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14. Procrastination. If you had more time, you’d be able to put it off longer. What do you put off to the last moment? Why? Tell a story about how you just barely got something done in time – or didn’t.
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Procrastination

Submitted by epentaleri on January 8, 2009 - 12:48.

I procrastinate about everything! I procrastinate about my homework. I procrastinate about doing my bed, and alot more things. All I can think about when my Mom is in my doorway saying, "You always procrastinate!" is BLAH BLAH BLAH..... Sometimes I wish that procrastinate was not a word the way my mom says it to me, if you know what I mean. Sometimes I like to use the word "procrastination," just so my teachers know that I am smart!

Procrastination

Submitted by epentaleri on January 8, 2009 - 09:13.

I put off my homework 'til tonight,
My parents say its quite a fright.
I'll need it tomorrow,
Thats when its due.
I have ten pages,
But I've done only two.

Ode To My Homework

Submitted by mlittle on October 6, 2008 - 09:50.

Ode To Homework
Brandon Tieso - Grade 6

Piling up, sheet by sheet
Page by page
Until it reaches the sun
This is homework
Hated by all.

Teachers give it all day
Everyday
It is an addiction
One they can't quit.

Every detail really counts
Can't let a mistake pass
This wicked contraption
Chops down trees
And wastes ink.

Time consuming
Horrible
Awful
This is homework
Hated by all.

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Homework.

Submitted by perspiciens on August 8, 2008 - 08:46.

I've finally completed part of my AP English homework. Now, only two books to read and summarize!

Why don't I feel happier? Ha ha.

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Another World

Submitted by Yami_no_Tenshi on March 20, 2008 - 07:49.

"Becca, I don't like this. Let's go back."

"No. We came this far we're not turning back now."

"But..."

"If you want to leave, Bridget, fine. Go back by yourself. I'm still going."

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My Enemy

Submitted by pineapple_babbit on March 9, 2008 - 14:46.

Hmmmmmm….
I have to face my dreaded enemy…
Today….
Soon…
I don’t want to,
But it’s something I have to do…
I have to once and for all defeat it,
And it’s evil accomplices.
I have to fight as hard as I can,
To get over my cursed foe.
I have to do
My Homework!

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Inferno Moderno, Canto XIII

Submitted by Geist on March 6, 2008 - 21:49.

(Ugh. Theatre. It's tragic.

Well, whining aside, life's been busy. Managing my future education, the regional speech competition coming up, and a performance of TS Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral this weekend has soaked up my time, but I just wanted to add this bit to wrap up the story I began as my English assignment.

I came to love my characters and the world I created, and was able to put in a good friend of mine who was subject to the sin described for this circle of Hell.

Enjoy and criticize.
-Geist)

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Inferno Moderno, Canto XII

Submitted by Geist on February 19, 2008 - 00:06.

(Alright, new project.

Our English teacher tasked us with an interesting assignment over vacation. She told us to take the two Cantos we had studied in depth during our reading of Dante's first book of the Divine Comedy Trilogy, "Inferno", and modernize them. Being the grim realist (and atheist) I am, I leaped at the chance to give a spin on good ol' Hell.

As most of you probably know, Dante originally wrote the story taking place during the Easter Holiday of 1300, and was guided through the circles of Hell by Virgil, the great Roman poet and author of the "Aenead".

Me, I'm taking this and putting it smack dab in Easter 2007, sending me into the depths of my own idea of the other Kingdom of God with Ernest Hemingway keeping me informed and healthy.

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Crazy

Submitted by pineapple_babbit on January 16, 2008 - 11:57.

Crazy?
What is crazy?
Am I Crazy?
…
*Cries*
”Just make it go away!”
“What?”
”IT!!!!”
Maybe…
But,
School caused it.
“What is it?!”
”My home work!”
”… Will you calm down? Gosh!”
I am alone now…
In my own little world…
Crazy?
Yes.
I’d call it that.
*Falls onto her pillow and cries herself to sleep.*

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Homework

Submitted by pineapple_babbit on January 16, 2008 - 11:32.

So bad…
I should be doing my homework,
But…
I just can’t.
My focus keeps shifting,
“I’ll do it later!”
I keep telling myself.
Will I?
Will I actually do it later?
I have to.
25% of my grade…
I have to…
But…
There are so much better things I could be doing,
Like writing,
Or listening to music,
Or doing some insanely better thing…

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Home Work

Submitted by seanb007 on January 8, 2008 - 21:18.

Why?
Why is it the way it is?
We rise in the morning to go to school.
We spend hours on end sitting in chairs.
Listening to lectures.
Taking notes.
Lots of worksheets.
Definitely no shortage of busy work.
Then we go to sports.
Really tired now.
Most of my day and most of my energy spent.
I get home, eat dinner.
Now I have to start on more work than I did all day.

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