
This trend exists regardless of the level of education being taken, as explained Piers Steel in his book Procrastination: Why we put off until tomorrow what we can do today:
It is one of the main reasons why most candidates for a doctorate degree leave the corresponding studies before having obtained it. After your name will appear the letters ABD (acronym in English for "everything but the thesis").
This tendency to postpone homework because we don't feel like it, because there are more interesting things to do or because we simply feel immense laziness is so powerful that it boycotts even the most carefully established plans and throws away the effort accumulated over years. even though it doesn't make any sense:
Incredible as it may seem, after having achieved admission to very competitive academic programs, after having taken all the doctoral courses, after having perhaps compiled the data for the thesis, when they only need to write and defend it, at least half , never completes the process despite the immense investment of time and the considerable reward it would bring them (on average, 30 percent more salary).
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Procrastination among students: 33 % of all their time is dedicated to procrastinating
was originally published in
Xataka Science
by
Sergio Parra
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