Wow. Homework over break

<p>omg does anyone else have an insane amount of homework to do/ tests 2 study for/essays to write over thanksgiving break??
I have sooo much to do, i dont even kno where to start =(
Any tips or ideas...
thanks!</p>

<p>One book, one atlantic monthy to read, 1 test, 1 quiz, one write-up of a french editorial and ihave to memorize EVERY SINGLE PRESIDENT IN ORDER.</p>

<p>sooo lame... i would suggest to do it on friday day...</p>

<p>Yes, I have tons of homework. I have to do lots of make-up work for Chemistry, study Precalc, work on Law Studies worksheets, get caught up on my online course, finish sketchbook assignments for art, and complete APUSH work.</p>

<p>Fortunately pour moi, I had little hw to begin with and am finishing it up right now. I will write a counter to the Veblen effect (economics) and hopefully disprove the theory without computer-aided software or econ. advisors (Thanksgiving grrr...)</p>

<p>I have TWO group projects to do, and everyone's schedule is crazy so I don't know how either of the groups are going to get together. You would think teachers would get that people go out of town over Thanksgiving, but oh no, they assign group projects. Thanksgiving is a time for family, not homework! RAWR!</p>

<p>I took all my tests before the break, I have a small amount of HW over it ;) I had to memorize all presidents in order in 5th grade, so I know them all now ;)</p>

<p>I think school kids get robbed. I spend 40-50 hours a week at work, and then I go home. You spend 30-50 hours a week in school, and then are expected to spend another 15-20 hours on homework, at least 8 hours feeding Ethopian orphans, 12 hours on a varsity sport, and 5 hours playing in a major symphony orchestra. </p>

<p>Here's my question: why do you have to work 50-60 hours a week when your parents (with rare exceptions) are working 40? I can't imagine any longer what role homework has in primary or secondary school. Nearly all of the homework my kids get is repetitive busy work -- recapitulating things they understood when then heard it in class. What do you youths think?</p>

<p>(College is different, by the way. "Homework" in college is your opportunity to educate yourself. It's not just another shot at what the teacher just said. I spent an average of 16 hours a week in lecture in college -- I spent over 35 hours a week, not counting things like theater, in class in high school.)</p>

<p>Thanks for the temporary relief. I guess basically, everything's changed nowadays. I work b/c I need the money and my parents seriously will NOT give me ANY. My parents used to tell me that back in the good old days, if you got a 4.0 and a good SAT score, you were basically guaranteed for Harvard or any other Ivy. Obviously, this is not the case now. I look forward to college.</p>

<p>I don't know what happened to the teachers at my school this year. None of them gave me homework for break. They told me to not touch anything school-related. Weird. I still remember last year when I got a whole pile of reports and projects to do amidst the turkey break.</p>

<p>I must complete:
2 small problem sets (Calculus, Physics)
Physics lab
1-page essay related to Shelby Steele's 'On Being Black and Middle Class'
3-5 page essay on economic indicators, with interpretation on where the economy is going
5 college essays (2 500w for Morill Scholars, 3 1900-character for Stanford)</p>

<p>No homework! Ah hah!</p>

<p>I'm still recuperating from last winter break though. And I'm very much looking forward to a winter break where I'll have minimal work to do. :) Last year I had this HUGE Humanities (accelerated English) project. I was working 8-10 hours a day on it the entire break. I was painting tarps with Palestinian graffiti, ordering IDF uniforms, doing 50 articles of research, compilating a soundtrack, writing rougly a 20 page essay (it went onto my display), building a bazaar, and trying to condense all of this into a 3 minute speech. The assignment was a century-long living museum, and I had the 2000s. Because I was best friends with the teacher, she let me do the Israeli/Palestinian conflict instead of the united states. Oh, and did I mention at this time was right when Ariel Sharon had his stroke? And, my best friend, who was my crutch during this, was too busy serving his military responsibilities in Tzahal to be any help to me. <em>angry face</em> </p>

<p>I'M STILL NOT FORGIVING MY TEACHER FOR MY HORRIBLE WASTED BREAK. Although she did cry at the end of my presentation, said it was the best work she'd ever seen by a student. And included it in my recommendation. So I guess it wasn't a total loss. :p</p>

<p>My hw amount is medium. let's see</p>

<p>read a chapter for history. very difficult quiz scheduled for monday on it.
chem lab questions
10 pages reading & 4 questions for chem
6 pages grammar(easy) for english
and this isn't homework but review two cd's and get headshots for people i quoted for newspaper(city-wide paper, i write for the teen page, officially as a teen-staff writer)</p>

<p>at least you guys have a break.</p>

<p>Write a fairy tale/myth for Medieval Literature. 750 words.
Physics C review sheet (10 AP style problems). Optional.</p>

<p>AND THAT IS IT PUNKS!</p>

<p>More homework than imaginable. The worst part is I have to read all of East of Eden..but I left the book in my locker.</p>

<p>is your school open..you could go pick it up..or check it out at the library..or...i dont know there's lots of options.</p>

<p>my school is open campus thank god :SS</p>

<p>Not that much homework. I only have 5 classes, and only 4 of them give homework regurally(Chorus doesn't). No AP English hwk, so that leaves just Health, APGovt and Math. The math hwk I can fake easily, health i'll just skip since i'm lazy. However, AP Government will be the hard part. I have to write a DBQ and start my vocabulary list, which is a good 30 words. I hate DBQ's with a passion.</p>

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I think school kids get robbed. I spend 40-50 hours a week at work, and then I go home. You spend 30-50 hours a week in school, and then are expected to spend another 15-20 hours on homework, at least 8 hours feeding Ethopian orphans, 12 hours on a varsity sport, and 5 hours playing in a major symphony orchestra.</p>

<p>Here's my question: why do you have to work 50-60 hours a week when your parents (with rare exceptions) are working 40? I can't imagine any longer what role homework has in primary or secondary school. Nearly all of the homework my kids get is repetitive busy work -- recapitulating things they understood when then heard it in class. What do you youths think?</p>

<p>(College is different, by the way. "Homework" in college is your opportunity to educate yourself. It's not just another shot at what the teacher just said. I spent an average of 16 hours a week in lecture in college -- I spent over 35 hours a week, not counting things like theater, in class in high school.)

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<p>thank you for that post.
we are totally with you there. the amount of homework has skyrocketed in primary and secondary schools in the past 15 years, in some schools by 200% or more. it's mindblowing. school's 8 hours long, which totals to 40 hours in school, along with 2 hours a night at least for 5 days, which gets to 50. then there's extracurriculars which are an additional 10-14 hours a week. 60 hours.
its nice to see some parents still have some sense. I've been trying to expound the difficulty of high school ever since freshman year to my parents and it's like talking to a brick wall.</p>

<p>I have a ton of homework, but most of it is because I had to write a 20-page physics lab and left the other stuff for later. Oh yeah, and I have a paper to write. Which I should probably finish by tomorrow.</p>