Ruben is a new student at New Bedford College. He is excited about his new adven
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Ruben is a new student at New Bedford College. He is excited about his new adventure, but has problems keeping on task.
Recently he had a history paper due on Tuesday and waited until Monday to start working on it. While he was working on the paper, the phone rang and it was his friend Joyce. Joyce invited him to an impromptu party at Maria’s house. Never one to miss a party, Ruben quickly shut his computer off and went to the party. He figured he would finish the paper on Tuesday. On Tuesday, Ruben over slept until 1 p.m. and missed math class. He decided to start work on his history paper, but his Internet connection was not working. He called the cable company and reported the trouble. Figuring he would wait until the service was working, he took a jog through the park. While in the park, he sees his friends playing basketball. He stops and joins in. Ruben does not get back to his apartment until 7 p.m. He forgets about working on the paper until midnight and now the paper is overdue.
What are some of Ruben’s time management issues and what do you recommend for overcoming them?
Explanation / Answer
Time management issues of Ruben and solutions for overcoming them are:
His paper was due on Tuesday, but he started working for it on Monday, just a day before the paper. He should have started preparing a day earlier so that he could finish the task well before the due time.
He went to Maria's house for party, without finishing his paper on Monday night and later slept utill 1 p.m. on tuesday. To overcome this, only thing he had to do was to wake up early on tuesday morning to compensate for the loss of the previous day. If he had done this he would not have to miss the math class.
He did not check his internet connection earlier.He could have previously made sure that his internet is working fine as he might need that for the study purpose before the history paper.
He went to the park for jogging and took long hours by getting involved in playing basketball and then untill midnight he did not work on his paper. But he could have jog for an hour in the evening and then came back to complete his work by night.
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