[boberz]

ON a more general point i would ask of the teachers, when they expect us to do this hours of study every week for every essay. I do not, I do all my history essays the night before and have yet to recieve a grade below A/B more often than not at A. I use the spare time not for computer games and huddling in hoodies but to concentrate on all the other areas of study that the workload of the curriculum put on us. If I were to spend several hours a week on all 5 (6 if general is included) of my course it would prove impossible. I also believe it is vital for a student to understand things outside the narrow sphere of knowledge portrayed in the curriculum; the idea i could have studied Hitler 3 times in 3 years (4 if i did my personal study on him which i shall not) is stupid. I find it slightly demeaning that teachers assume that students time and essays are their primary concern when realistically they should only be reinforcing knowledge already gained and the less time spent on homework, the more time can be spent on widening a students knowledge both within the curriculum and outside.

I should point out this has been re-directed from a thread in which several teachers made reference to the lateness of somebody starting work the day before it was meant to be handed in.

This post has been edited by boberz: 21 March 2008 - 07:30 PM