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IDValour
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Hi, I'm currently in high-school and looking to study independently, but am unsure how long I should spend doing this a week. Currently I spend about 35 hours in school per week (9 till 4, Mon to Fri) with about an hour of travel time. Of this time in school about 23 hours is spent in lessons. I further get about an hour of homework each night for a total of 28 hours of school allocated study. Thus I have all of the weekend and evenings from about 5 onward to play with. I know in University they suggest spending about 40 hours a week studying so would 12 hours of independent study per week be reasonable? A little more? a little less? My upper bound would be 18 hours and I don't really wish to spend less than 10. I like to relax from about 11 on so past that time is probably off-limits. Also, taking into account other commitments, I have decided to spend about 8 hours over the course of the weekend studying. Tuesday and Wednesday evenings I also wish to study for about 2 hours on each, bringing me to the 12 hours I suggested. My question hence boils down to should I allocate some extra time on Monday/Thursday/Friday to be more productive, if so how much, or does the schedule I have drawn up sound reasonable? If you feel I would be well-advised to do so I can even make the weekend up to 10 hours, but it would be a tight squeeze. May I further ask any of you who studied independently whilst in high-school about how much time you spent doing so?
Many thanks :)
Many thanks :)