Instant message writing compared to college paper writing

I believe that instant messaging and e-mail writing is a form of real writing. I think it is much easier to write your friends, than to write a paper for college. People can write pages and pages to their friends because it's something that comes from free thinking and everyday activities. College papers are limmited to one subject usually, and the college papers are assighned to you so they have to be done. When someone is told to do something, they naturally don't want to listen. Thats why i think it is so much harder for students to write college papers.

I myself find it very hard to stay focused and concentrated when I have to do a writing assignment for school. I never want to do the work, so my mind drifts off somewhere else. I know if I don't do the paper im going to fail the course so I allways end up doing it.