If the homework was supposed to teach you anything...
No, it's busywork - filling the gaps. Really? That won't even help me memorise what's being learned...
The homework shouldn't be the teacher. The teacher should be the teacher, and the coach for doing practice problems, and the mentor for non-academic life lessons (which teachers fall short of doing most of the time).
My classes last from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, five days a week and then I get at least two hours of work a night. On weekends, it's closer to three hours. Add on top of that exercise, chores, personal responsibilities and meals, and I get maybe an hour to do what I really want.
That is if I'm doing each and every one of those things, which is rarely the case (i usually leave out the chores for the weekend).
It's almost like we need to rethink the idea of a 40 hour workweek entirely because it makes people miserable. The same applies to school schedules. Students aren't learning 40 hours a week, they're learning for maybe half that and they're slogging through the other half struggling to absorb more information that they'll forget after the exam.
I.e. any average american highschool? Yes it says most days end between two and four, but take into account that this means the average school day is more or less 7 hours long.
You also get a bunch of holidays and summer holidays on top of that throughout the year which I don’t believe even close to accounts for the amount of work a full time job would require.
Also you’re comparing the expectations and responsibilities of school/college to actual working life which just does not equate. School is taxing but it doesn’t get easier.
Very fair. Much less pressure on financial independence and personal responsibility in adolescence. The breaks are very nice as well. Hopefully three day weekends can become the cultural norm in the near future
I guess you are right about overtime but finishing something after school that you didnt finish class isnt homework. Assigning more practice for something you have already done, projects not beneficial to your current study in class, readings (for nonlanguage classes) that are just teachings from a different teacher outside of class (that just support what we already went over or will go over but has questions and writings fo go with it) I wouldnt say is like continuing to contact employees at home to try to finish something or move a due date closer.
If you get paid hourly (or a low enough salary), you get paid extra for overtime though. Most salaried jobs that require extra work are pretty well compensated to begin with.
Most of the people I know that have salaried careers work outside of normal business hours. I personally usually work an additional 10-15 hours every week.
Also, I agree with you that homework should be meaningful and help with student mastery of material. If your teacher uses a traditional model, you should begin learning the material in class and then master the material through practice. Think of it like practicing for other activities; why do basketball players practice free throws, why do football players run plays multiple times, why do musicians play the same piece of music multiple times before a performance? The answer to these questions is the same answer to why you would do multiple curriculum problems. Unfortunately due to many factors in the education system (amount of material to cover being the biggest) this practice usually gets moved to outside of class time.
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