As a college student, I second shend’s statement that high schoolers are lazy.
Do you think most high schoolers are more lazy than most college students? If so, is this because people actually develop more of a work ethic by college, or because lazy people never even make it that far?
I think most people are probably lazy, if by “lazy” we mean reluctant to consider ideas outside their comfort zone or seek knowledge for its own sake. But I haven’t seen any reason to believe that laziness is more prevalent in high school than in the general population.
It probably is more prevalent in high school than college, just because the college application process, especially to selective schools, strongly selects against laziness.
I don’t have nearly enough evidence to have high confidence in this conclusion, but I think high schoolers are intellectually lazier simply because of the selection effect of the college application process. I have noticed (warning: anecdotal evidence!) that college students (myself included) tend to procrastinate a lot more, but that may only be because they have increased freedom to do so.
But I haven’t seen any reason to believe that laziness is more prevalent in high school than in the general population.
And you might be right—I don’t think it’s an easy task to convince the general population to think, either. (Plus, “general population” includes people who don’t have a high school education.)
Do you think most high schoolers are more lazy than most college students? If so, is this because people actually develop more of a work ethic by college, or because lazy people never even make it that far?
I think most people are probably lazy, if by “lazy” we mean reluctant to consider ideas outside their comfort zone or seek knowledge for its own sake. But I haven’t seen any reason to believe that laziness is more prevalent in high school than in the general population.
It probably is more prevalent in high school than college, just because the college application process, especially to selective schools, strongly selects against laziness.
I don’t have nearly enough evidence to have high confidence in this conclusion, but I think high schoolers are intellectually lazier simply because of the selection effect of the college application process. I have noticed (warning: anecdotal evidence!) that college students (myself included) tend to procrastinate a lot more, but that may only be because they have increased freedom to do so.
And you might be right—I don’t think it’s an easy task to convince the general population to think, either. (Plus, “general population” includes people who don’t have a high school education.)