Although there are not many current events happening that discuss the effect of social media use on time management among college students, I thought it would be more convenient to relate this issue to a different feature such as films.
A film is a visual art that is used to stimulate experiences that communicate ideas, stories, perceptions, and feelings. Since my theme examines the issue of time management among college students, I tried to associate it with fictional characters that are going through the problem of procrastination (Suchland, and Roberts, 2011).
The first movie, “With Honors” (1994) directed by Alek Keshishian describes a misfortunate series of a student who has lost all of his senior thesis work because of a guy who has taken it hostage. As you can imagine the horror and stress that Monty is going through can be very overwhelming.
The second movie, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” (1986) directed by John Hughes illustrates the life of a wealthy young man who spends most of time avoiding schoolwork. This portrayal focuses on his procrastination, yet he is seen as an inspiring person.
The third movie, “The breakfast Club” (1985), directed by John Hughes pictures a group of high school students who were grouped to write an essay as a punishment. Despite that they have kept distracting themselves by dancing and discussing philosophical ideas related to the future. That is another level of procrastination.
The fourth movie, “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure” (1989) directed by Stephen Herek highlights how two high school students Bill, and Ted who are close to failing high school if they do not finish their history project. However, instead of focusing on their work they used a time traveling phonebooth and an educator named Rufus to accompany them on their journey to success.
Finally, the last movie “Risky Business” directed by Paul Brickman narrates the life of a student named Joel Goodson who is going through a daring journey with his business in honor of the group student Future Enterprises.
As mentioned above, the 5 movies somehow depicted the problem of time management among students.
- Suchland, S. & Roberts, L. (2011). Five films on procrastination will give students a distraction from finals. Retrieved from https://dailybruin.com/2011/03/10/five_films_on_procrastination_distraction_from_finals/
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