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    Procrastinate… To those who are not familiar with that word, according to the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, to delay doing something that you should do, usually because you do not want to do it. I’m sure most people, if not all, will at least, procrastinate something at some point in their life… Me too… in fact, i think i procrastinate a lot of things… (this post for example… first thought about it… months ago?) I’m quite lazy actually… ><!

    Procrastination eventually leads to last minute works… How many of you have not done last minute works before? Of all the people i know… i think… 90% of them are people who are last minutes… This can usually be seen in studies… I guess its normal for people to study only when exam is really near… Its like, thats the culture… our way of studying… hehehe… Hey, don’t get me wrong that i’m insulting them or what… In fact, I’m also one of them… I’m one of those who really study only when exam is near… And, by near, i dont mean like 2-3 months before exam… By near… i mean… 1-2 weeks before exam… or maybe even just a few days before… ><! It happens every time… every exam… every test… Which leads me to think of the next point…

    If (almost) everyone last minute… and they take only, lets say, 1-2 months to STUDY the whole syllabus of 1 or 2 years to prepare for the test… Could it be possible that the whole syllabus be conducted and taught in only that short period? Maybe add an extra month… Say, 3 months to teach everything and get ready for exam? I dunno if its possible… however, i noticed that… sometimes… or most of the time… when i do my ‘last minute revision’, thats actually the time where i force myself to understand and learn it… in fact, some of the topics and notes… Its like thats the first time I’ve read them… So, it virtually makes no different that I’ve actually learn about it before or if I was taught that topic before rite? =)

    Imagine… If its really possible to shrink the time of our study courses into only a few months… That would have shorten our studying time by A LOT rite? A 2 years course would take only 3 months… A 3 years Degree course would only take half a year… You can finish your studying up to your Masters level in only a year!! Maybe PhD would take an extra half a year or so… Hahahaa… Then we’ll all graduate and start working even before we’re 20!! ><! Don’t think I would want that… Hahaha… =P

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