This is not a joke. At Harvard University an organization called the Bureau of Study Counsel has formed a support group for students who procrastinate. ” Through discussion and practical exercises,” the bureau declares, “we will work on understanding the experience of procrastination and on being free to use our creative process in moments when we feel resistant, blocked or paralyzed.”
It is almost breathtaking to see the concrete categories of everyday life melt away into nothingness. Being late on a paper is not a failing, it is an ” experience.” Homework is not work, it’s a “creative process.” And notice particularly the use of the word “we” in the phrase, “when we feel resistant, blocked or paralyzed.” It is not an individual who may feel these things, it is a vague and collective we, to which no personal responsibility could possibly attach.
As for when the Procrastination Group will meet, or how soon it will start its business, write your own jokes.
