Homework

[Flinsbon]

1. We leave school at 3 for the bowling alley. It takes 1/2 hr to get there, then each match is 3 hrs, then it takes 1/2 hr to get back to school. The only practice days are usually 2 or 3 days during the week before the season starts.

2. (done)

3. Point taken.

4. We shouldn't have to suck it up. That's my point.

 

I have learned through conversation with others that I do my homework rather quickly.

 

Just as a side note, there is a school around here where students are not allowed to have more than 45 minutes of homework each night because the school knows the students have after-school activities and need sleep.

[Dark]

That's bullshit, to be quite honest. 45 minutes of homework split between four major classes plus one or two electives? That's really nothing. Two hours of homework is fine for a weekday, and four hours is fine for a weekend. The only problem (which, again, is only for math) is when you do 9001 of the same type of problem. You aren't learning any more than you knew last problem, except improving your time by a miniscule amount. :/

[Dark]

That's bullshit, to be quite honest. 45 minutes of homework split between four major classes plus one or two electives? That's really nothing. Two hours of homework is fine for a weekday, and four hours is fine for a weekend. The only problem (which, again, is only for math) is when you do 9001 of the same type of problem. You aren't learning any more than you knew last problem, except improving your time by a miniscule amount. :/

[Dark]

That's bullshit, to be quite honest. 45 minutes of homework split between four major classes plus one or two electives? That's really nothing. Two hours of homework is fine for a weekday, and four hours is fine for a weekend. The only problem (which, again, is only for math) is when you do 9001 of the same type of problem. You aren't learning any more than you knew last problem, except improving your time by a miniscule amount. :/

[Flinsbon]

Actually they only have 4 classes per day with block scheduling, so each class is like 1 1/2 hrs. That's why it works. Teachers have more time to teach because two 45-minute periods allow for less time to teach than one 90-minute period.

 

This is kinda funny because math is the one subject where tie isn't a problem. I can do that homework in about 10 minutes.

[Flinsbon]

Actually they only have 4 classes per day with block scheduling, so each class is like 1 1/2 hrs. That's why it works. Teachers have more time to teach because two 45-minute periods allow for less time to teach than one 90-minute period.

 

This is kinda funny because math is the one subject where tie isn't a problem. I can do that homework in about 10 minutes.

[Flinsbon]

Actually they only have 4 classes per day with block scheduling, so each class is like 1 1/2 hrs. That's why it works. Teachers have more time to teach because two 45-minute periods allow for less time to teach than one 90-minute period.

 

This is kinda funny because math is the one subject where tie isn't a problem. I can do that homework in about 10 minutes.

[DARKPLANT RISING]

You only have 2-3/night and 4-5/weekend and you think that's an absurdly large amount? I envy your tiny workload.

 

Same with me.

 

My Private Middle School itself is awesome, but its homework is a nightmare. I have to do 3.5 to 5 hours of work in a normal day, and on weekends 9 to 10.

 

When I'm still in 7th grade.

[DARKPLANT RISING]

You only have 2-3/night and 4-5/weekend and you think that's an absurdly large amount? I envy your tiny workload.

 

Same with me.

 

My Private Middle School itself is awesome, but its homework is a nightmare. I have to do 3.5 to 5 hours of work in a normal day, and on weekends 9 to 10.

 

When I'm still in 7th grade.

[DARKPLANT RISING]

You only have 2-3/night and 4-5/weekend and you think that's an absurdly large amount? I envy your tiny workload.

 

Same with me.

 

My Private Middle School itself is awesome, but its homework is a nightmare. I have to do 3.5 to 5 hours of work in a normal day, and on weekends 9 to 10.

 

When I'm still in 7th grade.

[MarbleZone]

your teacher gives you a 5-7 page paper (which is the size of one of my essays) and tells you to go write it. You write it and hand it in when it's due. Now the paper is done' date=' but what have you actually learned? If you have poor grammar skills, then your paper has poor grammar. If you had no idea what you were writing about, you still have no idea what you wrote about.

[/quote']

 

If a teacher asks you to write a paper about whatever subject, you're supposed to study and research that subject and know more about it by the time you finish the paper than before you started. If you don't, you half-assed it and it's your fault. I thought this was pretty obvious. :/

[MarbleZone]

your teacher gives you a 5-7 page paper (which is the size of one of my essays) and tells you to go write it. You write it and hand it in when it's due. Now the paper is done' date=' but what have you actually learned? If you have poor grammar skills, then your paper has poor grammar. If you had no idea what you were writing about, you still have no idea what you wrote about.

[/quote']

 

If a teacher asks you to write a paper about whatever subject, you're supposed to study and research that subject and know more about it by the time you finish the paper than before you started. If you don't, you half-assed it and it's your fault. I thought this was pretty obvious. :/

[MarbleZone]

your teacher gives you a 5-7 page paper (which is the size of one of my essays) and tells you to go write it. You write it and hand it in when it's due. Now the paper is done' date=' but what have you actually learned? If you have poor grammar skills, then your paper has poor grammar. If you had no idea what you were writing about, you still have no idea what you wrote about.

[/quote']

 

If a teacher asks you to write a paper about whatever subject, you're supposed to study and research that subject and know more about it by the time you finish the paper than before you started. If you don't, you half-assed it and it's your fault. I thought this was pretty obvious. :/

[DARKPLANT RISING]

your teacher gives you a 5-7 page paper (which is the size of one of my essays) and tells you to go write it. You write it and hand it in when it's due. Now the paper is done' date=' but what have you actually learned? If you have poor grammar skills, then your paper has poor grammar. If you had no idea what you were writing about, you still have no idea what you wrote about.

[/quote']

 

If a teacher asks you to write a paper about whatever subject, you're supposed to study and research that subject and know more about it by the time you finish the paper than before you started. If you don't, you half-assed it and it's your fault. I thought this was pretty obvious. :/

 

Also, it's been scientifically revealed that writing improves your brain.

[DARKPLANT RISING]

your teacher gives you a 5-7 page paper (which is the size of one of my essays) and tells you to go write it. You write it and hand it in when it's due. Now the paper is done' date=' but what have you actually learned? If you have poor grammar skills, then your paper has poor grammar. If you had no idea what you were writing about, you still have no idea what you wrote about.

[/quote']

 

If a teacher asks you to write a paper about whatever subject, you're supposed to study and research that subject and know more about it by the time you finish the paper than before you started. If you don't, you half-assed it and it's your fault. I thought this was pretty obvious. :/

 

Also, it's been scientifically revealed that writing improves your brain.

[DARKPLANT RISING]

your teacher gives you a 5-7 page paper (which is the size of one of my essays) and tells you to go write it. You write it and hand it in when it's due. Now the paper is done' date=' but what have you actually learned? If you have poor grammar skills, then your paper has poor grammar. If you had no idea what you were writing about, you still have no idea what you wrote about.

[/quote']

 

If a teacher asks you to write a paper about whatever subject, you're supposed to study and research that subject and know more about it by the time you finish the paper than before you started. If you don't, you half-assed it and it's your fault. I thought this was pretty obvious. :/

 

Also, it's been scientifically revealed that writing improves your brain.

[Flinsbon]

Ah but I didn't say it was a research paper (and it's not). Our teacher told us specifically not to do any research.

[Flinsbon]

Ah but I didn't say it was a research paper (and it's not). Our teacher told us specifically not to do any research.

[Flinsbon]

Ah but I didn't say it was a research paper (and it's not). Our teacher told us specifically not to do any research.

[The Dark One]

Ah but I didn't say it was a research paper (and it's not). Our teacher told us specifically not to do any research.

 

Writing is in and of itself a creative activity, and eventually will develop creative and critical thinking processes. In addition, it will increase your ability for lateral thinking as you strive to draw conclusions from a myriad of conflicting information.

 

And there's all sorts of studies done that prove the benefits of reading - and of thinking ABOUT that reading - so I'm not going to bother. Do your own research.

 

But frankly, I tend to learn as much from books on my own time as I do from teachers. When a teacher wants you to read a book, enjoy it, don't complain. You'll learn a lot, have fun, and unless you're a really slow reader, probably save time in the long run, as it would take longer for the teacher to actually teach the material.

[The Dark One]

Ah but I didn't say it was a research paper (and it's not). Our teacher told us specifically not to do any research.

 

Writing is in and of itself a creative activity, and eventually will develop creative and critical thinking processes. In addition, it will increase your ability for lateral thinking as you strive to draw conclusions from a myriad of conflicting information.

 

And there's all sorts of studies done that prove the benefits of reading - and of thinking ABOUT that reading - so I'm not going to bother. Do your own research.

 

But frankly, I tend to learn as much from books on my own time as I do from teachers. When a teacher wants you to read a book, enjoy it, don't complain. You'll learn a lot, have fun, and unless you're a really slow reader, probably save time in the long run, as it would take longer for the teacher to actually teach the material.

[Guest Supreme Gamesmaster]

srsly? Where the hell do you go?

 

I get pretty much all my homework done in school anyway, so I wouldn't know how big my workload is. It's small enough that I can't complain, though.

 

Quite frankly, homework works. Especially if it's well-designed, like mine always is. If you don't need it, you recognize how it works and thank the teachers for it.

 

Writing is in and of itself a creative activity' date=' and eventually will develop creative and critical thinking processes. In addition, it will increase your ability for lateral thinking as you strive to draw conclusions from a myriad of conflicting information.

 

And there's all sorts of studies done that prove the benefits of reading - and of thinking ABOUT that reading - so I'm not going to bother. Do your own research.

 

But frankly, I tend to learn as much from books on my own time as I do from teachers. When a teacher wants you to read a book, enjoy it, don't complain. You'll learn a lot, have fun, and unless you're a really slow reader, probably save time in the long run, as it would take longer for the teacher to actually teach the material.

[/quote']You win at life.

[Flinsbon]

Well I don't know about you guys, but reading is only fun for me when I actually LIKE the book. For the most part, teachers at my school can't pick a good book for their lives. In 3 years of high school I think I read a total of 3 books that I actually liked, and one of them wasn't even for English; it was for History.

[Guest Supreme Gamesmaster]

What are they giving you, Wuthering Heights? La Morte d'Artur?

 

Honestly, my school district is very, very good at picking books. They gave us these:

To Kill a Mockingbird (deserves its reputation completely; a masterpiece)

The Odyssey (your life is not complete until you've read this and its prequel)

Romeo and Juliet (take it in what sense thou wilt)

The Miser (pure genius; Molière is hilarious)

A Midsummer Night's Dream (it's Shakespeare with fairies; what do you expect)

 

Except TKaM, I deliberately put off reading them until I had to for class. Mine English classes tend to be very, very good at interpretation, and I had a lot of fun debating meanings of things (especially Penelope and whether she had Informed Ability or a Crowning Moment of Awesome; I say CMoA).

[Dark]

What was the prequel to The Odyssey? Because I read The Odyssey either 8th or 9th grade, and I don't ever remember there being a prequel.