Procrastination is a plague that quickly spreads through crowds of students. It is most commonly found in high schools, where teenagers make up the highest contamination rates. It is airborne and extremely dangerous; infection can occur even if there is no contact with an infected person.

Side-effects may (but do not always) include (but are not limited to): loss of sleep, rushed accomplishment of tasks, getting grounded, receiving bad grades, stress, and self-hate.

If you find yourself putting-off important tasks to do unnecessary things YOU HAVE MOST LIKELY BEEN INFECTED.

There is no defined cure for procrastination, the lucky few who are able to rid themselves of this disease do so with very specific methods that often work only on a case-by-case basis, your best hope of survival is to fight the virus whenever it tries to take control of you.

Recommended weapon of defense: will power.

A disease caused by the IB Program that causes students to wait until the last possible minute to do extreme amounts of work in impossibly short periods of time. Side effects include BSing, cheating, insomnia, and regret. Unfortunately, it's addicting, and students cannot break this vicous cycle.

An intense phenomenon. Not simple or lazy - but characterized by a professional aptitude for semi-productive distraction. (aka: productive-procrastination or professional-procrastination)

A philosophy based on the premise that ignoring problems will make them go away.

Establishing an environment in which the creative juices can flow.

Leaving things off until the very last minute, or completely blowing them off, regardless of the consequences.

Work pays off later. Procrastination pays off now. The cycle of work in reverse: you feel good lounging around but you realized you screwed up later.