why has homework increased 10x in college than in high school?
I swear, college has become a nightmare. I may be free from my parents but god I did not expect to be overwhelmed by homework given by every class, even the lecture classes. while ending my years in high school I was trying to decide on whether to join the military or go to college. I chose college expecting to be able to enjoy some freedom and listen to lectures and take tests. those were the only reasons I came to college. But my every expectation was crucified by all this homework, I have been confined to my room doing homework, and have been staying up till 3 in the morning doing homework that I started at noon. what is going on, It is hard to believe there is more freedom unless your slacking. It seems impossible to be able to do anything for fun over here without falling behind. If I had chance to go back in time and decide, I would have joined the military, where I can enjoy and appreciate something. I feel lost here, its not hard just to much. What are your feelings on topic?
April 2nd, 2010 at 10:35 am
um… that is a lot of homework. maybe you should talk to the teacher and see if they have suggestions… i usually do about two hours homework per credit hour. like my math class is 1.5 hrs per session so i can expect about 3 hrs. of homework per session. not that bad really…
April 2nd, 2010 at 11:29 am
yeah college is hard work……. i got alot of friends who recently went in there and its not so bad they say… and apparently hmwk for them is optional whether they do it or not
April 2nd, 2010 at 12:14 pm
I take 16 hours and have more homework than the majority of other college students. You just have to prioritize, don’t slack and suck it up. If you organize and plan all your homework ahead of time, you will get it done. Don’t study the night before a test. Read the text book little bits at a time. study little bits at a time. That way you’re not left cramming it all into one or two days…and trust me, my husband’s in the military so I know his job is just as tough and time consuming as college is.
April 2nd, 2010 at 12:55 pm
It is a nightmare, but it is not homework, it is a way to help U with your studies because u probably will not do it. Its my second year of college and trust me from the first day, i was fed up with all the work, but each time i remember that they are not teaching me to do and JUST TO pass the exams but, it is for when we graduate we will use the knowledge we have in the real world. When i get homework, and encounter new things, i research it also because that probably will be my next home work. The free days that you get, DoNT WASTE IT. That is where you get to do the bulk of the work, college is not ”Spoon Feeding” as in high school when the teachers tell u all, My tutors always tell us. ”WE ARE HERE TO ”READ” FOR A DEGREE”. DONT WASTE ANYTIME, ITS TOO EXPENSIVE
-chrissy
April 2nd, 2010 at 1:41 pm
lots of it is the choices you made in classes. It hasn’t seemed that way with my daughter, but her grades aren’t the best either.
I am sure it isn’t too late for the military, but expect more than you are doing now,
April 2nd, 2010 at 2:32 pm
College is more work than high school because you choose to be there. You have to earn your degree. Yes, it is a lot of work, but it should be worth it in the end.
April 2nd, 2010 at 2:51 pm
Welcome to college. Of course college is more work than high school. This isn’t jut thirteenth grade. One thing to help you would be to prioritize. Make a list of when assignments are due and do them in order of how soon they are do and how much of your grade they are worth. College is about budgeting your time.
April 2nd, 2010 at 3:51 pm
The idea of the US educational system is to prepare you for college and nothing else.
To this means the system weeds out 90% of the students who can’t cut the grade and leaves 10% who have no problems with studies, homework, passing tests and learning.
College is about teaching you to be an indepdent researcher. To this goal they force you to read, read, read and read.
They force you to put 20 reference sources in to one 20 page paper this week for History or Poly Sci
Why is this?
When I was researching my book on women filmmakers I went to a dozen or more libaries near me and read, read, read.
I looked at every cinema history text.
I looked up obscured articles from magazines in 1912
I read Microfise, Microfilm, I read Thesis paper from those in Masters programs.
I amassed reams of photo copies
And then I started talking with current women in the film industry and making notes.
To get into a Masters Program you are expected to do indepedent studies like I do.
You are expected to get published, write journal and articles and even books.
You are expected to impress the staff with your Mastering of the craft.
To get a Doctorate you must either pass an ORals Board from 12 PH D who make up the staff who quiz you on the subject or you must do a Dissertation which breaks NEW GROUND.
You must TEACH the TEACHERS
To do this, you must research everything that is know, then you must pose a postulate, then you must devise a means to analyze and test it, then you must gather data, then you must present the data and finally you must tell them what you think this data means.
10% of the high school students have what it takes to make it into some collee
less than 5% stick with it after the first semester.
Less than 10% of those who graduate go to Graduate School
Less than 5% of those who go to Graduate School get PH Ds.
What you end up with is less than 1% of the schooled population doing work and research and teaching in the field.
These are the brains of the world.
Less than 1% of these people make it into intense situations known as “think tanks.”
April 2nd, 2010 at 4:50 pm
Honestly, it sounds like you shouldn’t have gone to college. Too many people in this society think college is a given, and it’s not. Not everyone is suited to or interested in engaging in deep study, which is expected in college.
If you plan on sticking it out, you might want to request some guidance from your school’s student learning center.