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> How much work does the average college student get done? Almost none. Yet the same person, injected into a corporate bureaucracy, becomes a reasonably effecti

> How much work does the average college student get done? Almost none. Yet the same person, injected into a corporate bureaucracy, becomes a reasonably effective worker. Why? Most people have terrible time management skills. This limitation is of no consequence in public school. The school tells you where to sit and what to do and when, at least for six hours per day. This limitation is of no consequence at most jobs. The employer tells the workers where to sit and what to do and when, at least for eight hours per day. No, the average worker is not doing a lot of work. https://www.inc.com/melanie-curtin/in-an-8-hour-day-the-average-worker-is-productive-for-this-many-hours.html https://www.inc.com/melanie-curtin/in-an-8-hour-day-the-aver...

giantg2 5y ago
I agree, but it depends on what you consider work. The author in your quote is implying that in public school you get a lot of work done. I don't think this is necessarily true. Unless, we are counting sitting in school for 6 hours each day as work. If we measure work as simple attendance and adherence to a schedule, then it seems that work and school are similar (ie sit in a class lecture v sit in a meeting, with very brief amounts of work in between). But this has nothing to do with output, which most of us would consider a necessary product of work.
- MattGaiser 5y ago
  I agree. I don't think either setting can be considered highly productive.
  - mvp 5y ago
    I think the point was that for a lot of people the settings are more productive than if they were left to their own devices.
    - giantg2 5y ago
      That largely depends on the value system. Set someone in a remote area and tell them they have to make it on their own with nobody coming to their aide, they'll work hard. Give them a salary that doesn't change based on work effort, then why would they try harder? I get way more done for my self than when I'm working for an employer. I'm not dragged down by meetings and bureaucracy.

giantg2 5y ago

I agree, but it depends on what you consider work. The author in your quote is implying that in public school you get a lot of work done. I don't think this is necessarily true. Unless, we are counting sitting in school for 6 hours each day as work. If we measure work as simple attendance and adherence to a schedule, then it seems that work and school are similar (ie sit in a class lecture v sit in a meeting, with very brief amounts of work in between). But this has nothing to do with output, which most of us would consider a necessary product of work.

MattGaiser 5y ago
I agree. I don't think either setting can be considered highly productive.
- mvp 5y ago
  I think the point was that for a lot of people the settings are more productive than if they were left to their own devices.
  - giantg2 5y ago
    That largely depends on the value system. Set someone in a remote area and tell them they have to make it on their own with nobody coming to their aide, they'll work hard. Give them a salary that doesn't change based on work effort, then why would they try harder? I get way more done for my self than when I'm working for an employer. I'm not dragged down by meetings and bureaucracy.