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Re:The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Is International, Part 1... by s1artibartfast on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @09:12PM (#35366383)
When did you go to highschool?

I think homework overload could be part of the problem.

When I went to highschool in the Aughts, UC tracked students rarely had homework, maybe 30 min a day, and school got out at 2:15. If you had a good job, you could get 1 or 2 hours of school credit instead.

Young family members I know now talk about several hours of work per day.

I certainly wouldn't be happy with that

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Re:The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Is International, Part 1... by WalterBright on Thursday March 30, 2023 @12:40AM (#35368060)
My high school was playtime all the time. I think I did two term papers. The rest of the "homework" was doable during class.

This was a disaster for me at college, because I didn't know how to study or work.

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