1st day of school
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of housework a night. .
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rockergamer ONLINE (08/19/2015) [-] 
The must reoccurring stressful situation for me is back to school commercials
It's been 2 years since I've graduated
And I still panic whenever the commercials start playing
when will it end
It's been 2 years since I've graduated
And I still panic whenever the commercials start playing
when will it end
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thebestsnowplow (08/19/2015) [-] I still have stress dreams about chemistry my worst subject . Even though I finished high school years ago and didn't even touch it for my associates degree. School was stressful. I love working full time. I just have to go to work, do my work, then go home and not worry about anything.
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wanagoloco ONLINE (08/20/2015) [-]
Where are you from (country/ state) and are you willing to relocate?
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severepwner (08/20/2015) [-] US, California. And do you mean move to a different house? No not really.
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wanagoloco ONLINE (08/20/2015) [-]
I'm suggesting that if you re willing to move states, The Bakken oilfield in both eastern Montana and western North Dakota is getting busier again and a lot of places are hiring. Entry level (only requires high-school diploma or GED) where I work is roughly $24.00 and we are normally working 55 hours a week.
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iamrealfancy (08/20/2015) [-] The worst ones are the ones that happen a single week after school gets out. I no longer watch TV unless I can skip commercials, which is almost never.
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thelamerussian (08/20/2015) [-] When I went to Poland for holiday(to visit family). Nearly half of the local supermarket was filled with back to school stuff; books, school bags and all that. And it was the second week into July.
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skybluetroll (08/20/2015) [-]
Man, do i hate elitists who think that their taste is the only right one and make others feel bad by talking down to them.
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fagaloneon (08/20/2015) [-] I'm meant to be doing a geography assignment right now, ***** due tomorrow and i barely have anything, yet I'm still on here
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chucknorrisisreal (08/19/2015) [-] Just drink the stress away, always works for me when anxiety shows up (only on the weekends, gotta go to work too)
Anxiety relief medication is ******* expensive, I'd rather just buy some beer and get it over with
Anxiety relief medication is ******* expensive, I'd rather just buy some beer and get it over with
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corrosionx (08/19/2015) [-] Never got why Homework was such a big thing in the US, wasn't at all that bad in the UK; it took 30 minutes at best.
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blowbags (08/19/2015) [-]
I'm going to find it hard to convince my kid/s that secondary (high..) school is worth something in the UK
Honestly people just get so many chances to either make up for it or just let into any colleague course anyway.
Aside from top maths A level there didn't seem to be any qualifier for the material/other courses, in my english lit A/S level (this is like year 1 of college age 16) I knew for a fact one of the guys got a D at GCSE, must have just said "have a go at it".
I assume that it would be handy if you wanted to get in to oxford/cambridge that you just annihilate all GCSE/A levels to top standard but to progress to college I see no reason to even try if you are a medium performer, c/d will do fine (again, to non UK, college in UK is like age 16>17 (maybe 18? at a push), then we go to university)
Honestly people just get so many chances to either make up for it or just let into any colleague course anyway.
Aside from top maths A level there didn't seem to be any qualifier for the material/other courses, in my english lit A/S level (this is like year 1 of college age 16) I knew for a fact one of the guys got a D at GCSE, must have just said "have a go at it".
I assume that it would be handy if you wanted to get in to oxford/cambridge that you just annihilate all GCSE/A levels to top standard but to progress to college I see no reason to even try if you are a medium performer, c/d will do fine (again, to non UK, college in UK is like age 16>17 (maybe 18? at a push), then we go to university)
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fillytickler (08/19/2015) [-]
Same in the US. Problems is idiots take longer, procrastinate an hour, take an hour to do it, and say it took three hours to complete.
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onecommentonlyone (08/19/2015) [-]
From year 10, so start of GCSEs I just stopped doing it, it wasn't important to the grades I got. Did well, now studying exactly what I want at uni
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corrosionx (08/19/2015) [-] As soon as I hit year 7 I just quickly did it on the day, didn't teach me anything, there's really no need for it to be honest.
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onecommentonlyone (08/19/2015) [-]
I would just hand in random other bits of work I had done in class, the teachers got angry but at that stage it is a bit irrelevant. Although I was a bit of a **** at school, I got most stuff fairly quickly and could cruise. So I did.
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Faz (08/20/2015) [-] Homework wasn't designed to teach you anything, thats what classes and teachers are for, homework is designed to allow teachers to see which children in the class are understanding whats being taught and which children may need extra help, the problem though is that there is such a pressure to do homework due to not doing it leads to detentions that most kids copy their friends homework which defeats the entire point.
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seferofe (08/20/2015) [-] I guess homework is also good for repetition, since that will greatly help with remembering the work. My math teacher for GCSE just gave us a A4 sheet of relevant questions. Then at the end of a subject we'd get a small booklet of past exam questions. However, most of my my other subject teachers didn't really do this. Didn't do amazing in most subjects because of it (I got C's besides the science subjects and maths). Though I got a C and D for English since my English teacher lost 3 of my tests. Had to redo them at the end of the year. Though my grammar is probably bad, I have greatly improved compared to then.
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corrosionx (08/20/2015) [-] Doesn't help that most children (me included when I was at school) are either too embarrassed to ask for help or just plain can't be asked too.
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ubercookieboy ONLINE (08/19/2015) [-] >Homework for 6 hours
Really? Is homework so difficult for you guys?
Homework takes me like 0 hours.
Mostly because I never did it
Really? Is homework so difficult for you guys?
Homework takes me like 0 hours.
Mostly because I never did it
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extremistcookie (08/19/2015) [-] Let me tell ya'll 'bout my first year of college in engineering
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aaauuuggghhh (08/20/2015) [-] Third year here. I would feel you but my human empathy was replaced by some principles of heat transfer
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sleepingdogtwo (08/20/2015) [-] **** , I laughed way too hard at this
I originaly wanted to study engineering, too, but that made me change that decision.
Actually I'm way too bad at math fml
I originaly wanted to study engineering, too, but that made me change that decision.
Actually I'm way too bad at math fml
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bakkenmetbaard (08/19/2015) [-] Finally somebody who gets it. Always people with 40hour workweeks bitching about how relaxed a student's life is.
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kyojinn (08/19/2015) [-] As a full time student who isn't a dumbass, its really not that hard. The hardest part of the week is when an instructor wants a 10 page essay, even then you're given several weeks to knock it out.
Im a disabled combat vet who watches my toddler nephew in the mornings, and schools through late afternoon/night, buck up butter cup.
Im a disabled combat vet who watches my toddler nephew in the mornings, and schools through late afternoon/night, buck up butter cup.
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ainise (08/20/2015) [-]
Honestly, I found college easier than high school in the homework department. They give you heads up, you generally have either the entire class's schedule or you get notices weeks in advanced.
I remember my AP friends was taking physics, Calculus, English 1102 on top of a music class. The Physics homework was ~1-2 horus a night, calc was 2-3, English expected her to read about 300 pages a week and the music teacher expected us all to master our music within a week(it was a performing arts school afterall). Yes, that's not the way it is for everyone, but some classes are simply unfair to their students.
I remember my AP friends was taking physics, Calculus, English 1102 on top of a music class. The Physics homework was ~1-2 horus a night, calc was 2-3, English expected her to read about 300 pages a week and the music teacher expected us all to master our music within a week(it was a performing arts school afterall). Yes, that's not the way it is for everyone, but some classes are simply unfair to their students.
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mumblesthepyro (08/20/2015) [-] how was that beautiful? lmao that was like a 7th grade joke
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anon (08/20/2015) [-]
It's pretty accurate except for the fact where you think that you have multiple weeks to write a 10 page essay because who's actually in the stop a few sentences in there may be a paragraph into their essay and then continue it tomorrow in the train of thoughts completely gone
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anon (08/19/2015) [-]
It's the kind of stress that's different.
You're graded in school, but a C isn't going to leave you worrying about feeding your family.
I pretty much just skipped most of high school and got **** grades, went to college and got great grades by skipping classes freely but always doing the work and taking tests. Said grades got me scholarships and a full-time job.
Now if I don't do my job, I lose my job.
You're graded in school, but a C isn't going to leave you worrying about feeding your family.
I pretty much just skipped most of high school and got **** grades, went to college and got great grades by skipping classes freely but always doing the work and taking tests. Said grades got me scholarships and a full-time job.
Now if I don't do my job, I lose my job.
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bakkenmetbaard (08/20/2015) [-] And here's me thinking my opinion is an unpopulair one.
Guess I'm wrong.
Guess I'm wrong.
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ilovemyguns (08/20/2015) [-] I have a 50+ hour work week and go to college part time. I'd kill to just be a student.
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upyoursnumbnuts ONLINE (08/20/2015) [-]
Everything that blog post, quote, or whatever the **** it is is complete and utter ******** .
You need "time" to develop socially because its important to you emotional, mental and physical well being? Give me a ******* break. Its called having a work ethic. If you have a work ethic the only thing you care about, the only thing you stress out about is getting the job done. You give up food, sleep, socializing, you give up ******* everything because you know the in the end you'll be sitting back doing whatever it is that make you happy and gets you paid a decent amount of money while the people that go out partying are dreading Monday.
Suck it the **** up and forget about going out and having fun. Work your ass off now for a few years so you can retire early, and rich.
You need "time" to develop socially because its important to you emotional, mental and physical well being? Give me a ******* break. Its called having a work ethic. If you have a work ethic the only thing you care about, the only thing you stress out about is getting the job done. You give up food, sleep, socializing, you give up ******* everything because you know the in the end you'll be sitting back doing whatever it is that make you happy and gets you paid a decent amount of money while the people that go out partying are dreading Monday.
Suck it the **** up and forget about going out and having fun. Work your ass off now for a few years so you can retire early, and rich.
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mojado (08/20/2015) [-] Actually social skills are pretty important in the working world too. You can be very good at your job but if the people around you (like your boss) think that you're an unlikable cunt then you're probably not going to advance very far in your career. As an adult yeah, working like that for long periods of time won't **** you up, but if you did that in college (4 years of only busting your ass) then you end up graduating with the social maturity of a high school senior. Even in the real world you need to balance work and leisure. Keeping the work-a-holic attitude will get work done faster but you'll also lose some friends and potential significant others.
As an added nugget of information, loneliness, constant stress and lack of sleep all potentially reduce your lifespan.
As an added nugget of information, loneliness, constant stress and lack of sleep all potentially reduce your lifespan.
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upyoursnumbnuts ONLINE (08/20/2015) [-]
I am an unlikeable cunt and that attitude has made me quite a bit of money. I own the company so I really don't give two ***** if my coworkers don't want to be around me. Last, I'm a marine combat engineer that survived four tours in Iraq. As far as I'm concerned I'm living on borrowed time.
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nigeltheoutlaw (08/20/2015) [-] I can't wait for a forty hour work week. Between uni and work, I must put in 80 hours a week minimum. 40 hours sounds like a ******* cakewalk.
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bichslapperman (08/20/2015) [-]
what the **** business would hire a cringey cunt like you
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nigeltheoutlaw (08/20/2015) [-] lol falloutwhatever, is that you? Kinda weak to be this upset after months.
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bichslapperman (08/20/2015) [-]
implying im upset
no just curious how low your bosses standards are
no just curious how low your bosses standards are
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nigeltheoutlaw (08/20/2015) [-] You made a whole new account to try to make me mad, so I think you're pretty upset.
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anon (08/20/2015) [-]
Your not, high school was incredibly easy didn't' ever study, walked out of class with all A's and B's
Of course college was a bit different... at first it was was the same, I breezed through classes, then when I actually had to study.. **** hit the fan, I didn't know how, I thought reading the book would be good enough, it wasn't.
Of course college was a bit different... at first it was was the same, I breezed through classes, then when I actually had to study.. **** hit the fan, I didn't know how, I thought reading the book would be good enough, it wasn't.
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magicexplain (08/20/2015) [-] Junior in applied computer science... I know that feel. I don't read a ton though but ya know
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demonpinguin (08/20/2015) [-] Can't do that for things like pre-med or nursing for loads of programs
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soldieroffortunemp (08/20/2015) [-] I agree, I got left the nursing program, not because it was hard but because I am an ass and would make a terrible nurse.
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trollofhalo (08/20/2015) [-] I do the same thing an average always 1% below the grade to pass with Honors every year. Every year I tell myself, "Try harder, earn that one percent, or even more! Then I remember I'm in courses two grades above my suggested level.
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messier (08/20/2015) [-] **messier used "*roll picture*"**
**messier rolled image** I did all of that in high school. You can actually finish a lot of in half the time expected. I have also worked 80 hours per week before with 2 days off. 20 hours a week.
**** is hard in the real world man. If you're born poor then you got to work you ass off.
**messier rolled image** I did all of that in high school. You can actually finish a lot of in half the time expected. I have also worked 80 hours per week before with 2 days off. 20 hours a week.
**** is hard in the real world man. If you're born poor then you got to work you ass off.
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hoponthefeelstrain (08/20/2015) [-] my mom sits in an office all day, while I work retail so I'm up and moving and standing all day and if it's busy sometimes I don't even get a break. But she says I have no reason to be tired and sleep as much as i do...
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landartheconqueror (08/20/2015) [-] exact same story as me. my mom has a pretty busy office, with lots of stupid clients, so i get how she can be fatigued, but she always mocks me whenever i say how exhausting work was
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hoponthefeelstrain (08/20/2015) [-] my mom and I both have fitbits and we're friends on the app she walks barely 100o steps a day where I easily clock in 15k after a 5-6 hour shift. Also when i worked at mcdonalds before I got my car I had to walk 2 miles to and from the bus stop everyday and she'd get pissed when I didnt do my chores but literally all I did was sleep, eat and work.. at mcdonalds we were understaffed so I easily worked 10-12 hour days because they'd ask me to state late or come early
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landartheconqueror (08/20/2015) [-] my mom would drive to work every day during the winter (park her car in the garage, too) and i would have to walk to and from the bus stop (twenty minute walk down/up hill). i'd get home, mention how cold it is, and she would rip on me for how weak i am, complaining how cold it is. meanwhile, she's wrapped under a blanket, next to the fireplace
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hoponthefeelstrain (08/20/2015) [-] why do moms have to be cunts... I do all the chores because I'm an only child and my mom leaves napkins, bones and trash in her dishes when she puts them in the sink... nothing pisses me off more. or when she says "we really need to clean up" even though I've been cleaning every day. She also has me fold her laundry then she leaves the stacks of it laying around her room until they all become unfolded again...
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nigeltheoutlaw (08/20/2015) [-] Holy **** , are you me? I thought I was the only one.
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psycochildz (08/19/2015) [-]
Highschool and college were incredibly tough for me.
I ended up realizing i hated my major and dropped out and went into work doing masonry.
I have never been so stress free.
Ive been with a small company for 2 years now @ 16/hr and i love my job.
Im in charge of a small team of three doing construction work or working heavy machinery out on farms.
Between talking to clients and managing resources, never mind being in charge of people, It can be challenging.
But I actually prefer my 60+ hour work weeks now than my 14 hours of class time + online classes and homework during college.
I ended up realizing i hated my major and dropped out and went into work doing masonry.
I have never been so stress free.
Ive been with a small company for 2 years now @ 16/hr and i love my job.
Im in charge of a small team of three doing construction work or working heavy machinery out on farms.
Between talking to clients and managing resources, never mind being in charge of people, It can be challenging.
But I actually prefer my 60+ hour work weeks now than my 14 hours of class time + online classes and homework during college.
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streetshark (08/19/2015) [-] **streetshark used "*roll picture*"**
**streetshark rolled image**
I never really thought about it, but I think the reason I don't want to go back to college is because I'd rather only spend 8 hours of the day stressed over quotas and a lost in a ****** corporate pyramid than have to spend 12+ hours stressed and studying... only to spend the remainder of the day/night stressed and fearful.
I guess I sympathize with students or college graduates. But I also envy their commitment. Maybe one day I'll be able to do it. When I'm too old for it to matter.
**streetshark rolled image**
I never really thought about it, but I think the reason I don't want to go back to college is because I'd rather only spend 8 hours of the day stressed over quotas and a lost in a ****** corporate pyramid than have to spend 12+ hours stressed and studying... only to spend the remainder of the day/night stressed and fearful.
I guess I sympathize with students or college graduates. But I also envy their commitment. Maybe one day I'll be able to do it. When I'm too old for it to matter.
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anon (08/20/2015) [-]
I have found that college has a lighter workload of more difficult and serious work. The major wildcards are outside jobs, studying, and project-based courses. If you don't need a job for economic reasons, are attentive in class with good retention, and you don't take a major like digital art, you can have quite a lot of free time. If you have a job, are bored in class, and are a 3D modeling major, you are gonna have a hard time.
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streetshark (08/20/2015) [-] I have a job and I am easily bored in class. I'm supposed to be on ADD medication but I feel like I'm just cheating my way through things while on it.
To be fair my job pays better than most college graduates' starting positions, but the work is unrewarding and tedious. And you never please your higher ups because they design the demands to be impossible.
To be fair my job pays better than most college graduates' starting positions, but the work is unrewarding and tedious. And you never please your higher ups because they design the demands to be impossible.
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sandnigglets (08/19/2015) [-] I used to work 60 hours a week trust me its much better than the student life studying all day every day lol at least you're free when you're off work
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twiceasfun (08/19/2015) [-] You say as if no one here remembers being a student. I work 65 hours a week, guy, being a student was not this demanding and did not involve painkillers and a heating pad every night. I work ten times harder than I ever did in school and have infinitely less free time, since nobody actually studies all day everyday and the homework for a class for a whole week can generally be done in an hour or two, but I'd pick this over being a student every time because it's much more rewarding, I loathed every minute of school, but I had all the free time in the world.
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klldarkness (08/19/2015) [-]
I really hate to jump into this, but what you're saying, is VERY subjective.
You say that you work 65 hours, require painkillers, and a heatingpad. You either work a hard labor job, or a job that has you on your feet the entire time.
This is ALL because you didn't work hard in school. If you had, you'd be making twice the amount for 40 hours a week work, and not require painkillers to function.
AP, IB, advanced, Dual enrollment, etc, are VERY hard. They are doing work that most people in the 70s, and 80s wouldn't have seen till 3rd year college.
Saying that they don't have it hard, because YOU didn't have it hard, and thus now have to work harder, doesn't change that for a child that wants to go to college, and then to graduate school, they need to work pretty much 16 hours a day, every day, for 4 years of highschool, and then 8 years of college.
You say that you work 65 hours, require painkillers, and a heatingpad. You either work a hard labor job, or a job that has you on your feet the entire time.
This is ALL because you didn't work hard in school. If you had, you'd be making twice the amount for 40 hours a week work, and not require painkillers to function.
AP, IB, advanced, Dual enrollment, etc, are VERY hard. They are doing work that most people in the 70s, and 80s wouldn't have seen till 3rd year college.
Saying that they don't have it hard, because YOU didn't have it hard, and thus now have to work harder, doesn't change that for a child that wants to go to college, and then to graduate school, they need to work pretty much 16 hours a day, every day, for 4 years of highschool, and then 8 years of college.
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twiceasfun (08/19/2015) [-] I was talking about the average student experience, not advanced programs. And guy said sixty hours, so my comparison is relevant. And I actually make 16 dollars an hour, even though I didn't do these advanced programs, and I could easily live without working as much as I do, I just. want to save up because I don't want to risk being homeless again, and there are a couple surgeries I need that are expensive. The comparison was between the average student and a sixty hour work week
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klldarkness (08/19/2015) [-]
My girlfriend, who starts college in 21 days, makes $15/hour as a lifeguard. As a vet, which her full ride is covered by scholarships that she worked her ass off for, she'll make $30+/hour, doing a job she loves. She already has 1.5 years of college covered using AB, IB, and Dual enrollment classes, and graduated with a 4.1GPA, all while working as a lifeguard.
The facts show, that she worked her ass off, as did the 72 students that finished with better GPA's, and they won't have to work as hard once done with school, than someone like you and I, who didn't do well in school.
And this entire comment thread is on post about advanced classes. Everything here has to do with that.
The facts show, that she worked her ass off, as did the 72 students that finished with better GPA's, and they won't have to work as hard once done with school, than someone like you and I, who didn't do well in school.
And this entire comment thread is on post about advanced classes. Everything here has to do with that.
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twiceasfun (08/19/2015) [-] Correction, it was listing advanced classes but I didn't remember every word well enough to remember that. Still, most of what's being talked about here is comparing average students to average workers. Comparing advanced students to average workers would just be stupid
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twiceasfun (08/20/2015) [-] I never claimed the post was making that comparison, just saying it would be stupid to do so, a lot of people do make that comparison. And the comment just said a student, not advanced student, so I infer just regular student and I was comparing typical students to typical workers since that comparison is actually much more applicable to a much larger group
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twiceasfun (08/19/2015) [-] And that'll be great when she gets out of school, but her experience is not a typical one, and the post does not say it was advanced classes, just that the students are advanced, which implies they are smart, not necessarily that they're in advanced classes. And I dunno what you're talking about, but I did well in school without putting in much effort
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drpenguinz (09/05/2015) [-] no man...some people just take some kind of jobs way harder than other peoples
jobs themselves are very subjective.
i can sit in front of a monitor 14+ hours and program **** into it, others cant stand that.
but having week ends off again would be a very nice thing i cant really afford as a student...
those profs all think ive nothing to do or somethin
jobs themselves are very subjective.
i can sit in front of a monitor 14+ hours and program **** into it, others cant stand that.
but having week ends off again would be a very nice thing i cant really afford as a student...
those profs all think ive nothing to do or somethin
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sinjection (08/20/2015) [-]
I just want to interject and say every DE program I've looked at is way easier than AP/IB, that being the exact reason I didn't take it. That may just be my area though.
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sandnigglets (08/19/2015) [-] Its subjective, it would vary greatly on your work position and program of study. I actually study all day every day during the school semesters, minus a few hours on friday to feel like a human again, even then that's not free time. I dream of being done school and only having to work again
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twiceasfun (08/19/2015) [-] True it varies, but the average student won't need to devote much time. Last time I was in school, half the class,in the classes that allowed it, did the entire semester's work online in the first two weeks. Then they took the other classes where that could not be done at whatever relaxed pace they saw fit, and that is typical of people in several different degree programs..then there was the guy I literally didn't see for six years because he actually did study all day everyday
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ilcecchino (08/19/2015) [-] I'd rather be a student if i had scholarships and financial aid things. even if it was 40 hour weeks consisting of studying and school works and such
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twiceasfun (08/19/2015) [-] I hated being a student so much therapist said I had some sort of stress disorder and I did not handle school well I would much rather work. And I make great money, I could work half as much as I do and be fine. I just don't want to be a minute away from destitue, so I'm building my savings account so I can avoid being homeless again if I suddenly lose my job. But my making this much with no degree is abnormal, so I say keep at it guy, and get one if you can
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tyroneisanigger (08/19/2015) [-]
i agree but depending on what you do it's exhausting. At least students still have energy left after school to do **** , I'm off work now and Im beat.
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sandnigglets (08/19/2015) [-] after school is studying, after studying is sleep, after sleep is school/studying, there is no time to do ****
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yourmommaohhh (08/19/2015) [-]
Stop being a crybaby I worked 40 hour weeks and took 18 hours worth of courses a semester. If you don't have time your doing it wrong
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tyroneisanigger (08/19/2015) [-]
but students still find the time for extra curriculars, relationships and what the **** else they do.
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darkjustifier (08/20/2015) [-] I do, I've worked all kinds of jobs being a person who moves a lot, construction, tailoring, acting, car parts and through all of that I have never missed school, because school sucks ass it's stressful boring and before college nearly useless, college is the first time I've learned anything of importance that I didn't already know. so yeah school is a as **** of a thing that is basically a glorified babysitter.
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anon (08/20/2015) [-]
"You cannot vote on this comment, because its owner is blocking you."
Well guess I'll just have to log out then to thumb you down and tell you how much of a cunt you sound like. Way to go blocking someone you've never met because you're afraid of losing imaginary internet points, cumsucking dicktickler.
Well guess I'll just have to log out then to thumb you down and tell you how much of a cunt you sound like. Way to go blocking someone you've never met because you're afraid of losing imaginary internet points, cumsucking dicktickler.
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abiderp (08/20/2015) [-] Luxury. We used to have to get out of the lake at three o'clock in the morning, clean the lake, eat a handful of hot gravel, go to work at the mill every day for tuppence a month, come home, and Dad would beat us around the head and neck with a broken bottle, if we were LUCKY!
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chillybilly (08/20/2015) [-] I believe this user is using a joke used in the working world referring to jobs where instead of getting a day or two off per week, you instead get one off after a week or more's consecutive shifts.
As an example, before I hired new associates to my jewelry department I worked overtime nearly eight hours a day for two weeks. After coming back from two consecutive days off, I remarked to a coworker that I worked '14 days last week'
As an example, before I hired new associates to my jewelry department I worked overtime nearly eight hours a day for two weeks. After coming back from two consecutive days off, I remarked to a coworker that I worked '14 days last week'
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kiyotakaishimaru (08/20/2015) [-] it really depends on the line of work honestly, though I imagine nothing really vigorous if it's a 9 hour shift. So unless you have the constitution of a piece of paper(in which case you should rethink your choice of employment), this dude can't complain.
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theguynamedme (08/19/2015) [-] Seriously. Anytime I said I can't wait until I get out of school and have a real job, my dad would say why, you have so much time now. I graduated from college last December and now I have a 40 hour work week and it's awesome, I have so much free time!
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TheBigGummyBear ONLINE (08/20/2015) [-] I'm an engineering student in 3rd year and so far it seems our first 4-5 weeks are cruisy then it all just hits you at once, online quizs, mid sem exams, PSTs, assignments. This phase goes on for about 5-6 weeks then we got a 2-3 week period before final exams. That's the most stressful time of all because in Engineering we get an exam for every ******* subject, 4 exams every time gets on my ******* nevers when i hear everyone else usually only has 1-2.
My point is the student's life fluctuates, it's not ALWAYS stressful, but at times it really is.
My point is the student's life fluctuates, it's not ALWAYS stressful, but at times it really is.
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durkadurka (08/20/2015) [-] Eh, High school isn't difficult. Definitely didn't have 6 hours of homework each night.
College is where it gets hard.
College is where it gets hard.
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rnftrumpet (08/20/2015) [-] To be fair, it depends on the student life. If it was like mine where I took various college level classes throughout high school, participated in band, and did one or two clubs/groups after school then yes, I agree. But if it's one of those kids who takes the bottom level class and meets the minimum level requirements, then the bitching is completely applicable in my opinion.
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bigbadpapaboris (08/20/2015) [-] 40 hour worker here, I just finished my 5th and last year of high school 2 months ago (1 if we count the exams) and now working inh a factory, I can say that student life was a lot better since we never get any homework to do.
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theodordronen ONLINE (08/20/2015) [-] Student life is relaxing tho, I mean maybe depends on what you study. But having just graduated with the second highest grade for my bachelors. I never did any homework and did every assignment the night before handing it in.
You also don't have to worry much about rent, making money for food etc.
You also don't have to worry much about rent, making money for food etc.
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paraplegicdinosaur ONLINE (08/20/2015) [-] >dont have to worry about rent or money for food
***** what. I worked 45 hours a week plus going to school full time as well. Unless you're living on campus (which is a financially poor decision to do unless you're going to school in a different state) you still gotta worry about that stuff. It got so bad that I had to drop out because if I stayed, I was going to bomb because I was only able to get like 5-6 hours of sleep a day max.
***** what. I worked 45 hours a week plus going to school full time as well. Unless you're living on campus (which is a financially poor decision to do unless you're going to school in a different state) you still gotta worry about that stuff. It got so bad that I had to drop out because if I stayed, I was going to bomb because I was only able to get like 5-6 hours of sleep a day max.
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legitlolz (08/20/2015) [-] Well, kudos to that crazy ************ . But as a full time student working 48 hours a week, and living with 2 roomates, I barely have time or money to do jack **** . It's killing my work ethic and is incredibly hard.
Just because Some Guy i've heard tell of over the internet survived on 1000 potatoes a year, doesn't mean my life is any easier.
so thanks for the anecdote, useless and insignificant though it was, I'll go back to my 5 hours a sleep a night and crushing workload.
Just because Some Guy i've heard tell of over the internet survived on 1000 potatoes a year, doesn't mean my life is any easier.
so thanks for the anecdote, useless and insignificant though it was, I'll go back to my 5 hours a sleep a night and crushing workload.
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paraplegicdinosaur ONLINE (08/20/2015) [-] Nope. Nothing. You could get food stamps/EBT and I guess technically welfare because you're unemployed, but that's a whole other process in and of itself.
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randomwanker (08/20/2015) [-] It is if you aren't a dumbass with horrible time management
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kibuza (08/19/2015) [-] 9 hours of sleep? Are you kidding? Most schools start at around 8am. Show me a teenager that goes to sleep at 10pm.
Also, most of homework is for practice. If you are not getting graded on it then you don't have to do it. It's of course a good idea if you need practice but it's not mandatory, and almost nobody EVERY piece of homework given. As someone who just finished college a few years ago I can say it's easily some of the best most relaxed years you will have.
Also, most of homework is for practice. If you are not getting graded on it then you don't have to do it. It's of course a good idea if you need practice but it's not mandatory, and almost nobody EVERY piece of homework given. As someone who just finished college a few years ago I can say it's easily some of the best most relaxed years you will have.
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wraithguard (08/19/2015) [-] I don't know where the hell you went to school if almost none of the homework you had to do was graded.
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kibuza (08/20/2015) [-] Where the **** did YOU go to school?
Every single homework assignment does not count toward your final grade, especially if they give you daily homework.
And even if it did the cumulative effect would be negligent because assignments and tests make up the majority of your grades. Where would they find space for each homework assignment? Is each days' homework worth >0.5%?
Every single homework assignment does not count toward your final grade, especially if they give you daily homework.
And even if it did the cumulative effect would be negligent because assignments and tests make up the majority of your grades. Where would they find space for each homework assignment? Is each days' homework worth >0.5%?
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legitlolz (08/20/2015) [-] I went to school in las vegas. And I don't know how your high school worked, but in all the states my siblings and i have ever gone to school in, tests only account for 40-50 percent of your grade. (Those states include Nevada, Michigan, Florida, Colorado, Arizona, Minnesota, and South Carolina)
Homework/Classwork is normally 25-35 percent of your grade, and projects/essays account for the remainder.
Homework/Classwork is normally 25-35 percent of your grade, and projects/essays account for the remainder.
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legitlolz (08/20/2015) [-] But that's also suggesting that you'll do perfect on every test and project, which is far from reasonable. Everyone has off days, and with 4-6 different core classes to keep up with, you'll be missing a fair few assignments per semester unless you run yourself absolutely ragged.
The missed or failed homework assignments can really end up hurting your grade. Especially since nobody gets 100's on every night's homework.
The missed or failed homework assignments can really end up hurting your grade. Especially since nobody gets 100's on every night's homework.
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wraithguard (08/20/2015) [-] Exactly. What's more is that despite the fact that a lot of homework in college (university, whatever) isn't counted, most of it is stuff that you had better do if you want to be good enough to pass the test in the first place. You might be able to pull that kind of **** during your first few years as an undergraduate, but after that, no way man.
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kibuza (08/20/2015) [-] Show me a school where they grade almost every piece of homework. After the final exams and all the assignments it leaves about 30-40% of your final grade.
Most semesters are at least 4 months long. If they graded each and every homework assignment they would be worth >0.5% each.
Most semesters are at least 4 months long. If they graded each and every homework assignment they would be worth >0.5% each.
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legitlolz (08/20/2015) [-] Any non-standard High School (and most honors, AP, and advanced courses in regular schools as well) that I've ever heard of grades an easy 70 percent of homework assignments. And even teachers whom i've had that were more lenient with homework opted not to tell you which assignments would be graded.
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wraithguard (08/20/2015) [-] Well yeah, my high school was like that. Every scrap of homework was graded. They felt that if it wasn't then the students wouldn't study, and then barely any of them would pass the tests. It may be an older way of doing it, but there are plenty of schools that do.
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ThatsSoFunnyHeHe (08/19/2015) [-] Maybe a handful of times in my life have I been given homework I wasn't graded on
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comexx (08/20/2015) [-] In my country, homework is only graded under one condition - if you don't do it, which results in an F.
So basically "Ya did your homework? Good for you!"
"Ya didn't do your homework? Ya lazy sack of **** , here's an F plus the same homework twice, if you don't do it, you'll get another F."
Every grade is taken into consideration in the final grade.
So basically "Ya did your homework? Good for you!"
"Ya didn't do your homework? Ya lazy sack of **** , here's an F plus the same homework twice, if you don't do it, you'll get another F."
Every grade is taken into consideration in the final grade.
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wrpen (08/19/2015) [-] Most highschools in the U.S. start at 7:00 or earlier, disregarding student-to-student things like off periods and office aide. In addition to that, the only reason your homework is ever not graded is if your teacher forgets about it or never cared to give it to you in the first place, and in either case there's no reason for it other than to keep you busy and overly focused on education.
On top of all that, show me a student that takes more than one AP course and I'll turn him around and show you a student that takes 12 hours of sleep a day at literally any time he can get it.
On top of all that, show me a student that takes more than one AP course and I'll turn him around and show you a student that takes 12 hours of sleep a day at literally any time he can get it.
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toiletgod (08/19/2015) [-]
I hold an engineer degree and are now working 40h/week for 2 years. It is soo much easier and much less stressful than studying.
I do not wanna put up a big list of pros and cons but the biggest advantage is that I can always leave work with good conscience and forget all about it until the next day. No homework is freedom (plus good money).
I do not wanna put up a big list of pros and cons but the biggest advantage is that I can always leave work with good conscience and forget all about it until the next day. No homework is freedom (plus good money).
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ablakguy (08/19/2015) [-] Same here. Pretty much my first 2 years were D's and F's and then I got average grades my Junior year and my senior year I had online make up classes and I passed all of that and I didnt have any math classes which I suck at. After I graduated I got a letter saying I got on the principal's honor list and I didnt even realize it.
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magicalsteve (08/19/2015) [-] Yeah I haven't done my own homework since 7th grade, starting my senior year and i have potential to be valedictorian. literally only seen people on tumblr complain about homework
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cocosmama (08/19/2015) [-] **cocosmama used "*roll picture*"**
**cocosmama rolled image** one time we complained to our mom about how we never had any time because of all the homework. She thought we were taking too long to do our homework. Bad time management /laziness. So one night she photocopied our homework and say down next to us to do it. She scheduled a parent/teacher conference the next day.
**cocosmama rolled image** one time we complained to our mom about how we never had any time because of all the homework. She thought we were taking too long to do our homework. Bad time management /laziness. So one night she photocopied our homework and say down next to us to do it. She scheduled a parent/teacher conference the next day.
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lean (08/19/2015) [-] I was never stressed in HS. I had AP classes, played 3 sports, and had a part time job. I just stopped doing homework unless it was reasonable enough to make up a certain percentage of total points in class. Focus on group projects and tests, and during class if you understand what the current discussion is brush up on something else you struggle with. realistically HW made up 10-15% of the grade in classes, so you can cut it in half and still pull an A. Prioritize your time, and stress goes out the window. PS very few colleges are impressed by your academics alone, they look at extra curriculars and your college application questionnaire/ essay far more closely.
Don't stress about HS, just get through it.
Don't stress about HS, just get through it.
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psycochildz (08/19/2015) [-]
My school took homework super seriously. One of my teachers told me that homework took up 60% of her final grade while quizzes and tests took up 30%, with the last 10% being the final, and she usually assigned at least 3 things a week, usually take home group projects. She believed that showing that you can manage time and handle a workload was way more important than test taking. A lot of other teachers held the same philosophy where i was. It was difficult holding a part time job and balancing homework at the same time. Especially with the stress that passing depended entirely on homework that i had to sacrifice sleep to do.
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Daeiros (08/20/2015) [-] Straight C's student reporting in.
**Average test score* 110% My teachers all liked to put a handful of really hard extra credit questions on their tests.
**Average homework score* 0%
I left school at school, I refused to bring that **** home. I studied whenever I had spare time at school, never at home. My time belongs to me, they had me for 40 hours a week and that is all I would give them. If I'm acing all the tests, I'm obviously learning the material, and I don't need any extra practice.
**Average test score* 110% My teachers all liked to put a handful of really hard extra credit questions on their tests.
**Average homework score* 0%
I left school at school, I refused to bring that **** home. I studied whenever I had spare time at school, never at home. My time belongs to me, they had me for 40 hours a week and that is all I would give them. If I'm acing all the tests, I'm obviously learning the material, and I don't need any extra practice.
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Das (08/20/2015) [-] Same thing for me. Never did a thing at home, got all my homework done at school. Whether it was via lunch or study halls. In fact I didn't study much either, I got As and Bs on most tests just by paying attention to lectures.
I'm in college now, still fairly the same except I actually have to do work in my dorm.
I'm in college now, still fairly the same except I actually have to do work in my dorm.
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olinerocks ONLINE (08/20/2015) [-] That was pretty much my attitude in HS but to get an engineering degree you gotta work your ass off and pull the equivalent of 80 hr weeks. It totally pays off in the end in the form of a decent paycheck lol.
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Daeiros (08/20/2015) [-] Oh absolutely, college is an entirely different beast. High school is mandatory general education to make sure you aren't completely useless to society. College is focused and specialized career oriented education that makes you excel at a particular task. You gotta put in the extra work for college, but I really feel that it's unnecessary in high school if you are successfully learning the material. I actually think that time would be better spent educating yourself about something that interests you instead of trying to write a 1000 word essay about what Shakespeare meant when he said "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" and memorizing the names of every river in South America.
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inuares (08/19/2015) [-] Oh trust me, I know. Still, it was ridiculous how much homework they'd give in one night. Sophmore year was particularly bad as I remember having 2 sheets/packets of homework for each class each night. And it counted for a huge portion of my grade. Honestly, it's like teachers don't wanna teach, they just wanna give you something to do. Course a bunch of my teachers got tenure so that might explain the lack of wanting to do **** .
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lean (08/19/2015) [-] Yeah, from what I recall most of my teachers took the philosophy of group projects and random quizzes are better for learning than piling on homework. any homework given was to prepare for potential pop quizes and make sure we were actually following along with the course material, so it wasn't weighted very highly. My senior year I never even brought books home after school, anything I didn't finish in study hall didn't get finished. It really bugged some of my teachers, but I had a system that worked for me. My AP calc teacher used to get on my case because I would sometimes be looking through stuff for my other classes, but math always made sense to me so I killed it on the tests.
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PebbleBinder (08/19/2015) [-] ive got my gcse results tomorrow which is like english important exams and those words soothed me plenty, thank you
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emiyashirou (08/19/2015) [-] Kek, we only got like 1 piece of homework per 2 weeks that actually counted for marks, so I just didn't do any of the other homework.
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asdffes (08/19/2015) [-] MFW I used to think that being in high school was tough/stressful.
Now that I'm masquerading as a grown ass adult I can tell you it only gets significantly worse...
Now that I'm masquerading as a grown ass adult I can tell you it only gets significantly worse...
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anon (08/19/2015) [-] Not just doing your homework in class since the teacher never says anything useful anyways
Not passing with honors doing this
Not passing with honors doing this
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midkupficker (08/20/2015) [-] This. I did projects/homework in class up until I got my masters. Plenty of dead moments in class to do this.
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asotil (08/19/2015) [-] ******* freshman year my Honors History teacher was a 74 year old woman
"Ok class your homework tonight is to read and outline chapters X-Y"
*Next day*
"Ok everyone, I'm going to pull up how your outline should look on the board. We'll go over all of that and then I'll check it"
*Copy the board word for ******* word and go back to sleep because it's 7am*
"Everyone did it perfectly! That's what I'd expect from an honors class (20 minute rant about Academic and Applied history classes being ******* idiots)"
"Ok class your homework tonight is to read and outline chapters X-Y"
*Next day*
"Ok everyone, I'm going to pull up how your outline should look on the board. We'll go over all of that and then I'll check it"
*Copy the board word for ******* word and go back to sleep because it's 7am*
"Everyone did it perfectly! That's what I'd expect from an honors class (20 minute rant about Academic and Applied history classes being ******* idiots)"
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mcmonsterkitty (08/19/2015) [-] I think working and school are equally horrible. But if I had to choose, it'd be work. At least I get paid for that.
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proassmofo (08/19/2015) [-] I went to school in Canada but here homework was always pushed as this proactive thing. Like if you weren't doing so well it was a resource you could take advantage of to improve, non of this getting marked for completion ********
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proassmofo (08/20/2015) [-]
Damn, forty percent that's ridiculous. Almost a blessing though really, here in ontario, or at least at the school I went to, you pretty much cannot get marked on anything unless it was done in class. Prevents plagiarism and all that.
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olinerocks ONLINE (08/20/2015) [-] Thats how my college worked. They didn't give a **** (for most profs) about hw, they only cared if you knew the material. In my situation, doing the homework actually helped retain the info, along with tons of note taking. But American high schools have been dumbed down so even the dumbest student is made to feel good about themselves.
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caesarslegion (08/20/2015) [-] Nobody makes you take AP classes, nobody even makes you do the homework! Usually it's only 25% of the grade anyways, best case scenario you do no homework and get a C.
The **** are high school grades good for? Literally nothing.
The **** are high school grades good for? Literally nothing.
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frylad (08/20/2015) [-]
The issue with that logic is post secondary and courses like college courses and university courses I generally have a lot of demand for students to get in and because of that they make it a sort of competitive marketplace where only those with the best qualifications are able to get in reliably so if you're going into a field of work out of classes for it are consistently full, then the best way to garentee a spot in those programs is by taking advanced classes such as honors or advanced placement the better guarantee yourself a spot in those courses the same thing goes for if you're trying to get a scholarship for a grant to help pay for your post-secondary education they're not just going to give out thousands of dollars every single student that applies there they generally give it out to those meet the requirements and even then those that are have the best credentials for those specific grants and scholarships so you just take the easy courses and embracing your way through high school by taking a bunch of easy courses and getting A's B's and C's and the people who are looking to give away the scholarships and grants are going to Clyde rate over you or someone who took a much harder course but maybe go to lower grade than when you did because they're looking for those that are most motivated in that subject and have a better chance of making a career in whatever field are going into
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ilovemyguns (08/19/2015) [-] I never got 6 hours of homework a night, and most people won't unless they're working on a graduate degree of some sorts. Tumblr likes to blow **** out of proportion, because most of them probably never did homework anyway.
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unoriginalaccount (08/20/2015) [-] Never did my homework and I managed to pass. Then again I live in Florida. We're not known for being smart
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anon (08/20/2015) [-] okay so this never made sense to me. I'm a rising senior and I took all advanced and honors courses last year. I got decent grades but I never spent 6 hours on homework. Honestly Math took about the longest and that was only when I wasn't paying attention in class and had to look up how to solve the problems we got. I would say the longest time I spent doing homework was 2 hours and that was only because I had a test in 2 of the classes and had to copy vocab.
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doombunni (08/19/2015) [-] I'm a teacher, and every monday my students get a packet of questions. This is their homework, and it is due friday. There are about 5 or so questions for each day as reaview, and those questions come straight from their notes. Honestly they could do the packet in about 1 hour, but I know they have a ton of homework from the other teachers
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irishalbino (08/19/2015) [-] Even still, that's a lot better than most teachers. What grade/subject do you teach?
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irishalbino (08/19/2015) [-] Cool. Social studies was one of the few things I actually enjoyed in junior high.
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jemmydubloon (08/19/2015) [-]
Teachers exaggerate how much home work they issue to make themselves feel better. Every teacher in college was like "you need to study 2 hours on your own for every hour spent in class." I spent about 45 minute PER class each week on home work/ studying and got a 3.2 GPA . The only exception was lit classes that wanted big ESSAYS every semester. My point is college is easy if you just spend a little time regularly on it instead of cramming.
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demonpinguin (08/20/2015) [-] Depends on your degree mate, its a bit harder with pre-med and nursing imo
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olinerocks ONLINE (08/20/2015) [-] I'll agree with that. Engineering and anything medical are probably the hardest to get
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theism ONLINE (08/20/2015) [-] I'm not gonna lie. I just didn't do the homework. The class time was sufficient to learn the material. Honestly an hour a day for every single class is a stupid system if you expect them to do two more hours of homework a day for every class. In college you have maybe two or three classes a day. I don't even have every class every day, which actually makes doing the homework important. High school is ******** though.
