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Jack1000 · 03-25-2003, 05:41 PM

Guys,

Throughout the years I have always looked back and reflected on my education. Yes, I slacked off in high school, worked hard in college, had a rollar-coaster academic career. (Just an average C+ type student....you know) but the one thing that I could say was that the amount of homework that was assigned was absolutely disproportional to the amount of time you had to do it in!

My educational experience grade school-high school for example was in the 70's-80's. The amount of nightly assigned work was just absurd. English classes and History classes weren't too bad. Science classes fluctuated with regard to the amount of homework, because you could cover material over a reasonable period of time and for the most part, teachers would give you a couple days to a week to study for a test (maybe two weeks if it was a big exam thing, major paper or project) Math for me was the worst. No matter who I had over the years there wasn't a day that went buy where we didn't have an assignment due EVERY DAY! They would assign like 50-60 problems per night! I remember losing sleep and getting so frustrated with Math because every teacher that I had never reduced the work! EVER! Maybe some would just have you do the even or odd problems. But I could never understand why more work is inducive to better quality learning. In the case of math, whether it's basic math to calculus you could assign 20-25 problems of varies types to drill students on the material and get similar results? Why 50-60? What's the point? To give these kids work to keep them busy so that they can't even finish it? I felt sorry for the kids that have to go to school every day, come home a lot of times to disfunctional families and after-school jobs. The last thing that these kids want is an unrealistic amount of homework such as 50 Math problems staring them in the face! UGGGHHH!

College was more difficult but at least they gave you more time to do the work. At my college you had great flexability. You could go to school full or part-time in working on your major. Classes were flexable too. A 3-credit course could meet MWF for 50 minutes. T and TH for 75 minutes or one day a week for 2 and a half hourse over the course of 14 weeks. (Regular school K-12 is 36 weeks) They would generally give you a week to do an assignment. Even with Math classes, you always had at least 2 days to do the work (at least) so kids didn't feel so overwhelmed by time-constarints (Until exams or papers where due!!! hahaha) However, I did better in college than high-school because of the flexable scheduling options. I liked my college professors way better than the regular school teachers. From middle school to high school I saw gross incompetance in teaching, unrealistic amounts of homework, and kids that where so burned out that they were on the bring of collapse. Maybe regular school should be more structured to a college environment where kids could go Monday through Thursday and get Fridays off. I think that many students could use that extra day just to get their metabolism to adjust and allow more time for material to be learned. (Our school district passed an early release day where the students get out an hour early on Thursday...why not Friday I have no idea!) Many middle-high school teachers think that their class is the only thing that students have to do in there lives and are out of touch with the realiites of other responsibilities, family, and health issues that kids have to deal with.

At least that was how it was when I went through school. What is it like with your school and the homework situation? I wonder if things have changed?

Jack

brownsocks · 03-25-2003, 06:22 PM

i guess i'd be consider an a student but i never do my homework unless i know the teacher will check it i can usually tell. but we don't get all that much usually then there will be a week or two in a row with a test everyday one week and a assignment due everyday the next week those i usualy do but i doa half ass job

dawsongirl · 03-25-2003, 06:25 PM

Being an English major is horrid. "Read this huge novel in a week." "Read this impossible poem by Friday." "Six page paper due tomorrow." I think I'm going bald.

*Pleasant Tomorrow* · 03-25-2003, 06:40 PM

I have more trouble with actually doing hw than how long it is. Plus, our homework usually isn't even graded (least as of this year) mostly it's just tests and if we actually do our hw. My sister who's in 6th grade actually has more hw than me, and I'm in 8th grade...

*MIBabe03* · 03-25-2003, 07:14 PM

I'm a senior in high school, and my sister has more homework then me, and she is in the 6th grade. Although looking back I remember getting alot in that grade too.

*PinkLady* · 03-25-2003, 10:27 PM

I'm a HS junior, and there are only certain classes that I get a lot of homework in. Usually it's math or English or the other classes that you have to "apply" yourself to.

Swimfan85 · 03-25-2003, 10:48 PM

it all depends on what levels you take and such...like I take a couple honors course and a couple AP ones, so I have a lot of work and if I get below a B+ in an honors class I get wicked pissed...im doing bad in math right now and I am bout to **** my pants...(cept for physics...but I am doing good at the moment, but you never kno cuz we jus had a wicked hard quiz) so I have lot of homework, and I usually don't do it all, it all depends on the days some days based on the schedual I have like no work, but other days I dont finish it...in english we dont get that much homework, we just get really hard and tideous assignments, but then in history we jus get really, long and boring assignments *speaking of which I need to study for a 5 chapter test(yah thats 100 pages)* but i have talked to people who have gone to college (one from Northwestern and the other GW) and they say college compared to hs is a lot easier because we had so much work in hs, so I guess it all works out in the end

Tuscadero · 03-26-2003, 10:26 AM

I'm in college and I have a lot of homework. The thing is this; if you apply yourself and do the work, get into it and don't screw off you'll do well (which means you can do your graduate work at a place like Harvard). If not, you're just floating by. For me, that doesn't cut it.

I didn't assert myself in high school and I finally feel like I have the second chance that I've always wanted. Do I slack off? Sure. But let me tell you, in college, don't let yourself get behind or you'll never catch up.

The way I look at it, everyone can do well, some just have to try harder than others. At my school, I do an average of about two presentations a week (and that's not including homework; papers, reading (usually a few chapters a week), and other assignments). But don't let that discourage you. It's possible to enjoy yourself and know that learning can actually be fun (I know, I sound like a cheesy ad!).

Titania · 03-26-2003, 05:22 PM

im a junior in HS...i get a's and b's for the most part. homework....well i have 2 term papers this year one for AP history (15 pages) and one for honors american lit (10 pages)
as for nightly hw, i do some in study halls, and usually have between an hour and a half to 3 hours a night

vienna waits · 03-26-2003, 05:43 PM

Right now I feel like I am going to spend the rest of my life doing homework. I'm always up until 12:00 finishing up crap for the next day. I don't know what the point is either. I got all A's on my third nine weeks report yet my GPA and class rank still sucks so I don't even know why I bother. I HATE SCHOOL. Along with finals and midterms. I'd like to murder the inventor of them.

CarJackSnyder · 03-26-2003, 05:52 PM

i sometimes have a lot of hw then sometimes i have barely any at all!!! it is so wierd!!!

Crimson and Clover · 03-26-2003, 06:00 PM

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Originally posted by Princess2003
I'm a senior in high school, and my sister has more homework then me, and she is in the 6th grade. Although looking back I remember getting alot in that grade too.

im a senior too and ive had homework only once this year. my sister is in 8th grade and she has homework about ever day

03-25-2003, 05:41 PM	#1
Jack1000 Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 05, 2001 Posts: 2,055	Homework/School Life Guys, Throughout the years I have always looked back and reflected on my education. Yes, I slacked off in high school, worked hard in college, had a rollar-coaster academic career. (Just an average C+ type student....you know) but the one thing that I could say was that the amount of homework that was assigned was absolutely disproportional to the amount of time you had to do it in! My educational experience grade school-high school for example was in the 70's-80's. The amount of nightly assigned work was just absurd. English classes and History classes weren't too bad. Science classes fluctuated with regard to the amount of homework, because you could cover material over a reasonable period of time and for the most part, teachers would give you a couple days to a week to study for a test (maybe two weeks if it was a big exam thing, major paper or project) Math for me was the worst. No matter who I had over the years there wasn't a day that went buy where we didn't have an assignment due EVERY DAY! They would assign like 50-60 problems per night! I remember losing sleep and getting so frustrated with Math because every teacher that I had never reduced the work! EVER! Maybe some would just have you do the even or odd problems. But I could never understand why more work is inducive to better quality learning. In the case of math, whether it's basic math to calculus you could assign 20-25 problems of varies types to drill students on the material and get similar results? Why 50-60? What's the point? To give these kids work to keep them busy so that they can't even finish it? I felt sorry for the kids that have to go to school every day, come home a lot of times to disfunctional families and after-school jobs. The last thing that these kids want is an unrealistic amount of homework such as 50 Math problems staring them in the face! UGGGHHH! College was more difficult but at least they gave you more time to do the work. At my college you had great flexability. You could go to school full or part-time in working on your major. Classes were flexable too. A 3-credit course could meet MWF for 50 minutes. T and TH for 75 minutes or one day a week for 2 and a half hourse over the course of 14 weeks. (Regular school K-12 is 36 weeks) They would generally give you a week to do an assignment. Even with Math classes, you always had at least 2 days to do the work (at least) so kids didn't feel so overwhelmed by time-constarints (Until exams or papers where due!!! hahaha) However, I did better in college than high-school because of the flexable scheduling options. I liked my college professors way better than the regular school teachers. From middle school to high school I saw gross incompetance in teaching, unrealistic amounts of homework, and kids that where so burned out that they were on the bring of collapse. Maybe regular school should be more structured to a college environment where kids could go Monday through Thursday and get Fridays off. I think that many students could use that extra day just to get their metabolism to adjust and allow more time for material to be learned. (Our school district passed an early release day where the students get out an hour early on Thursday...why not Friday I have no idea!) Many middle-high school teachers think that their class is the only thing that students have to do in there lives and are out of touch with the realiites of other responsibilities, family, and health issues that kids have to deal with. At least that was how it was when I went through school. What is it like with your school and the homework situation? I wonder if things have changed? Jack

03-25-2003, 06:40 PM	#4
Pleasant Tomorrow Member Forum Addict Join Date: Feb 19, 2003 Location: New York Posts: 69,525	I have more trouble with actually doing hw than how long it is. Plus, our homework usually isn't even graded (least as of this year) mostly it's just tests and if we actually do our hw. My sister who's in 6th grade actually has more hw than me, and I'm in 8th grade...
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03-25-2003, 07:14 PM	#5
MIBabe03 Loving Swingtown! Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 28, 2002 Location: TX Posts: 4,646	I'm a senior in high school, and my sister has more homework then me, and she is in the 6th grade. Although looking back I remember getting alot in that grade too.
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03-26-2003, 10:26 AM	#8
Tuscadero Ralph's the Man Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 03, 2003 Location: Heading up to Madison, WI with Ralph...to become an optometrist's assistant! Posts: 878	I'm in college and I have a lot of homework. The thing is this; if you apply yourself and do the work, get into it and don't screw off you'll do well (which means you can do your graduate work at a place like Harvard). If not, you're just floating by. For me, that doesn't cut it. I didn't assert myself in high school and I finally feel like I have the second chance that I've always wanted. Do I slack off? Sure. But let me tell you, in college, don't let yourself get behind or you'll never catch up. The way I look at it, everyone can do well, some just have to try harder than others. At my school, I do an average of about two presentations a week (and that's not including homework; papers, reading (usually a few chapters a week), and other assignments). But don't let that discourage you. It's possible to enjoy yourself and know that learning can actually be fun (I know, I sound like a cheesy ad!).
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03-26-2003, 05:22 PM	#9
Titania a part of that Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 04, 2000 Posts: 3,694	im a junior in HS...i get a's and b's for the most part. homework....well i have 2 term papers this year one for AP history (15 pages) and one for honors american lit (10 pages) as for nightly hw, i do some in study halls, and usually have between an hour and a half to 3 hours a night
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03-25-2003, 06:22 PM	#2
brownsocks Maud'Dib Forum Regular Join Date: Aug 23, 2002 Location: The place where all roads lead, Amber Posts: 598	i guess i'd be consider an a student but i never do my homework unless i know the teacher will check it i can usually tell. but we don't get all that much usually then there will be a week or two in a row with a test everyday one week and a assignment due everyday the next week those i usualy do but i doa half ass job

03-25-2003, 06:25 PM	#3
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,140	Being an English major is horrid. "Read this huge novel in a week." "Read this impossible poem by Friday." "Six page paper due tomorrow." I think I'm going bald.

03-25-2003, 10:27 PM	#6
PinkLady Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 04, 2002 Posts: 7,457	I'm a HS junior, and there are only certain classes that I get a lot of homework in. Usually it's math or English or the other classes that you have to "apply" yourself to.

03-25-2003, 10:48 PM	#7
Swimfan85 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jul 04, 2001 Posts: 7,030	it all depends on what levels you take and such...like I take a couple honors course and a couple AP ones, so I have a lot of work and if I get below a B+ in an honors class I get wicked pissed...im doing bad in math right now and I am bout to **** my pants...(cept for physics...but I am doing good at the moment, but you never kno cuz we jus had a wicked hard quiz) so I have lot of homework, and I usually don't do it all, it all depends on the days some days based on the schedual I have like no work, but other days I dont finish it...in english we dont get that much homework, we just get really hard and tideous assignments, but then in history we jus get really, long and boring assignments speaking of which I need to study for a 5 chapter test(yah thats 100 pages) but i have talked to people who have gone to college (one from Northwestern and the other GW) and they say college compared to hs is a lot easier because we had so much work in hs, so I guess it all works out in the end

03-26-2003, 05:43 PM	#10
vienna waits avatars are stupid. Forum Superstar Join Date: May 18, 2001 Location: Ravenclaw Common Room Posts: 29,859	Right now I feel like I am going to spend the rest of my life doing homework. I'm always up until 12:00 finishing up crap for the next day. I don't know what the point is either. I got all A's on my third nine weeks report yet my GPA and class rank still sucks so I don't even know why I bother. I HATE SCHOOL. Along with finals and midterms. I'd like to murder the inventor of them.
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03-26-2003, 05:52 PM	#11
CarJackSnyder Maura West & Michael Park<3 Forum Veteran Join Date: Mar 05, 2003 Location: Milltown; Oakdale- where everybody knows your name. Posts: 6,971	i sometimes have a lot of hw then sometimes i have barely any at all!!! it is so wierd!!!