I don't have that much homework, but I do have to study almost 4 hours every weekday. Usually do it in the college library where you can fall asleep for an hour or two if you're tired. It's almost always better to be away from home when studying unless you have incredible will power.
id do my homework in a maid cafe...wait a minute...the maid would b the homework...
I admit i was always bad . . . i did hardly study for anything after i turned 16 and that was the time when i got my first PC and internet. (oh what a coincidence...) So i would think it's really better to not be at home were also these tempting "hobbies" lure on your precious study time. ^o^ Ohh and i would prefer a Starbucks, i used to end up a lot in a bookstore which had a build-in Starbucks, i bought the books and went to get a hot chocolate and read them there. :)
hmmm... homework, its been so long since I had those so I don't really remember anymore, however I often see students with a ton of books studing in coffee shops like starbucks. sometimes I'd even chance upon some having loud arguments and discussions on topics they are studing about.
I always do homework/study for exams at home and after a good nap (can't work properly otherwise, as I am rather nocturnal and my head and body complain otherwise). I tended to be "Last Minute guy" some years ago, but give myself some sufficient delay to study material three times (At first, a light read, then a full learning and a final revision the eve of the exam). As for assignments, I still have to learn how to force myself (depends on the degree of bother the work implies). This is how I work, and I'm sure this formula wouldn't function for many.
This seems to be a phenomenon in Singapore as well, though probably not as well-established as in Japan. I'm mostly nocturnal and prefer studying at night, and it's hard to find 24-hr fast food places (not all Macs outlets are 24/7) so I usually end up studying at home or in the school dormitory.
Maybe it's in my blood, but I used to do that all the time as well, but mostly in cafeteria settings even when it was quite a bit noisier than a library for example. I actually think the still-quiet of libraries are a bit disconcerting. Is it an asian thing? I don't know.
On average last semester about 4 hours a day of homework. I tend to study in my dorm room if it is quiet; if not I book it in the library or find a vacant engineering lab.
Away from home is good. A GOOD study better helps also. Except the only to get space here is to go work in a library. Restaurants and cafes here are too small... Bummer.
Most singaporean students get more than 7 hours worth of homework every now and then, it would certainly be weird if some student gets less than 7 hours worth of homework in a week tho (Either they're lucky, or they're simply lying about it =__=).
Getting away from the computer is important, but what if you need your computer to do work lol? Then the "dark side" comes along and tells you, "Move your clicker to the ero folder, yes, the dark side grows stronger in you"
Very common here in US too (or at least here in california where I am) ...and its usually in starbucks
I prefer the college library to a cafe. how are you going to study with all the manga lying around?? @syrix: i always fall to the dark side. no wonder my grades are dropping.
Ahhh homeworks.. haven't got one in 8 months.. However, back then I used to get 7+ hours of homework per week. As for me, I have never been able to work on my homeworks outside of my room. It's habit I guess..
Danny, where's the 0 hours on the poll for us old folk like you and me? Got no homework, but I got plenty of bills to pay. DAME!
this kind of studying is pretty common here...especially around college campuses...college libraries and campus restaurants are popular spots for studying more so the library since they have comfy cushion benches for the weary to rest before the next class or for the much needed nap...
I'm getting around 10 hours or so of homeworks a week =.=; and now I'm rushing over my holidays assignments before Christmas/school-reopen. I'll try to use my spare time between lessons to finish chips and bits of homeworks, and the rest I 'll just do at home(it's homework after all!). I only go for group studying in restaurants. If I do homework in restaurants with friends, I'll end up chatting and nothing will be done =/
I tend to do this too, but I don't go to any particular fastfood or restaurant. I just go where I want to dine and study at the same time! Though I do hold a higher preference for restaurants with pasta and Italian food, so I go to those places more often.
Poll needs revision. With the majority of votes above 7+ hours, I wonder if they are all like, 50 hours, or just 8-9. I guessed 8, then day there was no option.
i study at Dennys a lot. because if i stay at home its more computer games and mroe computer games.
My French friend at uni likes to study in Mc Donalds because she can smoke there (we can't in our flats as they're owned by the stuffy uni) and also it's free heating (which is bloody expensive, as I'm sure you'll know!) I prefer to study in my free periods at uni in the gaijin office where people who are/like guijins tend to hang out. That way, there's always a friendly person to help me out.
That's strange, no one in Singapore's mentioned about this one yet... People in the East region in my country adopt a different strategy. We take advantage of a quiet vast area with air-con and free wi-fi and a spectacular view of an aircraft berthing/loading bay, at none other than Changi Airport.
it's the same over here in singapore, students like to stay in fast food restaurants but not at those crowded/noisy ones like in the mall. and also at the airport as it is very very quiet there. when i was a student i studied in my neighbourhood McDonalds as well or at the school library. i cannot study at home as they are too many distractions. when i see my bed, i feel like sleeping, when i see my manga i feel like reading them. >_< lastly i preferred to study alone as well. i find it when a bunch of friends study together, we usually go off-topic and ended up chit chatting. >_<
Very much the same thing here in Malaysia. I know one Burger King restaurant that I always pass by which always have students working on their homework, often till' midnight.
doing homework is a pain in the @@
Well if not for the education system, we will not have people studying at fast-food outlets, airports, etc. ain't it? I guess that perhaps the education system is being too hard on us?
I mostly do my homework at home or in college library or computer room, cause it involves reports and programmimg.
I usually study at home. I actually study most efficiently when listening to music and exchanging the occasional comment on msn (not to mention a cup of tea). That way I don't get desperately bored.
I usually study at home. Unfortunatly Im easiely distracted if I dont have a major goal in mind.
Personally, I can't focus at home. Just having the computer so close to me... So I choose to take the train to go to the university it takes me 1 hour to go and 13 minutes more for the metro. But at least I know I'll be studying 2 hours a day... Sometimes it's hard to focus in the train too with noisy guys but most of the time it's ok.
I don't study nor do homework at home since the PC is all I care.. (I'd die not facing the pc). I do it at school, copy classmate's/ coursemate's homeworks.
I can't vote because I don't go to school, thus don't have that kind of homework.
I try to do my homework anywhere I can, mostly at work or on the bus/train, since free time is something I usually don't have much of...
stupid school never give me homework, if they does, u have to do it in a group, and it is not studying, its like drama, novel, story of something, which is junk and nothing learn from that or maybe they give us, but its a piece of sheet, i can finish it on my own in 3 hour or far less. i miss my old school (rain of homework)
Whenever I make homework (not very often) I do it at home (since I only make my homework on Sundays)...and always on the floor (don't ask me why).
well i'm home from college at 3pm after that i review whatever we did for the day(2hours) plus i do homework(2hours) before they're due soo... that would around 4 hours. i go to Starbucks when my parents are home they watch TV a lot when they get home and when they're not around i stay in my room
it look like all us bloggers(net surfer) prefer to stay in the room than going outside eh ^^ me too, there's just no point to go outside anymore
I get around 4 hours of homework... But I rarely do it... that, or I just speed through it... The odd part, when I speed, I do very well. Better then when I focus on it...
I do alot of HW, rather than last year I used to slack alot, now that I'm trying to get in to a University... I'm trying real hard! I pefer doing my HW home or at school rather than going to resutrants, seems awkward O_o
I hardly ever get homeworks (not sure why though as all my friends keep complaining that they get too much). when I do though I do it on bed, a cosy and relaxing place.
When I was in school, I tried my best to stay at school for around 4 hours since I can hardly be productive at home :p
As a teacher, I do not condone studying in noisy areas. No matter how one might try to convince me, quiet area, open, with adequate temperature is a perfect setting for maximum retention. Now if one must distant themselves from an intrusive family, then yes, I can see studying in a public place.
When I'm usually in a study group, we head down to the Starbucks on campus. Makes sense to me...
I rarely do homework right now, I'm just to lazy and my school is pissing me off like it never did before... When I study at home I usually put on some good songs and lie on my bed, it works best for me.
Back in my school/university days, I usually tries to finish my assignment in between classes when the next teacher is yet to arrive. Bringing it back to the dorm is not a good idea as the PC is seductive >_
@yalari that happen to me too, my friend keep complaining the amount of it, while i think my school nearly never give it
i see people do the same thing here in malaysia too..
Just how noisy is a jap home? And i fully under stand how a pc and tv can be distracting I cant study in my room Ive though about going out to study.
Manhattan has only one Barnes & Noble bookstore that has enough cafe space (they try to discourage use as a shelter for homeless). But, that Chelsea (6th Av & 20 thSt) location looks very much like your photo. Because that B&N is near Fashion Institute of Technology, I can hear Japanese as I study my Japanese. I've ripped audio from text CDs to my music player so I can use store copies of the texts and so not have to carry that weight. A change of scenery is essential; if I stay at home I'll always get pulled into my main PC.
i never did my homework or much studying when i was a student. it's a miracle i manages to get my diploma. lol. gosh i missed those schooling days.('~')
I don't have homework per se, but I'm always trying to learn new things. Art and music have always been of particular interest, as well as physics (QM especially) and technology.
I can understand that trend. It's impossible to do something like that in Brazil, because McD's are usually too noisy here. Also, the atmosphere is completely different... it's way more a smelly fast food filled with children, cheap tables and chairs and not confortable at all rather than McDs in Japan... where you have some nice chairs and tables, silent ambients and such to study. Not so similar, but I also go out of the box to study. My house is not noisy at all... but the movement on the street in front of my house, even though it's not that noisy, still bugs me. So I just study after hours... like 1am to 4am (weekends). Not very good for my health, but I became accostumed to it on my university... where I had to go longs hours of studying. 7 hours a day some times.
I'm use to seeing this when I lived in Florida. I have never really understood how students could study in bookstores and cafes. However I could entertain the thought if I lived in Japan... Mind you, I'm strange when it comes to study. If a place doesn't feel right, I'm just not going to get anything done. When I first went to college, the libraries where great places for study. Now that I have returned to college again, I remember why I was glad to finish the first time. ^o^ I can't and wouldn't study in the library here. I always try to remind myself that this place is more like a junior college than a four year university where I was in my younger days. Students are not serious when it comes to study here... I've heard many fellow student complain that their computer is a big distraction. I guess I'm luck not to have that problem. ^^; However it should be a distraction, I always have several around me. Oh well, like I said, I'm a little odd when it comes to study. ^^; This time I do a lot of my studying at home. I'm comfortable and have everything near me. Although, being a language major means you study all the time and everywhere.
following the American Starbucks trend... I do it all the time
Studying hotspots in Spore back-dates to at least 15 years ago. Back then, the most popular choice would be at the Changi airport's viewing gallery or its fast food restaurants, which will be closed by midnight. Away from home means distraction from the temptation of TV, PC, video games, mangas, nagging mum... and a very important reason... the air-con. The airport, back then, allows 24hrs access, a viewing gallery of planes landing and taking off, lots of flat ground to catch a quick nap. Of course, there will be bad apples who would sneak off to a quiet corner to make out (and beyond). Its popularity led to a studying lounge being built, and taken down later. There were increasing problems such as disputes and hanky panky. In the past, studying in the public library is discouraged. So, fast-food restaurants will be a next popular choice. The noise can be drowned with the blast of the walkman. Of course, with the latest coffee drinking trends such as Starbucks, the students are now spoilt with choice. Sights of students in fast-food restaurants are a common sight, especially nearing the exam period. Of course, restaurant managers will be pressed to discourage students during peak hours, as customers have trouble looking for a table for meals.
