Students - Do you keep your old schoolwork?


Do you keep your old schoolwork?  

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No. Wastes a ton of space... and when I look back at the stuff I did... I can't believe I got that good of a grade on it because I know so much now that could have been included in the assignments. Referencing old homework is like looking at a newspaper from 2 years ago.

Notes and books on the other hand... yes I do keep those.

I keep it in an unorganised mess under my bed because "it might come in handy". Chances are it won't ever come in handy because even if I come across something and think "Oh, I have some notes on that" I won't be able to find the specific notes in the mountain of paper.

So, to answer your question, yes. But for no real reason.

Yes and no.

I throw out all my notes, except for my Japanese classes, which are all note taking. Good to go back to.

All of my day classes are computer oriented, and do little projects in class, so those are on my laptop hard drive somewhere

I'm currently doing post-grad studies, and I keep everything. At some point in your academic career you'll reach a point where past (recent past) work will still be useful, and might even provide the basis for new ideas or a re-working of older ones.

I kept all my undergrad materials and especially what I acquire now. At the undergrad level most of your texts are scholarly sources that are well beyond the scope and quality of the elementary texts you use in high school and lower grades. They can be used again when you pursue further studies.

No, I used to. In fact 2 or 3 years ago I still had everything from elementary school up until college but I decided to go through it all and over the past two years I've thrown it all away except for a few important papers. I also keep some very useful college textbooks.

On my computer? Yes, I do. Actual notebooks and homework, no I do not. I wasn't sure what you were asking so I said no without really thinking. :p

Heh, yeah, I was actually thinking of digital work when I posted this thread. Paper/physical work didn't even occur to me until people started responding.

Paper work I usually end up throwing away. I'm doing almost everything digitally now, so I just keep it, but it all adds up.

As for textbooks, I only keep them if I can't sell them. Most I've barely even looked at, and the rest just aren't relevant to my degree.

depends what is important.

I usually keep term papers with written comments on them.

Notes? Rarely.

Sometimes notes are invaluable.

I've passed a few tests using somebody else's notes.

I think I've thrown out most of my stuff from high school but I still have a lot of stuff from Uni. I think half of me keeps it thinking it might come in handy some day. I don't think that day is ever coming however!

For looking up things quickly a book or google is the way forward!

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