[justlurking]

Once they hit high-school, college-bound students had better be doing homework.

It WILL be expected in college, and if they haven’t developed the study habits to do the homework, they will fall behind. In many classes, it will be a significant part of their grade.

I was able to do most of my homework in high school DURING class (sometimes the previous one before it was due). I didn’t have to “study” for tests: I could review the material in 10-15 minutes and ace tests.

I couldn’t get away with it in college, and I suffered greatly until I developed better habits.

[karatemom]

That is exactly how it played out for me too. High school was a relative breeze. High honors, NHS, minimum effort. Boy did I pay the price in college.

I notice my neighbor’s elementary age daughters have far more homework than I ever did,or my own son for that matter. And much of theirs is all done via computer. No textbooks.

I feel bad for today’s kids. We had less homework and tons more time outside in the evenings. And actual Christmas parties in school...with cookies and gifts and FUN. even though school was ...well school, there were still moments of joy!!

[rbg81]

It WILL be expected in college, and if they haven’t developed the study habits to do the homework, they will fall behind. In many classes, it will be a significant part of their grade.

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As a college professor, let me second that. Many kids breeze through HS doing little or no work. Then they get to college and they think that the same rules apply.
And, perhaps for some majors, they might get away with it. However, in the STEM disciplines, work is required—you either do it or you sink. I can’t tell you how many kids imagine they can do things at the last minute and then find, to their chagrin, that it is just not possible. It get worse every year.

[dsrtsage]

“Once they hit high-school, college-bound students had better be doing homework.”

Bahh! I avoided homework at all costs in highschool, and avoided it at all costs in college. I have a a degrees in math and mechanical engineering, from University of Washington with a 3.7 GPA, but it wasn’t until later that I discovered that unless you are trying to work somewhere hoity toity, that absolutely nobody gives the flyingest f*%#k where you went or what your GPA was...in fact, too high of a GPA can actually be a hinderance.

[Eagles6]

That is / was the purpose of homework.

Your learning is outside of class. You may only be able to take notes, be shown how to do a problem, introduced to a theory, concept or idea but, for serious endeavors, you do the research outside of class.

That is what the habit of homework was to instill.

[odawg]

I have talked with college professors; they are not allowed to fail anyone, anymore, or are severely pressured not to. The applied pressure is to protect minorities, keeps the federal government off their backs. Only teachers with tenure will challenge the pressure coming at them.