h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

In school I've got four projects to do, all at the same time! Three from Language Arts/Pacific Rim class! The first project that's due sometime next week is a geometry thing in Integrated II, where we use a compass to make all sort of shapes. Then I've got this career research project that I'm studying about computer programming, a job that sounds more and more boring everytime I loook it up. I have another project where we illustrate several customs of the Japanese through a project that shows off the best of one's 7 intelligences, which is all due Thursday. Finally, there's the book report. The assingment (create a letter of recommendation for the main character about a job) isn't all that hard, but I haven't come close to finishing the monster that is Emperor of the Sun. I have to read the whole book, then do the assingment before next Monday.

Now, I think learning is all fine and dandy, but why does it have to be done in the most stressful way possible?