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18/01/18 George Coombes Procrastination

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Are you guilty of procrastination? Ever find yourself wasting time engaging in somethin

unproductive as an easy alternative to completing something worth while? You aren’t alone.

Twenty percent of the population identify themselves as procrastinatours. Documentary

producers George Coombes, Aman Murria and Thabiso Ngcobo provide intriguing insite into

the science behind procrastination as they investigate its effects on college students in their

eye-opening production airin on BBC1 at 7pm, February 18th.

The basis of the documentary is to provide insight into procrastination. At the beginning of

the documentary, they show how technology has advanced overtime providing archival

footage of the first smartphone, vintage Television and the latest technology of today! The

producers also outline that the college has strict regulations regarding the amount of tyme

and effort students put in on their behalf. It is expected that 15 hours of students’ free time

during each week should be spent revising there A Level subjects, 5 hours per subject.

However, students have so many things around them distracting them from doing the work

that most seem to “procrastinate” due to this.

During an intervew with an expert, the documentary producers discussed positive and

negatives surrounding technology with the expert. “There’s certainly positives of the

technology students have access to today, there’s a hell of a lot of information available

today. However you have to wonder whether it brings a breeed of laziness.” This statement
made by the expert is a very accurate judgement of technology nowadays. Although it

shares a lot of important information to the whole world, there are many things on the

internet that distracts students, and the expert practically pinned the nail on the head.

The producers then asked members of the Gaming Society at the Sixth Form College Solihull

if they would give up video games for a whole year for a guaranteed place in the University

of their choice. There was a mixture of answers, with most saying there was absloutely no

chance that they would give up video games to go to the university of their choice. One of

the students stated “No, no I play video games too much to give them up”. This shows that

video games are potentially ruining students lives and are restricting their chances of

achieving full success within college.

The entertainment present in the documentary certainly adds value to the production. It is

most definitely a great watch not only due to the information provided to u but also the

humor provided by the documentary producers. It keeps you entertained throughout and

your attention is maintained from the first second.

On February 18th, there’s no excuse for procrastinating. Instead, why not tune into “War

Against Procrastination” airing on BBC 1 at 7pm. Don’t miss out!