Opinion Essay

UTP STUDENTS POOR TIME MANAGEMENT.

     The very pillar of foundation of time management must be built the moment students entered the age of university life. Ironically, according to a recent study by UTP Board of Administration in 2012, almost 3 000 students failed to manage their time well or did not know how to arrange their schedule. The three reasons why UTP students have poor time management is that they get distracted by entertainment, delaying tasks and lack punctuality.

     To begin with, there are a lot of entertainment regardless of their form were students usually get distracted by it. The very obvious one among the students is multiplayer game such as video football game or Local Area  Connection (LAN) games where one connect to others via LAN to play a multiplayer game. Plus, the current trend of spending time on social website such as Facebook, may consumes precious students time to study.

     Let us move further into the issue by considering the next point. Students usually have the habit of delaying tasks which are well known to be the key factor in students poor time management. For example, student usually started doing the assignments given one day before the deadline or stacking homework and assignments until it get abundant. Such acts kill the students advantage on having the flexibility of time. In addition, last minute study, a famous practice among students, leave them partially unprepared for their important exams.

    Last but not the least, students who have poor punctuality are known to suffer from poor time management. From the mentioned point, students always ended up accomplishing their task beyond the deadline. Worse than that, students never realize the important  of punctuality or never take note the vital dateline.

     To summarize all of the point above, it is evident that student who get distracted by entertainment, love to delay task and lack the sense of punctuality have a poor, pathetic time management. Hence, it is vital for us to find the remedy to overcome this problem that seems to be worsened day by day. Let us improve ourselves for the betterment of our own self.