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News: Homework is harmful for your health
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Originally posted by psychodj
A lot of my homework is busy work that I don't need. Sometimes I think my teachers hate the students.  |
This is a complaint I want to voice as well - the majority of the time I know all the material already because I'm one of those who pays attention during class, and I just have to sit there and regurgitate it so my teacher can get their eligibility grades in. 
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Originally posted by Flare
I'm calling BS on the bold.
I know for a fact, some teachers LOVE to put things in homework way more difficult than the stuff you're learning or studying to truly test your limits.
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The "way more difficult stuff" is maybe for ambitious students? You don't have to master them to pass the test.
Stop with the excuse. You seem to be a real slacker.
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I like doing some homework but don't assign me too much of it. Papers also take me a while to finish.
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
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Originally posted by Moonage Daydream
There's giving them just enough to encourage them to work harder and then there's pushing them beyond their limits which doesn't prepare them for anything other than being overstressed. Especially when so many kids nowadays have other responsibilities after school to tend to. And I see people in this thread are twisting others' arguments to make it seem like they're suggesting that no homework be given out when no one has seriously said such a thing. There's a healthy middle ground between the two extremes.
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And this!
There's a middle ground. Not some of you acting like we said "No homework should ever exist".
It may be implied using the Finland example but it's just not true.
Reduced homework would be better than spending from 6pm to 12am (and later) doing homework nightly.
The amount of times I had to skip dinner to finish homework at a somewhat reasonable time in high school was ridiculous.
Teens aren't even mentally developed enough for that level of mental work daily.
That's the only point I'm trying to make.
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Member Since: 5/14/2012
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Originally posted by Retro
This is a complaint I want to voice as well - the majority of the time I know all the material already because I'm one of those who pays attention during class, and I just have to sit there and regurgitate it so my teacher can get their eligibility grades in. |
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And sometimes, the work.would have nothing to do with what I learned in class that day. I get it done, but when I'm finished, I'm like, what was the point of this? I feel like if it doesn't reiterate what I'm doing in class or reflect on that particular lesson, its pointless. (And my entrepreneurship teacher LOVES to do that.)
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Originally posted by Retro
I'm confused here, though. It's not like I sit there looking things up or going through the textbook and that's why I take so long - I pay attention during lecture and take notes so that's not necessary. The entirety of my homework time is pure writing and typing.
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You seem to lack drive. That's the issue. If you don't like school, then go do something else you like that you would love to work with even if you didn't get paid.
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Member Since: 11/15/2009
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Originally posted by psychodj
A lot of my homework is busy work that I don't need. Sometimes I think my teachers hate the students. |
I hope you don't think that! Why would we be in the profession if we hated kids? It doesn't pay as well as other professions. No kid-hater would subject themselves to 8 hours a day with kids. As a veteran teacher, I can attest to this - I see many rookies who come in thinking it's an easy job with summers off, but leave after 1 year and work at a bank or something.
We push kids to reach their full potentials, hence why we come off as bloodthirsty kid-haters. But we want what is best for the kids.
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Member Since: 8/17/2013
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good f'king bye. what's next, no school at all? America is getting dumber by the second.
Good luck struggling to get your work done in college/grad school, sistrens.
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Member Since: 2/6/2012
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Originally posted by Robotic
You seem to lack drive. That's the issue. If you don't like school, then go do something else you like that you would love to work with even if you didn't get paid.
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Retro going to come for you wig.
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Originally posted by Delita_chan
I hope you don't think that! Why would we be in the profession if we hated kids? It doesn't pay as well as other professions. No kid-hater would subject themselves to 8 hours a day with kids. As a veteran teacher, I can attest to this - I see many rookies who come in thinking it's an easy job with summers off, but leave after 1 year and work at a bank or something.
We push kids to reach their full potentials, hence why we come off as bloodthirsty kid-haters. But we want what is best for the kids.
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I don't seriously think that. But there has to be a medium with homework. I'm not saying none at all, but when its done in very large and excessive amounts, it can be a problem, especially when you attend seven classes a day for 50 minutes to an hour.
I'm not lazy by any means. But sometimes, it gets to a point where I'll be lucky to get in bed by 2 AM.
Your college/work experience may be different from mine. Your high school experience may have been different from mine. We're two different people.
Like i said before, homework isn't the problem. Its becomes a major issue when it becalmed overly excessive, and that's when it become detrimental.
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Originally posted by Robotic
You seem to lack drive. That's the issue. If you don't like school, then go do something else you like that you would love to work with even if you didn't get paid.
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Originally posted by Robotic
You seem to lack drive. That's the issue. If you don't like school, then go do something else you like that you would love to work with even if you didn't get paid.
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But, like, I don't. I do want to succeed, and I do - I've succeeded enough to be accepted into the honors program of a very respected private college starting in the fall, and I don't go out of my way to complain to my teachers or rebel by neglecting my work or anything. I feel as though my drive to succeed is pretty average.
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We always have time in the school hours to do your work, whatever you don't finish is homework.
It's not that bad. 
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Member Since: 11/15/2009
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Originally posted by psychodj
I don't seriously think that. But there has to be a medium with homework. I'm not saying none at all, but when its done in very large and excessive amounts, it can be a problem, especially when you attend seven classes a day for 50 minutes to an hour.
I'm not lazy by any means. But sometimes, it gets to a point where I'll be lucky to get in bed by 2 AM.
Your college/work experience may be different from mine. Your high school experience may have been different from mine. We're two different people.
Like i said before, homework isn't the problem. Its becomes a major issue when it becalmed overly excessive, and that's when it become detrimental. |
Everyone gets lazy at some point. Even me.
The issue is actually what constitutes "excessive work." Some people feel that an hour or 2 is excessive, while others may feel that 5 hours is the limit. I have a problem with the ones that have like one assignment or maybe 3 (worksheets, not essays) and say that they have no free time.
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Originally posted by Cain
We always have time in the school hours to do your work, whatever you don't finish is homework.
It's not that bad. |
I don't. Sometime if were doing homework in class, depending on the teacher, it results in a zero for that assignment. 
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Member Since: 5/14/2012
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Originally posted by Delita_chan
Everyone gets lazy at some point. Even me.
The issue is actually what constitutes "excessive work." Some people feel that an hour or 2 is excessive, while others may feel that 5 hours is the limit. I have a problem with the ones that have like one assignment or maybe 3 (worksheets, not essays) and say that they have no free time.
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Nah, between 2-4 hours is alright for me. 5...I can handle. But there was a day I got home at 3:20 and didn't finish until damm 10:00 
That's excessive. I agree with your last statement though.
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Originally posted by Retro
But, like, I don't. I do want to succeed, and I do - I've succeeded enough to be accepted into the honors program of a very respected private college starting in the fall, and I don't go out of my way to complain to my teachers or rebel by neglecting my work or anything. I feel as though my drive to succeed is pretty average.
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Then maybe that's the problem. Honestly. Again, you do have a choice. After all, it's your life.
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Member Since: 8/1/2012
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Originally posted by Cain
We always have time in the school hours to do your work, whatever you don't finish is homework.
It's not that bad. |
aren't you dutch though?
the entire education system in holland seems a lot less competitive and intense
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This thread has been such a mess. I love it 
Also, I have this stack of papers to grade and record tonight. I will be thinking of ya'll.
Probably around 400 of em.
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
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Originally posted by Delita_chan
Everyone gets lazy at some point. Even me.
The issue is actually what constitutes "excessive work." Some people feel that an hour or 2 is excessive, while others may feel that 5 hours is the limit. I have a problem with the ones that have like one assignment or maybe 3 (worksheets, not essays) and say that they have no free time.
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I wish that was my definition of "excessive" 
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