Oh dear, oh dear. It’s the day the presentation is due, and here I am, with nothing to submit, and nothing to say. After all of this time, I still don’t have anything for my piece! I’ve asked everyone, and yet no one has an idea on what to do. Dear, dear paper, why would you do this to me? It’s like buying your favorite brand of pudding from a bakery, and storing it in your refrigerator to eat for later, only to find that your roommate has eaten it the day and hour you were about to consume it.
Alright, the analogy may be a bit off, but my point still remains in it. Even now, while I’m worrying about the circumstances, I still can’t think of a good idea. I knew it was a bad idea to be reading my book while all this was going on! If I can’t get this done before it’s due, my grades will suffer tremendously, and I’ll end up on a walk of shame on the way home! Maybe I should try to ask the teacher for an extension… Wait. That wouldn’t work at all, it’s the last day, last hour! Agh! …. Well, there always is the saying, desperate times call for desperate measures. If this isn’t a desperate measure, I don’t know what is. I suppose I should do the logical decision in this sort of situation… and speed write my speech.
Oh please, did you really think anyone would go up to the teacher and tell them that they couldn’t finish in time on the last day? No one does that! Well then, better sooner than later, so let’s get started!
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What you have just read above is my contribution the the project known as 'Modern Monologues'.
We read Shakespeare's "Macbeth", and then wrote a monologue with a theme from the reading. The theme that I used was time- or rather the lack of it. Something I learned from writing it was that I learned the difference between a soliloquy and a monologue, and how to tell the difference.
The overall on-taskness I felt throughout the project was a very interesting scale, and one that I would say is a half and half. I'd work on it during class, but at home I would be working on a different project entirely. The productivity level wasn't at its highest, but it was high enough to get what I needed done.