I know this is typical for the US so this is more for US people to respond to. I wouldn’t say that it is the best system for work, just wondering about the disconnect.
I know this is typical for the US so this is more for US people to respond to. I wouldn’t say that it is the best system for work, just wondering about the disconnect.
I guess that’s another suspect of eating away people’s time. If university takes more than 8 hours then it is also in question. If people want to be subjected to work outside of their 8 hour window, they should be allowed. Forcing this is crazy.
The thing about university “requiring” people to work more than 8 hours is this: It’s not a human right to become a system architect, physicist or engineer. Universities typically don’t require more than 8 hours per day, but a lot of studies in practice require more than 8 hours if you want to be able to get through them. Relaxing the requirements for passing a degree would mean less competent professionals leaving the universities, and I don’t think anyone getting on a plane or going into surgery wants that.
As a university academic, part of the issue is precisely that university students, at least young ones, have no idea that they are supposed to treat it as a full time job. Most university students have no idea how to maintain a good working schedule, schedule work time, schedule time to do problem sets, etc.
The successful university students are often those who come back from job placements and then actually understand what it means to work.
Anyways coming to the original question of homework in school, in principle I don’t see an issue with it. Learning takes time to absorb and students must learn how to reflect and study outside of the classroom.
In practice this rarely works because teachers treat it as a dumping ground for rote learning that they didn’t/couldn’t implement in the classroom.
I agree that from what I’ve heard, the sort of “homework” kids are assigned with aren’t fit for purpose.