Here in the UK a statistical analysis has shown that an increadible 72% of teens aged 13-17 who attend secondary school (or high school) suffer stress syndromes because of work pressure for exams in schools.It seems that many students are saying that the work load and homework policys of some schools are just too great and there is no time for an active social life even on the weekends.The stress of work loads tend to lead many teens to depression and low grades of work,however the DFV denounce this and claim; In my opinion there is simply too much to expect of us for our exams,the pressure to get good grades is simply overwelming and 2 hours of homework seems a little excessive,1 hour is more then enough to me.Also if we spend so much time doing work then we will never get out of our houses and catch up on our freinds which will lead to depression/ What does everyone else think?
I don't think the exams and good grades pressure us. I think it's the peer pressure, friends and image comes first for most people so the studying becomes harder and sometimes they fail just to fit in. Stupid, but sadly true. I think all the depression is from trying to go out with your friends, having fun and trying to please with good grades which is extremly hard...
Two hours, only? They've got to be kidding me. That sounds like heaven. I usually spend five hours after school, if I'm lucky, doing homework. It takes me two hours just to get my math homework alone done. That doesn't even count the studying I do for the SATs and exams at school. Recently, I spent sixteen hours on a stupid history paper. Homework plagues me wherever I go *sighs*. I must have done more than eight hours of homework during winter break already, and I still have a math project and an analysis paper ahead of me. Taking so much time out of my adolescent life to do homework is a pain in the butt, and it sometimes makes me not so much a great person to be around, but generally I can deal. With caffine and a temper tanturm over my keyboard here and there along the way to help me out . A lot of times, though, I think the stress level is a little bit higher than appropriate...
2 hours of homework, my ass. Stress and school goes hand-in-hand. I always feel pressure to get good grades but that's because my parents expect it. There is no way that I spend 2 hours on homework. I spend usually 5-6 hours. It's insane. I semi-agree with that. Many times I have had so much homework that I would waste my weekend doing it instead of having fun. Sometimes though I do my homework on weeknights in advance so I can have the weekend to chill. I don't do that enough though. On the other hand, I don't really care that much anymore because in May, I'm graduating and I don't have to worry about homework, exams and school stress ever again.
Hehe, now you have college stress which I heard from my brother is harder [/b][/quote] I'm not going to college.
I'm not going to college. [/b][/quote] Fine University same thing, nearly! Or work, that's even harder. I'm just pulling your leg, my brother makes things sound worse than they really are @ When.Karma.Attacks: I totally agree, Korea and Japan too! My Korean friend learned the things we are doing in math now 3 years ago!
Oh yes, thats definetely true. And a whole bunch of other kids living in asian countries, like Razan said.
You guys need to read "Dumbing Us Down" by John Gatto. It's a very short (especially if you skip the goddamned three indroductions) collection of essays on why the USA school system sucks. I assume a lot of it will apply to the UK school system, but I don't know exactly how you guys work over there so I can't go into specifics.
Too true. I'm glad my parents didn't send me to a Chinese school ><. Whoa, you guys spend 5-6 hours on homework? Geez, I must be the lucky one here. Only about an hour or so ... sometimes less that that.
Personally, it is my belief that most of the hype over homework is really just the students not wanting to do the work. I do agree however that 5 to 6 hours is excessive, in which case it is the teacher's job to handle the education in class better, so that less homework is necessary. I guess I think its a balance of these two things. Did I complain about homework during high-school? Absolutely. But in all honesty, if you go to college, and don't do a BS major (ie. Business), you will do more homework than you did in highschool. If you work a constant job, you will also do more work (or more strenuous work). Regardless, I tend to have little sympathy for highschool students anymore, and I just graduated last spring. Are there problems? Yeah, but its up to us to deal with it, either finding ways to accomplish tasks faster, or talking to the teacher, and honestly, I just think too many students are just not motivated enough to take that responsibility.
Motivated enough to work 16 hours on a history paper in the space of three days, but not brave enough to challenge the teacher. Oh how cowardice sucks...
Everyone bitches about too much homework and tests, and yes, they suck, but the way I see it, I worked my ass off to get high grades and to get into college, and I'd be pissed if some kid who slacked off, got bad grades and did everything half-assed got into the same college as me with no problems. Teachers don't give you grades, you earn the grades. Now if you want good grades, you will do whatever the teacher tells you to do, but if you're satisfied with Ds and Fs, then by all means, sit on your ass and don't study and do any homework.
4 hours a day? Not that big of a deal. Does it suck? Yeah. If the load is too much, talk to the teacher. I'm not saying it won't make a difference. I'm saying its up to the students to find a way.
What the heck? *looks around, confused* (Edit) Lol, I get what you're saying now. Its more like five+ hours a day each day on history alone (5x3=15). Since I suck at math, it always drains two+ more hours. Add chemistry and AP english on top of that, and another 3 hours if I'm lucky. SAT academy for two hours. That adds up to 12 hours of studying and doing school stuff. Which means I averaged four hours of sleep every day during the week of that evil history paper. Wow. I'm proud of myself for pulling that off . Huge sense of accomplishment. Talking to the teacher is not my way of doing things; I just put in the extra hours when I need to. Like I said, when I have more stress than I think I can handle, I cope by throwing an occassional temper tanturm on the keyboard. And bitching. Because bitching is fun. I'm sorry I've inflicted you with my study schedule for those three ridiculous days; its just that I worked so hard that week, and I can't stand to have that amount of work thought of as , tch, it was just four hours. It makes me feel slightly hysterical
Omg. My school ends at 4.30 PM , when I'm home it's 5.00 PM. Then I still have to eat and do my 2 hours homework. That's way to long for me.
I don't mind doing homework because I know that if I don't do it then i'm not going to get the grades I want so I can get into uni!