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Homework can be a good bridge to university studies imo. I would certainly have benefited from learning self-disciplined study earlier on rather than coasting t
by jib 10y ago
Homework can be a good bridge to university studies imo. I would certainly have benefited from learning self-disciplined study earlier on rather than coasting through the Swedish equivalent of high school and then swapping straight into university.
For under 12s or so I dont see a reason for homework. For 12-18 year olds I think gradually moving to a more self-driven study environment would be a good thing given that most people will end up going to university by now where that is the norm.
- aninhumer 10y agoHomework doesn't really teach self-discipline, because it is an external motivation. If anything, I think it can work against that goal, because once people finish their mandatory work, they have no energy or enthusiasm left to learn for their own sake. Perhaps I'm projecting, but mostly homework taught me how to do the minimum possible so I could get back to playing video games.
- 67726e 10y agoAll of highschool was just one big exercise in me doing the bare minimum in whatever subject bored me so I could get back to programming. I knew what I wanted to do and I'm sorry Shakespeare, but you and I both know Hamlet is of no relevance. My usual formula for a given class was skim the current chapter, maybe do a practice problem or two, then spend the actual class on my laptop doing something of value to me.
- woliveirajr 10y agoHomework taught me how do that boring thing faster so that I could do interesting thing. I think I could have learned more if I spent more time talking and seeing my family doing things instead of having my mother in the kitchen, doing dinner, while I was in front of my notebook writing down again the things .