Piling Thoughts on Homework

Students usually complain about the austere amount of homework that they receive each day. Normally, sleeping at 12:00 AM is considered EARLY and for me, my usual sleep time on average is at 2:00 AM.

Teachers are split based on their opinions: some believe that students are indeed pressured to the extreme and others simply do not care much (or they certainly don’t bring up the topic).

(Most) parents simply don’t understand. Usual complaints include, “how can a single project take you 8 hours?” “if you didn’t procrastinate after school, then maybe you would be able to finish it” “why do you have to take a nap in the afternoon? You should complete all your homework and then sleep!”

On Monday, you probably don’t have homework because most of it were completed over the weekends. Feeling content, you would probably finish the homework for Wednesday or decide to sleep early.
On Tuesday, you probably received either a major project or a major test by now. But seeing how it’s due near the end of the week, you decide to push it for later. You finish your homework due the next day and start on the homework due on Thurday.
On Wednesday, it’s starts piling.
On Thursday, you don’t eat lunch.
On Friday, you probably didn’t study for that major test and are cramming the information at the beginning of class, scrambling around and asking for help from your classmates. That night, you’ll probably be knocked out, only to find yourself waking up on a Saturday noon.

The maximum amount of homework one can receive on one day would be 4 classes.
The next day, it would pile up to 8 classes.
With major projects/tests/presentations, your probably can’t touch any other homework, feeling that because all the homework due the next day is done, you probably can finish the “early work” tomorrow.
But those “early work” turn into “due work” and the new “early work” that you receive the next day piles up.
(look at me abusing those “apostrophes”)

In addition to the amount of work we receive, the types of work we receive also count as a factor.
Normal Math calculations and Chemistry worksheets usually don’t take as long (unless you decide to go into thorough mega-study mode and use the textbook to really learn the stuff).
Reading homework usually take a long time, depending on the length and whether there needs to be notes or questions to be answered.
Projects are no commento.
AP subject studying is probably ignored because the brain screams for sleep by now.

The solution is: work whenever and wherever you have free time.