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[quote=Anonymous]This was me in high school, back in the 2000s. I definitely averaged 4+ hours of homework and studying per night. The key thing is AVERAGE - so that's 20 hrs of work a week. For me, I did a year round sport that was 3 hrs, 3 days a week (M-W-F), and then generally had another light EC for like an hour once a week. So Monday and Wednesday, I did probably only about two hours of HW each. Tuesday-Thursday, more like 3-4, depending. But then Sundays - I would go to church, come home, eat lunch, and spend the rest of the day doing homework and studying at my desk. I was generally at my desk from 1pm-11pm on Sundays, eating dinner at my desk, taking a break maybe to clean my room or take a shower. Fridays and Saturdays I did no school work. So Friday I had some downtime, Saturday was time with friends and family.

Looking back, the part that suffered the most was sleep. At least back in my day, I had to be at school at 7am, which meant being up at 6, and at BEST I was in bed at 11pm. Even as an adult, I need about 9 hours of sleep a night. I don't know how teenaged me (who at least theoretically needed even more sleep) was surviving on 6-7 hours a night. I remember walking through the halls in high school and being so tired I'd be doing the "reverse blink" - walking with my eyes closed and just opening them occasionally to make sure I didn't run into anything.

Family time also suffered for sure. I was the youngest, so when I was in high school, my brother was away at college, my parents had demanding jobs - there wasn't a lot of "quality family time" though lots of love and support. As far as chores - they were very minimal. My parents really wanted me to focus on school, and their attitude was, as long as I was working as hard as I was and doing as well as I was, that was my job. I did my own laundry, kept my room clean and cleaned the cat litter box - I think that was pretty much it.

It "worked" - I got into a top college (not Ivy League, but top 25). But I'll tell you, now as a parent, it's not what I would want for my kids. Though I was very internally driven, and if I have a kid who wants what I wanted, I'd support them. [/quote]

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