Explain why so many students procrastinate and why perfectionism can lead to procrastination, list two remedies for avoiding procrastination; and describe how to construct and use a weekly time schedule and a term schedule

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Answer will include that many students equate grades with their personal worth, that is, they act as if grades tell whether they are good, smart people who will succeed in life. By procrastinating, they can blame poor work on a late start, rather than a lack of ability. Perfectionism is a related problem. If one expects the impossible, it is hard to start an assignment. Students with high standards often end up with all-or-nothing work habits. In order to solve the problem of procrastination, students must eventually face the self-worth issue and realize that grades are only a gauge of certain skills at a particular point in one's life, not a gauge of their self­worth. Learning better study strategies and using time management will also help alleviate the procrastination.To prepare a weekly time schedule, make a chart showing all of the hours in each day of the week. Then fill in times that are already committed: sleep, meals, classes, work, team practices, lessons, appointments, and so forth. Next, fill in times when you will study for various classes. Finally, label the remaining hours as open or free times.
Each day, use your schedule as a checklist. A term schedule lists the dates of all quizzes, tests, reports, papers, and other major assignments for each class, which can usually be obtained from the first day handouts in each course.