We just started our new science chapter on work and simple machines. If work according to scientists is anytime there is FORCE that is used to make a movement, then it is considered to be WORK. If you are forced to study and finish your homework, is that considered to be work? Is studying work? Are you pushing and pulling your brain to work for you? Is studying and focusing to read considered work? If you answer this post, your name will go in a drawing for a prize that will make your schoolwork easier for you! You must be on time and finish your spelling challenge definitions, wordly wise, and pg. 116 in math. DO NOT FORGET TO FINISH YOUR FLAG FOR WEDNESDAY!
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Jamie says, “Studying is not considered work to a scientist. What is considered working to a scientist is any action/movement you do.”
I disagree with Jamie and think studying and homework is work. First, consider the fact that the word “work” is in the word homework. Second, work as defined above is anytime there is force to make a movement. When doing homework your brain is forced to think, as a result of thinking, blood is involuntarily forced to circulate (move) through your brain resulting in either speaking or writing your answers.
I agree with you Mrs. Bielski. What a great answer. I am going to check that answer out! I am going to ask my son Ben who will be an official MD in 4 weeks to comment on your answer!
If you are forced to study and finish your homework that is not considered
work. Studying is not work. You do not push and pull your brain to work for
you. To me the answer just comes naturally. Studying and focusing to read
is not considered work.
What a great answer Zoe. Do you actually study?
No. I don’t study.
You NEVER, EVER study? How about a tiny bit?
I don’t know, maybe just 1%.
As parents, we want Zoe’s brain to be working hard when she does school work AND home work. That’s how the brain grows, becomes stronger and more effective at problem solving. Very interesting discussion question, Mrs Rogo!
I think it is not considerd work if you are forced to do homework. Acording to scientists’ all that is not work.
outragoues-highly unusual
incomprehensible-inposible to understand and comprehend
undooubtedly-not called in question
independence-freedom from controll
disadvantage-absence of advantage
I do not think homework is not work but I don’t always like homework. Studying is not work. I am not pushing and pulling my brain to work for me. Studying and focusing to read is not considered work. Scientists think of work as movement and action.
I consider homework, studying, reading, and focusing all to be work! Hopefully your body is working properly so that it functions and enables one to study, ready, focus, etc. . . I think most young students take it for granted that studying, reading, & focusing are not work since they don’t have to think about or physically move their brains.
I also consider homework work because getting children to do their homework takes alot of work!
Studying is not considered work. Like I said in class “moving IS considered work. P.S. I think we saw that movie before.
I don’t think studying is work. You do not use force in work. Maybe, just a little tiny bit.
Homework would be work,becauseyou have to write alot,and its also work you have to work to find the answer.
Gabrielle here. Yes, studying and doing homework is work. Using your brain is work, even when you don’t realize it. Your neurons (nerves) send and receive signals (movement) that allow your brain to learn new things, remember old things, understand the things you are reading and how you perceive everything around you. Your nerves make your muscles work to do things like reading and writing. Your brain is working hard every second, even when you are asleep!
Jeff here-
I think there is difference between work and a job. Not all jobs require work. And certainly, not all work is a job.
These days, given the privileged life Becca and her friends lead, school is their job. However, back in the day… When I was in 3rd grade at the equatorial, island Monastery of Gih, the monks woke me up at 230 AM to start scrubbing the floors. By 330, my keepers guided me to the barns, where I could shovel dung and hay. By 430, I had to milk the lionesses. At 530, we needed to collect the ostrich eggs (very dangerous, I might add – have you ever tried to take an egg from an ostrich? At 630, we we permitted to bathe in the lake prior to a luxurious breakfast of haggis hash. If we had not performed well, we were forced to eat two scoops instead of one and then flogged. We would take our usual studies for the remainder of the morning – math, reading, and animal husbandry. At 1 PM, after a five minute break and more haggis, we would return to the fields until sunset, often singing hymns about multiplication and subtraction. If you missed a line, you were flogged. Two breaks were permitted to visit the privy. We would complete our assignments by the light of a candle or torch after finishing our evening meal of schmaltz and chicken gizzards. It was the most relaxing part of the day! Torches had to be extinguished no later than 830 PM.
How good they have it now!
Dear Dr. Bubis, My day in the classroom is like your day on teh island Monastery of Gih. I only have one question to ask you about your life in the third grade. What was a haggis? Is that like a hogie? Where I am from in Massachusetts, I think we call a haggie a sub. Can you cut haggis in half, thirds, or fourths?
I think that it isn’t work.
I think that studying and reading is work. Reading is considered work because you have to turn the pages, that is considered work. Studying is considered work because you are using your brain.
Hello, Kitah Gimmel! What a great discussion you are having! I believe that studying IS a form of work, and I thought of two of the reasons that have already been given. Blood is flowing through the brain and the whole body; and the neurons (brain cells) are firing and moving. Therefore, thinking hard is definitely work to me, even though you may not see anything but the eyes moving!
Thank you for responding! Good answer!
No, because nothing moves.
Jonah’s Dad Here.
Thinking is clearly work! We use science to prove it. One way we measure work is how much energy is needed and used. A machine called a PET Scanner measures how much glucose (sugar) is used by different parts of the brain when thinking. Certain areas “light” up when thinking about art or math or reading.
Even better, the work makes your brain stronger. It is like a body builder who exercises! The more you think, the smarter you get, and the stronger your brain!
Keep doing your homework.
Excellent answer Dr. Willens! A plus!
I do not think homework is work.
I think it is the way of life because you do it on a daily basis.
If the definition of “work” in question here is that it is what results when one uses force to make a movement, I would definitely agree that studying and focusing to read is “work.” As someone who spends the vast majority of my day studying and focusing to read, I can attest to the great amount of force it sometimes takes for me to move my eyes from side to side, adjust my glasses, drink my coffee, keep my eyes open, lift my head to look out the window or physically restraining myself from checking my e-mails or texts while I am studying and focusing to read. The force may not be on the same scale as building a pyramid (well, maybe the force to keep from reading e-mails), but it is still applying force to make a movement. That is “work” in my book.
Your case has been decided! Studying is definately work!
Dr. Abe: The classic definition of Work (W) is: W=F x D. When considering the question “is study work”, we must consider the two different meanings of Work – the literal or semantic definition of work versus the Physics concept. I think a better answer to the question is that when we study, we use our brains and this uses energy, but the act of studying is not producing physical work like when we get up from our desks to go to the water fountain. Its the difference between thinking about work and actually getting off the couch and doing the work you are thinking about.
Studying and thinking is not work according to the scientific definition. However, we all know that words can sometimes have more than one meaning. Physical work and the laws of physics are not engaged when you are thinking. Another definition of work is to engage in an activity to earn a wage or salary. Studying is not that kind of work either unless you are a writer doing research for an article or book. A colloquial definition of work could include anything that is not ‘fun’ if you categorize all activities as either ‘work’ or ‘not work’. In that case, studying is only ‘work’ if it is not fun for you.
There are so many good answers here! I think it is interesting that most of the third graders do not believe thinking hard is work. Then all their tests and homework should be easy!
As one who has diabetes, I know first-hand that Dr. Willens’ answer is true. I also agree with Dr. Abe that we are really speaking about two definitions of the word “work.” Great question!
Itamar here:
I think thinking is work. Here’s an example: Let’s say that the teacher calls on you and asks you what 60 x 92 is. It would take time and effort to figure out the answer. It would also take time to figure it out. In my opinion, that is work. Anything that you do, whether it is physical, or it is in your mind, it’s still work to figure it out.
Dear Mrs. Leonard, If you ever have that urge again, please come to Seminole Swamp! I would love to demolish the walls between my room and Mrs. Tolisano’s room and make it one giat room! Get to work Mrs. Leonard!
Homework is considered a type of work. Your brain is being used to process information and relay this info in to results for your brain thinking and using energy. Studying should not be considered work it should be used as a learning process that one will gain knowledge from. Reading should be fun and enlightning to one’s brain.
Thanks Drew for letting me know that I do not give too much homework.