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I have a paper that was assigned in February due in a few days and I haven’t even started.

>> No.17981404

>>17981400
Change your ways while you're young.

>> No.17981419

>>17981400
I presume they didn't intend that you write an essay before your absorbed all the quality course material.

>> No.17981424

>>17981400
What's the topic OP we can write it for you

>> No.17981432
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17981432

>>17981419
No, they specifically said to start right away not to wait until the last minute

>> No.17981437

>>17981424
It’s a research paper on schizophrenia for psych class

>> No.17981459

>>17981437
Use the DSM-5 as a resource, and utilize any research databases that your college provides. Research articles are brief. You should be fine.

>> No.17981476

That was me in college, I always waited until the very last minute to start anything, and that lead to so many embarrassing experiences (like awful presentations) that the fact my brain didn't develop some self-discipline even if as a humiliation-avoidance mechanism is a testament to how hopeless I am. I eventually dropped out

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17981477

Same anon I'm just going to drop the class lmao

>> No.17981483

I'm a STEM student and I just finished two papers in two weeks, 8k and 9k words each.
Aren't you faggots meant to be writers?

>> No.17981494

Make a google doc I'll write it for you

>> No.17981502

>>17981483
writing takes zero effort when its all formulaic HYPOTHESIS-METHODOLOGY-RESULTS-CONCLUSION beepboop robot shit

>> No.17981578

>>17981400
>I hear voices telling me the world will end if I put any effort into completing this paper. I cannot afford to take the risk.
Here's the essay written for you.

>> No.17981596

>>17981400

>Paper due in 26 hours
>6000 words and 25 sources
>Spend one day gathering together sources
>Spend another writing 6000 words with those sources
>Always walk away with an A-

Get your shit together. Stress is the great whip upon the back of your mind. Despair can make for an incredibly useful fuel to burn in those last few days.

>> No.17981610

>>17981400
I hate how they never give you enough time for papers. I feel like such a fraud when I cite a book without having read it. Also, I'm deathly afraid that something else in the book will contradict what I'm writing, so I need to have always read it before citing it.

>> No.17981611

>>17981502
You forgot the discussion, the most important difficult part.

>> No.17981720

>>17981400
This is how I would have been if I went to college at 18. Instead I'm a 25 year old bloooomer who decided to go to school after a few years of working shitty jobs. I start assignments as soon as they are given, and have never turned in anything late. Something in my brain has changed since my adolescence and it simply will not allow me to fail or turn in sub-par work.

>> No.17981986

>>17981596
>Paper due in ten weeks
>do it straight away because otherwise, I get anxious
>bullshit 4000 words
>find a bunch of sources and just skim them to find quotes that support my argument
>hand it in ten weeks early
>anxiety goes away
>get 79% every time

>> No.17982102

>>17981400
College is a joke, you just have to do the bare minimum of writing a paper and you're guaranteed at least an 80%

>> No.17982390

>>17981610
What? I just find a book relevant to what I need on google then go on libgen download the pdf and ctrl f keywords

>> No.17982674

>>17981610
Sounds like autism

>> No.17982792

I have an essay on Kant that was due last Saturday and I havent written a word.

>> No.17982797

>>17981437
You could roll your face on keyboard and get a passing grade.

>> No.17983011

>>17981400
I have an essay due in 2 days that I have not started. I (only) work well under pressure, so tomorrow I will do a15 hour session and pass like I always do.

>> No.17983036

>>17981986
>find a bunch of sources and just skim them to find quotes that support my argument
A true scholar.

>> No.17983052

>>17981610
The assessor is not reading the whole book to verify your reference. They are probably not even checking at all.

>> No.17983065

>>17981404
Thank you for this
>>17981400
I feel you. The internet is so much more pleasant than reality sometimes it's really hard to pull myself away to do things.

>> No.17983069

>>17981400
Ive got two 6k word essays due in late May, already feeling anxious

>> No.17983077

>>17981400
Cribbing existing papers for citations & structuring off of them is trivial — find those first, and the rest suggests/writes itself.

>> No.17983138

>>17981437
go to school database
find studies
read abstracts
gg ez

>> No.17983144

>>17981986
>>find a bunch of sources and just skim them to find quotes that support my argument
i do this except I don't have an argument

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>>17981502
Meanwhile, the average soft """"""""science"""""""" paper tries to emulate the complex vocabulary of STEM papers without understanding that complex vocabulary is a compromise to convey abstracted principles to the reader without having to retread assumed background knowledge

Pic related

>> No.17983655

>>17983173
That is insanely cringe.

>> No.17983706

>>17983173
I have nothing but genuine pity for "people" with this line of thought. There's 50 million pajeets who could do your job and they'd do it for mimimum wage as well.

>> No.17983739

I blame the schools
I’ve gone thru HS and half of college with 4.2 and 3.8 GPAs respectively despite not purchasing textbooks for many courses, never starting assignments early, hardly studying, never doing optional homeworks, and routinely finishing term projects/papers in a single all nighter. At this point I can’t learn to be a proper student because it works every single fucking time and they give me no incentive to change

>> No.17983759

>>17981986
>>find a bunch of sources and just skim them to find quotes that support my argument
kek. done that

>> No.17983872

>>17983739
What a retarded line of thought. That just means that 3.8 counts for shit

>> No.17984105

>>17981437
Just be yourself

>> No.17984334

>>17981437
lmao of course it is

>> No.17984394

this thread is a good reminder of why I quit academia, thanks

>> No.17984498

>>17984394
If you have a hard time writing papers unless you have some super strict prof then you're either retarded or are taking a class in a subject you're not interested in which is dumb.

>> No.17985418

>>17983739
You could have had a 4.0 with minimal effort.

>> No.17985506

>>17983739
Get over yourself, lots of other people do the same and you're not special. You're just using the thread as an opportunity to boast about how brilliant you think you are under the thinly veiled disguise of discussing procrastination. No one cares what your shitty community college GPA in your worthless major is.

>> No.17985538

>>17981437
just print a series of posts from 4chan

>> No.17985545

>>17983739
Yes, humanities degrees are easy.