Can't Cite Myself

     Academic writing, as discussed, has a lot of structure and responsibility. Although everything eventually comes together, evidence from various sources is what makes your essay scholarly. Now I am not an expert, nor am I a published writer but with the topic given for Doc1, I was very excited to research and write. I wrote my essay on the topic of procrastination because this has been one of my most compromising struggles all throughout school. I would put off whole semesters of school work just because I didn't have the motivation or the energy to put in the work. When writing and researching for this essay I realized that just using my own experience wasn't enough and I needed to find scholarly articles in order to provide evidence as to why procrastination occurs. Utilizing articles like Academic Procrastination among Male and Female University and College Students and Academic procrastination of undergraduates: Low self-efficacy to self-regulate predicts higher levels of procrastination, helped me proficiently identify the targets in my essay. Explaining all the predictive symptoms of procrastination explained to me and my audience the topic more in-depth and overall gave a clearer view of the subject at hand.

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  1. Alexis SpiresJune 13, 2021 at 9:11 AM

    In school, procrastination is probably my worst trait. It's something that really keeps me from showing my full potential. In my essay, I combined research as to why procrastination happens and numerous techniques that I felt were beneficial to future college students.

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