Procrastination = Mr Brook's Class Am I Right

According to Joseph Ferrari, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at De Paul University in Chicago, and Timothy Pychyl, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, twenty percent of people identify themselves as chronic procrastinators. (http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200308/procrastination-ten-things-know) If you had Mr. Brooks last year in his AP Human Geography Class and/or are currently taking his AP European History class this year like me then I'm sure you must know the word procrastination. I remember my math teacher one day said that everyone was out of it and a lot of students were blaming Mr. Brooks for it, saying that he gave out too much homework. I'm not gonna lie and say that I don't procrastinate because I do. Although it's mainly Mr. Brook's class that people mainly procrastinate for, it is not the only one as I'm sure everyone procrastinates for all of their classes. And then afterwards, people complain about being stressed out and how teachers give out too much homework, causing them to only sleep for a few hours. Speaking of sleep, according to the same professors mentioned before, procrastination causes health issues as just over the course of a single academic term, procrastinating college students had such evidence of compromised immune systems as more colds and flu, more gastrointestinal problems as well as having insomnia.

In Mr. Brooks's class, he gives out everything a few weeks in advance, allowing you to work on it periodically and yet almost no one does that as everyone waits until the due date is approaching before trying to cram weeks worth of homework into a few days. This however, doesn't just apply to just his class as this is the case for an assignment for any class that isn't due the very next day as people have a mindset where they're like "Oh, I have plently of time!" In my personal opinion, I believe teachers give out a fine amount of homework, maybe a little too much, but nothing to the extrodinary like what many other people say. 

Procrastination is what causes us to complain about the amount of homework we have when in reality, it isn't as much as we think it is. All we need to do is cut the amount of time spent doing frivolous activities. Instead of playing for serveral hours everyday maybe devote at the most, an hour each day on a large assignment that's not due for while. I mean, an hour less won't kill you right? Especially if it means you won't have to sit at your desk for several hours straight and staying up past midnight doing homework, wishing you could be playing or sleeping. Procrastination doesn't just apply to homework however. It appplies to other situations as well and if people are constantly procrastinating with homework currently, then it will become a habit as they grow up. In the end, it's your choice but if you do happen to go the procrastination route, then don't complain since it is your fault.  

Is Nintendo A Bad Gaming Company?

One of my friends said that he doesn't like Nintendo games and his comment inspired me to write this post. He didn't say anything about hating Nintendo as a company however there are actually people who do and I would like to explain my opinions for why this is the case.

People say Nintendo is greedy. An example of this can be displayed through one of their most famous franchise, Pokemon. There is always two to three versions of the same game with a few things exclusive to one version. If you want to get everything, you would have buy all of the different versions even though they are all essentially the same thing except for a few small differences. This allows Nintendo to make more money with minimal effort as they have only make minor modifications to the same game. Not only that, but Nintendo has also made the most consoles out of any gaming company. I just recently found out that there is going to be a New Nintendo 3DS coming to America soon which will incorporate a couple of changes to the current 3DS however, there are going to be games that you can only play on the New Nintendo 3DS meaning that you would have to buy it in order to play those games.

The biggest reason however, I think, for why people dislike Nintendo is that many people percieve their games as "kiddy". Nowadays, it is not uncommon to see many kids and teenagers play rated M games. Games have to be violent and involve shooting, weapons, blood, etc to be considered "good" which are things Nintendo games don't have.

If you want to know what I think about all of this, I personally don't care. I simply buy and play games that I like or seems interesting to me no matter what company made it or what others say about it. Not everyone is like this as some only buy games from a certain company or rely on others to tell them whether or not they should purchase it. It is not easy to make a game much less make one that pleases everyone. If all of your money comes from the number of people who buy your products, then of course you are going to try and find some way to make more people buy it. I don't think that is considered greedy since everyone would do that. People should stop hating on Nintendo. It's okay to not like their games, but people shouldn't be talking about bad about them as a company.