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...deeply regretting having chosen that philosophy course with 200+ pages of reading a week? Are you wondering what the heck you were thinking when you decided to add a fifth course onto your workload...
Harvard’s big men also encountered big difficulties on Friday night. Forced to take on a larger workload in the wake of injuries, the upperclassman forwards could not keep pace with...
Chinese students are no less fun-loving than the average American student. We used to complain all the time to our teachers about our heavy workload, but their response was always that examinations were the fairest solution for a country in which 10 million students apply to college every year. If China adopted the American system, the argument went, not only would there be huge logistical problems, but it would also be practically impossible to prevent corruption. This makes sense. However, I would argue that logistical and fairness problems alone cannot explain the difference. If there really were a strong...
Whether it’s an overbearing workload, the death-march pace of classes with gargantuan reading lists, my own lackadaisical demeanor, or books that are three hundred pages too long, I constantly find myself tossing aside several unfinished books each semester. I like to think that I read more carefully and thoughtfully than other students, that it just takes me longer to read a book satisfactorily and that there isn’t enough time to finish everything. But my rationalization often ignores the embarrassing truth...
...University official who wished to remain anonymous said that the increase in workload is a burden that all Harvard employees have had to address...