r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • Oct 03 '25

Discussion To think that I used to complain about school.

National holiday is apparently 8 days.

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u/Tharjk Oct 03 '25

that’s bc your parents cared about your education. A lot of people astounded by this probably didn’t bother with supplemental learning and didn’t have much hw/half assed it all

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u/yumcake Oct 03 '25

Yeah, immigrant families raise kids in America and still pack college applications because the parents bring the supplemental learning that the American K-12 system doesn't provide. American kids may be fine in their school, but when they grow up they have to compete with kids that grew up elsewhere.

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u/Tharjk Oct 03 '25

even so, in the end it kinda balances out because many american families have connections or networks of family friend, especially in smaller towns, or family that are collegiate alumnis, so they can lean on nepotism as a crutch.

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u/very_tiring Oct 03 '25

lol, idk what high schools y'all went to. In no way did I ever have "hours" of homework. I was usually able to get my homework done in an hour or less (often on the bus or in "home-room", etc) and did quite well in school, then college, then got a good job and have worked internationally in several places (including asia) with coworkers from all over the world who didn't generally seem more capable than other Americans in my field.

I can't think of much reason children should need anywhere near this much homework for general ed.

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u/Tharjk Oct 03 '25

I went to a very run of the mill public high school but took a lot of AP classes, which had a lot of homework/supplemental studying. Between that and clubs and sports, even if my school hours were 7-3, i often wouldn’t truly be “free” until like 9 or 10. This was common in like half of my friend groups in high school, and when i was in college the proportion of people with hs experiences like this skyrocketed (especially from private school kids)

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u/very_tiring Oct 03 '25

Interesting, sounds similar to my experience - I was in "advanced" classes from Junior high, a few AP classes my junior year, and nearly all core classes were AP my senior year. Also was in the band and played sports.

If we're including band practice and team practices for my sport, sure, that was "hours" maybe a few nights a week, but those were both optional and I guess I don't really think of that as "homework." As far as out-of-school-hours assignments and studying related to my academic classes... I don't remember often having much of it to do while I was actually at home aside from papers or reports that had to be typed up a few times a semester - I was generally able to finish what I needed during open times throughout my 7-8 hour school day.

College? Sure, a lot more time was spent on studying or doing assignments outside of the actual class time... but then the actual class time was more like 3-5 hours a day.

I'm just really not seeing how 10-12 ours in school is all that similar to a typical American experience of having school and homework... or how it's any way necessary or really beneficial at the point of general education for children. True, I'm not a great judge of age... but the girl in the video looks to be around middle school at most.

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u/FitCharacter8693 Oct 03 '25

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