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February 2015

Procrastinator vs. Studier
By Yaakov Eckhaus
Disclaimer: This article is not suggesting that if you study, you automatically get a 100, and if you procrastinate you automatically don’t. It is merely intended as
a humorous insight into the minds of two disparate types of students.

In the aftermath of the first

didn’t feel that I did so well. Maybe

book, except everything in it actual-

semester final examinations, two types

I should’ve started studying earlier. I

ly happened.”

of personalities arise. You have the

did have almost a month to study

procrastinator who waits until the last

and I wasted it all away doing abso-

minute to start studying for all his finals

lutely nothing. I hope I picked the

and as a result, is ill-prepared for his

right answers for the ones I guessed

exams. And you have the more studi-

on.”

ous boy who starts studying almost a

Average final grade: 80 if he is

month before for his exams and as a

naturally smart, 60 if he is not.

result, is ready to take on all of his

The week of: “That was an
intense 3 weeks. You know if I really
wanted to, I could just relax, but I’ll
have plenty of time to relax after

exams. I will now show you what

finals.”

goes through the minds of these
two personalities as finals start to
approach:
Procrastinator:
3 weeks before: “Well,
finals don’t start for like another
month. I will have plenty of time to
study for all my finals and do well on
them. In the meantime, I’ll just relax
and have fun for another week before I
actually start to study.”
2 weeks before: “It’s still 2
weeks before my first final. I’ll start
studying next week to do well on my
finals, and it’s not like my finals are
hard or anything.”
1 week before: “Oh man, finals
are next week and I really have got to
start studying. I’ll take a look at some
of the math this week, and maybe
some history too. I still have some time
the week of finals to study. I’ll do fine
on my finals.”
The week of: “Okay, since I
don’t have time to study everything in
one day, after each final I will study for
the final that’s the next day. If I do that,
I’ll do well on all my finals.”
After finals: “During the test, I

Studier:
3 weeks before: “Finals are
coming so I’m going to have to start
studying this week. This week I’ll
study math, next week I’ll study science, the week after that I’ll study

After finals: “Those tests

history, and the week of finals I’ll

were so easy. It’s almost as if some-

review everything, and maybe I’ll

one took the information in my

look over some of the texts we read

head put it on the paper and asked

in English class. If I do that, I’ll do

me questions on it. I’m so glad I

well on all my finals.”

started studying when I did. Now I

2 weeks before: “I’m glad I

have time to relax.

starting studying last week. With
math out of the way, I’ll have
enough time to study for science
this week. Good thing I read the
textbook at night after each class.
Otherwise it would take me 2 weeks
just to finish studying for science.”
1 week before: “All I have

Average

final

grade:

100

if

left is history. That won’t take me

he’s smart naturally, 90 if he’s

long at all. It’s almost like reading a

not.