Re:What Happened When I Tried to Replace Myself with ChatGPT...
by pinkmuffinere on Monday August 04, 2025 @10:32PM
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>They find ways to run out of time no matter how much free time they start with
IMO you’re observing Parkinson’s law, “work expands to fill the allotted time”. The students who take a million classes look like they have time management in check, and I’m sure some do, but they also are benefiting from the inverse of Parkinson’s law — if they can _only_ allot X hours a week to a task, they’re going to make the most of those X hours. This practically holds regardless of the student’s time management skills. I should know, I have horrible time management, and only succeed by overcommitting and rising to the challenge.
IMO you’re observing Parkinson’s law, “work expands to fill the allotted time”. The students who take a million classes look like they have time management in check, and I’m sure some do, but they also are benefiting from the inverse of Parkinson’s law — if they can _only_ allot X hours a week to a task, they’re going to make the most of those X hours. This practically holds regardless of the student’s time management skills. I should know, I have horrible time management, and only succeed by overcommitting and rising to the challenge.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson's_law?wprov=sfti1