Even though the project is due in a few days and the project is already going on as you are doing it, there is nothing here that suggests that the friend is doing so either.
Instead the friend talk about it in a way that is defeatist
. He says that no matter how hard he tries he will never get a good grade.
This is being defeatist.
The person is also a procrastinator as they could have started with the work by now and get something done
