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Surviving a World Plagued by Netflix and Homework
REPORTER: Giselle Gonzalez
Netflix can be your worst enemy or your best friend. Home
of the online movie and TV show streaming, Netflix is used by
anyone and everyone who loves to get home from school or work
and binge-watch shows like One Tree Hill, Grey’s Anatomy, Gossip
Girl, and the list goes on. With every episode of a season available,
no commercials or advertisements, and an endless amount of
seasons and shows to catch up on, Netflix has become quite an
addiction but also a hindrance for the everyday student. It would
be easy to advise students to just avoid Netflix altogether, but you
cannot expect students, especially teenagers, to completely cut
out the going-ons of One Tree Hill. So the question is: how does
one balance Netflix and schoolwork? After struggling with this
problem myself, I have come up with two possible solutions:
homework out of the way, the quicker you can get to finishing
that last season of Gilmore Girls.
Netflix is a part of the everyday routine of almost every
student. It is extremely convenient and easy to use, making it
widely popular; some might go as far as to say it is more popular
than actual television. But with online streaming comes great
distraction, so binge-watch wisely!
1) AVOIDANCE. Sounds unreasonable, I know. Now, I am not
saying to avoid your computer and/or laptop forever. Just avoid
typing in netflix.com into your browser right when you get home,
because once you start the vicious cycle of online streaming,
you will not be able to stop. As boring and horrible as it sounds,
getting your homework out of the way before you lie down and
start binge-watching is actually extremely helpful to your GPA.
2) BRIBERY. This solution is for those of us with a little
more willpower, or those who can watch just ONE episode of our
current favorite show and then complete the homework for the
day. You will want to get to your next episode faster so it is a
bit like bribing or rewarding yourself. The faster you get all your
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