Week 4 (Microtheme)

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This week we talked a lot about Microthemes. At first, I did not quite understand what we were supposed to do, but now I do. In school, I was so used to arguing why a problem occurs, why it is important, and providing a solution. It was like rinse and repeat, over and over again. Now I have to switch my mind frame to thinking about bringing awareness to a problem and not trying to solve it. It is definitely an adjustment. Especially making sure I am not leaning towards one side more than the other.

I decided on bringing awareness to the problem of procrastination. It is definitely a rough battle to face. It is something we all struggle with and it applies to me as well which makes me want to choose that topic. Some of the reasons I chose to use in my paper of why we procrastinate is, not finding the work valuable or interesting, being simply too tired due to all of the activities students are involved in. I think I am in good place so far. What I need to do is take those ideas and expand them into the one page paper.

I have the introduction so far and I think it is engaging and relevant. This is what I have so far, "I am definitely one who has been a victim of procrastination. On many occasions, I find myself on my phone watching TikTok instead of doing my english homework. This causes me to have to rush through the homework at the last minute. What is crazy is that many other students and peers I know do this and we all know that it is not a very helpful habit. So, why do students procrastinate so much?". I think it is doing well so far.

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