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Feedback on "Writing an Essay an Hour Before It's Due"

September 25, 2017
By kristenjwang SILVER, NY, New York
kristenjwang SILVER, NY, New York
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On a Sunday night, I picked up Teen Ink's September issue for a school assignment and got comfortable on my living room couch. As I flipped through the pages of the magazine rapidly, I thought, So many pieces to choose from, just not any for me until I encountered "Writing an Essay an Hour Before It's Due" by Zoe Matthews. This choice of mine accurately portays a true procrastinator doing what they do best: procrastinating, and in addition, Zoe gives us procrastinators reasons not to be ashamed of ourselves for being victims of this addicting habit.

More in depth, in "Writing an Essay an Hour Before It's Due," Zoe Matthews shares an experience where she is assigned an essay given to her twenty-two days prior to its due date. It's 9 PM on the 21st and she hasn't even started her essay yet! Though, when, for a moment, she's finally overcome with a sense of responsibilty and decides to do her assignment, that sense of responsibility fades away because an episode of Jane the Virgin pops up on her Netflix page. Argh! She ends up giving up to temptation and watches the episode, but that's not all; she binge-watches shows on Netflix until 5 AM the next day! Anyway, as the title conveys, Zoe finishes this essay an hour before it was due (god bless),but she also brings up a good point that gives some approval to procrastination: Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. both re-wrote their speeches, the "Gettysburg Address" and the "I Have a Dream" speech, respectively, at the last minute, yet their speeches are considered to be some of the greatest in history.



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on Sep. 28 2017 at 2:44 pm
alyssa0401 PLATINUM, Staten Island, New York
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Favorite Quote:
"In the end, we only regret the chances we didn't take."

I am such a cyber bully. You should have taught me better. #SMH

on Sep. 27 2017 at 7:57 pm
kristenjwang SILVER, NY, New York
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vip? oof cONGRATS SCHOLAR smh lol

on Sep. 27 2017 at 7:57 pm
kristenjwang SILVER, NY, New York
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stop cyber-bullying me #mean #iamcrying #wow

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on Sep. 26 2017 at 7:22 pm
alsou BRONZE, Brooklyn, New York
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Favorite Quote:
everything will work out in the end!!!! if it's not working out, it is Not the end

wow (almost) everybody in creative writing is shaking (we procrastinate so much)

on Sep. 26 2017 at 5:18 pm
alyssa0401 PLATINUM, Staten Island, New York
39 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
"In the end, we only regret the chances we didn't take."

Clap clap, Kristen! This was definitely the article for you. I bet you procrastinated just writing this piece of feedback. But now you know it’s nothing to be ashamed of:)