Friday, November 17, 2006
An honest type Survey
Could people please comment and say (if you are a student OR were a student) how many hours per day average you work on school work. For the purposes please include hours spent in class. If you're shy leave your comment annonomously.
For those who transferred to the working world from school - do you find you spend more hours on work than you did school, the same or less?
I propose that about 40 hours a week is healthy and normal. Something that distrubs me is when students cut sleep out to work. I don't think that is healthy.
For those who transferred to the working world from school - do you find you spend more hours on work than you did school, the same or less?
I propose that about 40 hours a week is healthy and normal. Something that distrubs me is when students cut sleep out to work. I don't think that is healthy.
# posted by Sam Arsenault @ 8:17 AM 
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I found that I worked more then school then in my co-op terms... most employers fix you up with 40 hours worth of work rather then having 5 courses and all the profs think you work for them. I've also heard the recommendation that you should spend 3 hours studying and doing homework for every hour in class, on that basis 5 classes x 3 hours/week = 15 + (15*3) h = 60!! Which, sadly, is about what I spent in an average week.
I'm not sure how many hours I spent a week on school, because when I was studying I would be doing a million other things...I need to get better at focusing on one thing at a time and just getting it done.
I agree with the sleep thing. I cut out sleep during my honours thesis...( averaging about 4-5 hours a night) it was extremely unpleasant. My body lost the ability to regulate heat, and I was very emotional. I did not enjoy that.
I agree with the sleep thing. I cut out sleep during my honours thesis...( averaging about 4-5 hours a night) it was extremely unpleasant. My body lost the ability to regulate heat, and I was very emotional. I did not enjoy that.
Cut sleep out to work? What an odd thing to do. I NEVER did that. Oh wait, yes I did, always. .. well ok, not always.. I slept a couple hours a day.
In my last couple years at school, I'd say pretty typical was 13 hours a day, including class time, labs. Usually got 4-5 hours on a good night, every now and then I would do a 2-3 week bender of 44 & 4's . (As in awake & sleep) When you hit 37 you start seeing and hearing shit. I had a wonderful conversation with Blair one mornign as I was dropping off an assignment, only ot realize he wasn;t even there about 15 minutes in. From personal experience, I recommend getting at least 1 hour of sleep every 23 hours awake. Works better that way. THough "THEY SAY" that your brain actually does everything it needs to do while sleeping in the first few minutes. Some of your organs do other things in the first hours or two I think but nothing crucial. After that its just a psychological thing. No known processes happening while sleeping that should require it to happen after that. Or so I have read.
Working world: I typically put in about 9.5 hours a day including what would be lunch break if I didn't just eat at my desk while doing whatever. Lately I've been working 11 - 13 to make some healthy O/T to pay for Christmas. I could be just doing 8 w/ an hour lunch if I wanted to, but I choose to work more and make more coin. Particularly while Erin is not here.
One thing I looked forward to while in school was the ability to go home at the end of the day and not have to worry about work.. to have YOUR OWN TIME when you leave... And its true.. its good. I definitely put in more than 40 a week, probably 45 - 48 typically, but I put in 130 in the last 2 weeks. Though 20 of that was a business trip to Calgary.
So in summary:
median hours per day while in school: 13
90% decile: 44 hours per "day"
10% decile: 6 hours per day.
In my last couple years at school, I'd say pretty typical was 13 hours a day, including class time, labs. Usually got 4-5 hours on a good night, every now and then I would do a 2-3 week bender of 44 & 4's . (As in awake & sleep) When you hit 37 you start seeing and hearing shit. I had a wonderful conversation with Blair one mornign as I was dropping off an assignment, only ot realize he wasn;t even there about 15 minutes in. From personal experience, I recommend getting at least 1 hour of sleep every 23 hours awake. Works better that way. THough "THEY SAY" that your brain actually does everything it needs to do while sleeping in the first few minutes. Some of your organs do other things in the first hours or two I think but nothing crucial. After that its just a psychological thing. No known processes happening while sleeping that should require it to happen after that. Or so I have read.
Working world: I typically put in about 9.5 hours a day including what would be lunch break if I didn't just eat at my desk while doing whatever. Lately I've been working 11 - 13 to make some healthy O/T to pay for Christmas. I could be just doing 8 w/ an hour lunch if I wanted to, but I choose to work more and make more coin. Particularly while Erin is not here.
One thing I looked forward to while in school was the ability to go home at the end of the day and not have to worry about work.. to have YOUR OWN TIME when you leave... And its true.. its good. I definitely put in more than 40 a week, probably 45 - 48 typically, but I put in 130 in the last 2 weeks. Though 20 of that was a business trip to Calgary.
So in summary:
median hours per day while in school: 13
90% decile: 44 hours per "day"
10% decile: 6 hours per day.
Including class time, I would say I would spend 10 to 12 hours a day on school however during the other 12 or 14 hours I was always thinking about all the work I had to do. Last year I took a lighter course load so I was usually able to take the weekends off but I was very busy during the week.
The main difference between working and school is I find I'm able to forget about work once the clock hits 5 O'clock but while in school, the workload is always in the back of my mind.
The main difference between working and school is I find I'm able to forget about work once the clock hits 5 O'clock but while in school, the workload is always in the back of my mind.
I totally agree about clocking out at 5, added to the fact that you're getting paid, and that your efforts have some effect on the real world (instead of some stupid problems in a book), make spending time on the job a far superior experience in comparison to school.
As for school-work hours... taking a 24 hour day, subtracting 8 hours of sleep, subtracting 2 hours for eating purposes, subtracting a half hour for hygiene, subtracting at least an hour and a half for playing video games... that leaves 12 hours for school. I usually skipped class because I felt my time was better spent studying on my own than sitting in a room waiting for class to be over, so you could consider those 12 hours to be used mostly on studying and assignments. Work hours would increase around crunch times, but I'd say that's a fairly good breakdown on the lowdown.
/of course, your mileage may vary
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As for school-work hours... taking a 24 hour day, subtracting 8 hours of sleep, subtracting 2 hours for eating purposes, subtracting a half hour for hygiene, subtracting at least an hour and a half for playing video games... that leaves 12 hours for school. I usually skipped class because I felt my time was better spent studying on my own than sitting in a room waiting for class to be over, so you could consider those 12 hours to be used mostly on studying and assignments. Work hours would increase around crunch times, but I'd say that's a fairly good breakdown on the lowdown.
/of course, your mileage may vary
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