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Journey to Freedom The first time Africans stepped foot on America’s soil was in 1619, when they were brought to Jamestown, Virginia to help with the growth and development of tobacco. For the next 245 years, America admitted more than 10 million slaves through the Transatlantic Slave Trade and slavery was born. The Transatlantic Slave Trade, or the Triangular Trade, connected trade between North America, Africa, and Europe. From America, plantation crops such as tobacco and cotton was sent to

Although Jackie Robinson was not the best African-American baseball player of his time, his attitude and ability to handle racist harassment led the way for the rest of his race to play Major League Baseball, amongst other sports. Being accepted into professional sports also helped African-Americans become more easily accepted into other aspects of life. Jackie 's impact in the world for the black population is enormous. According to Jessie Jackson, "A champion wins a World Series or an Olympic

is the thief of time.” – Charles Dickens A glorious morning to the honourable judges, dutiful timekeepers, teachers and my fellow competitors. From my quote you would’ve easily guessed that today I am going to talk on procrastination. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Procrastination is like a disease or virus found in each and every one of us. We would have experience it at least once in our lifetime, but believe me, I am not wrong if I say that all of us are going through it all the time. Nowadays, the

someone considering the fact that if it is a huge project or essay and you have a very little amount of time then you are going to rush and it is gonna be sloppy and not your best work. Chapter 8 of Think and Grow Rich said that procrastination is opposite of decision, which means that instead of deciding to sit down and take your time on whatever you are working on you put it off until another time. Which for a lot of people and a few instances for me is a bad thing to do. If

with me my whole life had quit because they didn’t want to play on varsity. I personally was on the edge too and they were trying to talk me out of it. I really wanted to play but at the same time i'm lazy and varsity is a lot more effort and commitment. Not only would it be work on the field but it would take time away from my homework and job.

1.      What am I talking about? I am the thief of productiveness and time. I sound simple, but in fact I’m quite complex. I am a strange phenomenon. My purpose seems to make my life more pleasant, but instead it almost always adds stress, disorganization, and frequent failure. I want to achieve some outcome, usually something myself and others can value and respect; “I’ve got to start.” I delay briefly thinking of real and imagined advantages of starting to change later;

Every student sets goals and deadlines to get their work done on time, but some wait until the last minute. As the grade level increases, the work load and difficulty increases, leading to more procrastination. Most students in high school procrastinate, and the question is, why? Is the work too hard? Do their teacher’s leniency cause them to? Do students not have enough time? Do extra-curricular activities take up too much of their time? There has been many other research studies on this topic, but

health, family and job at risk. Twenty percent of people realize they are procrastinators which in the end becomes a lifestyle. There are various reasons why people procrastinate. People procrastinate because they are afraid to fail, they have poor time management, they avoid things that seem difficult or they feel depressed or they feel guilty. Some people believe that other procrastinate out of laziness or lack of discipline, but I know there are perfectionists that often procrastinate as well.

I Believe In Procrastination I believe in procrastination. I believe in putting things off until you can’t possibly put it off any longer. Yeah, you might rush and stress in the moment you’re doing that paper, or that project, or whatever else you have to do. But while you’re so busy not doing what you’re supposed to, life couldn't be better. Procrastination will teach you to work faster, smarter, and more efficiently on the task you are faced with. Now I’m not saying to procrastinate so much

“I’ll do it tomorrow”. In these tough times I love to tell myself that. I have spent most of the days gawking at my work, the ones that were supposed to be finished by the end of the week. I have also watched half of the seasons of Breaking Bad and breaking out badly too. I even started baking. I suddenly find things amusing and interesting. I even decided to re-organise my whole wardrobe just to get out of the work I was intending to do. Wait…. what was I talking about? Well, I’ll explain later