We eagerly await the results of the experiment. Note: real homework is in the corner.
Step one: ask a question
Why isn’t my homework getting done?
Step two: do background research
Current research: This Arabic student has done progressively less homework over the past 4 months despite similar levels of worrying about assignments.
Less current research: During the Arabic student’s second to last semester in college, homework assignments seemed to take up an inordinate amount of time and be completed at the last minute regardless of when they were started.
Outside sources: According to the internet, homework usually must be completed by an agent other than the homework itself. My mother also recommends that I do it as opposed to not doing it.
Local experts: My own experience indicates that homework usually gets done more quickly if I do it. Also, fellow students who do their homework personally also seem to be continually prepared for class.
Conclusion: There seems to be a lack of research on whether or not mountains of projects complete themselves. Though current knowledge and common sense might indicate that this is probably impossible, if science has taught us anything it’s that nothing is impossible.
Step three: construct hypothesis
My homework, if left undisturbed for long enough in the right conditions, will complete itself with no added energy.
Step four: test with an experiment
After receiving my assignments, I will gently place them in the corner of my room behind the flowery arm chair where they are safely out of the light of the sun and out of my personal eyesight. I will take care of the test specimen by ignoring it completely and doing my best to forget about it. If I have to read anything from a book, I will also place the book behind the armchair and ignore it.
On the assignment’s due date, I will carefully extract the specimen from the corner, being careful not to disturb it too much, and tenderly set it into my bag before taking it to school and presenting it to the teacher without looking at it. At 1 am the following morning, I will board an international flight to a country across a large body of water or land mass.
If no news of my homework reaches me, I will assume it has done itself. Should I find the homework itself, undone, at my residence in the country I have traveled to, I will assume my hypothesis needs more work.
Predicted results:
My homework will complete itself and I will get to spend more time having fun with friends.
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