Procrastination By Hannah Dereje

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“Why are you asking me these questions” she said while smashing away at her keyboard, like always. She has an essay due in the morning, it was given to her a couple weeks ago. Procrastination is a habit for her, but it didn't start to affect her until she reached High School. “I need them for a project at school” I said. “Hurry up then I need to finish this essay” she snarled back. “All she needs is some motivation. She has the smarts but she just pushes it off until a couple days before it’s due” said her mother while cooking dinner. “I never really gave it that much attention until I saw her always typing things into her computer day and night” she said. “I think she can do it a little earlier” Hannah Dereje is halfway done with her Freshman year at Hamline University. She is a commuter instead of getting a dorm there. She is also 18 years old with one sibling. We get along sometimes not all the time, which is why she spends most of her time at college instead of working here. …show more content…

“I would like if she finished them with some time to spare, but as long as she gets it done, I guess it works for her” said her Professor. Social Media is big nowadays and everyone has an account on all the networking sites, like any other young adult that’s what was she does during her free time. She just likes to surf the web and using social networking apps, including Snapchat, Instagram and Twitter. This way she is connected to her friends who keep her up to date, sometimes unless they forget

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