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Originally Posted by return to the red
my main concern is the difference between homework and STUDYING. When I was going through grade school homework was material you couldn't get through in class and worked through on your own time.
Studying was reviewing that material.
Fortunately I was blessed a genius  and was always a chapter or two ahead in math, social studies and Science so I didn't have much homework.
Studying didn't come into play either until university when I killed off everything I learned that day with the booze at night thus leaving me in the position of reviewing everything over |
Great point. I found doing homework in JR High/Elementry tedious at best, and not very beneficial. One can only do "Johnny has 3 apples, takes away 2 so how many does he have left" only so many times before you actually get it.
It would make sense because the concepts at the lower levels are fairly simple and either you understand them or you don't. Really, no amount of homework is going to do much to influence that.
However, I did find studying concepts, especially in HS and University (well, absolutely nessesary in Uni) a requirement. I find that learning a language at my age (24) requires a LOT of actual homework to get it ingrained into my head.