| Date | Time (hr:min:sec.centisec) | Assignment | Comments |
| September 13, 2005 | 1:49:39.47 | Pages 43-52 text | |
| September 14, 2005 | 30:20.28 | Bailey and Kennedy pages 51-53, A Modell [Model] of Christian Charity - written by John Winthrop for the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1630 | only read, didn't highlight |
| September 15, 2005 | 2:48:12.13 | Pages 33-41, 55-63 text | |
| September 21, 2005 | 1:15:46.19 | Pages 68-72 text, Bailey and Kennedy pages 75-77 | |
| September 22, 2005 | 1:15:35.97 | Pages 72-76 text, Bailey and Kennedy pages 77-81 | |
| September 25, 2005 | 2:32:47.93 | Pages 52-55, 76-83 text, Bailey and Kennedy pages 85-86 | |
| September 26, 2005 | 2:33:47.37 | Summer Reading 2005 Essay First Draft | |
| September 28, 2005 | 1:12:08.81 | Pages 84-91 text | minus main idea due to amnesia |
| September 29, 2005 | 35:13.92 | Pages 91-95 text | |
| October 2, 2005 | 1:05:40.30 | Pages 95-99 text | minus main idea due to amnesia |
| October 4, 2005 | 1:03:31.25 | Pages 99-104 text | |
| October 10, 2005 | 1:07:14.76 | Pages 106-111 text, Bailey and Kennedy pages 108-113 | done while talking on AIM to Ken, Alice, and Alex Chiang about the second chemistry lab; helped Alex Chiang with lab document formatting; easily could have been done under an hour without any distractions; also ate a croissant |
| October 16, 2005 | 1:31:27.72 | Pages 112-121 text | |
| October 17, 2005 | 4:18.08 | Bailey and Kennedy pages 127-128 | |
| October 18, 2005 | 1:31:17.02 | Pages 122-128 text | |
| October 19, 2005 | 25:01.48 | Pages 128-131 text | minus main idea due to amnesia |
| October 22, 2005 | 36:17.77 | Pages 131-133 text | |
| October 23, 2005 | 2:05:03.10 | Pages 133-143 text | |
| October 24, 2005 | 3:37:27.71 | Summer Reading 2005 Essay Final Copy | fooled around a lot; had to load Dad's digital camera pictures and videos; cubed a bit; did a lot of pen-spinning; did some walking around; started writing a book on Procrastination to help my writer's block; had a runny nose and started out very cold |
| October 25, 2005 | 1:05:17.84 | Page 143-151 text | did not do Bailey and Kennedy reading because I could not find the assigned document in Bailey and Kennedy, though I wasted a couple minutes searching for it | October 30, 2005 | 20:17.83 | Bailey and Kennedy pages Pages 137-142 | reread the last document twice for better understanding |
| November 6, 2005 | 1:58:59.30 | Pages 151-161 text | |
| November 14, 2005 | 1:32:25.35 | Pages 164-171 text | |
| November 16, 2005 | <1:03 hours | Pages 171-174 text | minus main idea due to insufficient time |
| November 16, 2005 | 54:24.34 | Pages 175-177 text | |
| November 17, 2005 | 57:50.46 | Pages 177-182 text | |
| December 1, 2005 | 24:28.98 | Pages 190-191 text | |
| December 4, 2005 | 22:39.21 | Pages 192-193 text plus the Bill of Rights | |
| December 6, 2005 | 1:17:32.36 | Pages 193-197 text | |
| December 7, 2005 | 50:48.10 | Bailey and Kennedy pages 190-195, 199-201 | |
| December 8, 2005 | 27:48.89 | Pages 198-201 text | minus pages 200-201 and main idea |
| December 11, 2005 | 33:26.41 | Bailey and Kennedy pages 202-210 | |
| December 13, 2005 | 38:49.92 | Pages 201-209 text | reading only |
| December 14, 2005 | 1:15:20.79 | Pages 201-209 text | notes only, including printing time |
| December 14, 2005 | 22:28.58 | Bailey and Kennedy pages 211-214 | took notes on the first dcument |
| January 3, 2006 | 1:54:46.95 | Pages 211-220 text, Bailey and Kennedy pages 219-220 | includes some cubing, verifying and clarification of information on the Internet, and printing problems |
| January 4, 2006 | 31:19.32 | Pages 220-225 text, Bailey and Kennedy page 221 | reading only; was so tired that I could barely keep my eyes open, lost consciouseness periodically |
| January 4, 2006 | 21:04.69 | Bailey and Kennedy pages 221-225 | includes brief lapses of AIM chatting and rereading |
| January 5, 2006 | 59:09.10 | Pages 220-225 text | |
| January 8, 2006 | 34:08.38 | Pages 225-232 text | reading only |
| January 9, 2006 | 12:31.02 | Pages 225-226 text | notes only (without main idea) |
| January 10, 2006 | 37:44.60 | Pages 226-229 text | notes only |
| January 10, 2006 | 1:12:06.75 | Pages 229-232 text, Bailey and Kennedy pages 235-244 | notes only; Dad entered and asked me to address an envelope; distraction caused by dad, tiredness, and lack of focus forced me to reread several passages |
| January 18, 2006 | 37:25.61 | Pages 233-239 text, Bailey and Kennedy pages 245-248 | reading only |
| January 19, 2006 | 21:17.41 | Pages 233-234 text | notes only - includes printing time, without main idea |
| January 20, 2006 | 29:40.39 | Pages 240-242, 248-250 text, Bailey and Kennedy pages 216-218 | reading only, did not really understand much of what I read |
| January 23, 2006 | 1:08:52.80 | Pages 243-248, 250-254 text (reading only), Bailey and Kennedy pages 248-252, 254-257 | reading only |
| January 23, 2006 | 29:55.71 | Pages 250-253 text | notes only, without main idea |
| January 24, 2006 | 41:38.15 | Pages 243-248 text | notes only |
| February 6, 2006 | 14:13.15 | Pages 256-258 text | reading only, reread many sentences over again, drifted in and out of consciousness during much of the reading |
| February 8, 2006 | 14:41.74 | Pages 258-261 text | reading only |
| February 9, 2006 | 33:34.81 | Pages 261-262 text | |
| February 10, 2006 | 46:51.60 | Pages 265-267 text, Bailey and Kennedy pages 281-283 | includes printing time |
| February 13, 2006 | 51:45.93 | Pages 262-265 text | |
| February 13, 2006 | 23:49.21 | Bailey and Kennedy pages 271-277 | |
| February 14, 2006 | 19:38.38 | Pages 268-272 text | reading only |
| February 15, 2006 | 30:39.19 | Pages 268-272 text | notes only minus the last section on page 272 and the main idea |
| February 17, 2006 | 1:06:45.02 | Pages 272-275, 280-284, 371-375 text; Bailey and Kennedy pages 263-266 | reading only |
| February 17, 2006 | 1:04:45.63 | Pages 272-275, 280-284 text | notes only |
| February 26, 2006 | 1:08:15.63 | Pages 320-330, 332-334, 336-337 text; Bailey and Kennedy pages 318-319 | reading only |
| February 28, 2006 | 31:10.24 | Pages 330-332, 333 text | |
| March 1, 2006 | 1:19:53.18 | Pages 334-335, 338-340, 342-345 text | notes only |
| March 2, 2006 | 17:08.24 | Bailey and Kennedy pages 324-328 | |
| March 6, 2006 | 2:56:39.20 | Pages 350-366, 368 text; Bailey and Kennedy pages 351-364, 368-372 | notes only on pages 362-366, 368 |
| March 7, 2006 | 1:49:34.04 | Pages 350-361, 367-368 text, Bailey and Kennedy pages 364-367 | includes finding the B&K documents with "peroration" and looking up the word |
| March 13, 2006 | 37:23.34 | Pages 320-324 text | notes only |
| March 14, 2006 | 53:52.39 | Pages 275-280, 375-378 text | notes on pages 275-280 only; was distracted by eating pot-stickers and by Dad entering and leaving my room and asking me questions |
| March 15, 2006 | 18:17.19 | Pages 378-382 text | reading only |
| March 16, 2006 | 48:54.33 | Pages 382-389 text | notes only on pages 382-384 |
| March 17, 2006 | 62:14.60 | Pages 390-401 text | reading only |
| March 20, 2006 | 1:25:02.85 | Pages 401-406 text, Bailey and Kennedy pages 406-411 | reading on pages 402-406 only, notes on all pages |
| March 26 - 27, 2006 | all-nighter, ~9:15 PM to ~5:25 AM | Writing Project/Ante-Bellum Slavery - The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner's Fierce Rebellion - Final Copy | had very many distractions including pen spinning for like 45 minutes, watching superhandz.com videos for like 45 minutes, cubing for like 30 minutes, chatting on AIM, checking e-mail, checking website |
| March 28, 2006 | 57:08.20 | Pages 287-292 text | |
| March 29, 2006 | 58:10.37 | Pages 292-297 text | includes eating breakfast |
| March 29, 2006 | <44 minutes | Pages 297-307 text | reading only; was very tired when doing the reading; drifted in and out of consciousness; reread some passages |
| March 29, 2006 | 45:33.16 | Pages 297-307 text | notes only, was constantly checking AIM to see who signed on |
| April 3, 2006 | 1:26:03.51 | Pages 308-318 text | |
| April 17, 2006 | 1:03:20.08 | Pages 406-415 text | notes only on pages 406-407, was very drowsy towards the end of my reading, having to reread some passages multiple times |
| April 19, 2006 | 1:09:09.15 | Pages 415-431 text | reading only, became very tired towards the last few pages and had to reread and refocus frequently |
| April 20, 2006 | 16:17.43 | Pages 409-412, 415-417 text | notes only |
| April 21, 2006 | 43:04.98 | Pages 422-427 text | notes only, included looking up the weather forecast for today |
| April 23, 2006 | 62:24.93 | Pages 428-431 text | notes only, included half an hour to forty minutes of discussion with my father about Newark Academy summer courses |
| April 26, 2006 | 48:23.64 | Lincoln on Democracy pages 65-83 | |
| April 28, 2006 | 28:00.12 | Lincoln on Democracy pages pages 105-113 | |
| May 1, 2006 | 28:18.16 | Lincoln on Democracy pages 114-121, 127-128 | |
| May 9, 2006 | 45:32.67 | Pages 434-444 text | reading only |
| May 9, 2006 | 52:47.17 | Pages 434-452 text | reading only of pages 444-452 |
| May 11, 2006 | 26:47.88 | Pages 446-449 text | notes only |
| May 11, 2006 | 53:08.14 | Pages 443-446, 453-459 text | notes only on pages 443-446, reading only on pages 453-459 |
| May 14-15, 2006 | 2:36:06.78 | Pages 453-477 text | notes only on pages 453-462 and 464-477, reading only on pages 459-477 |
| May 16, 2006 | 2:35:03.49 | First Draft of Final Writing Project on Abraham Lincoln | includes some bathroom breaks and cubing |
May 22, 2006 |
22:43.41 |
Lincoln on Democracy pages 254-256, 270-271, 288-292 |
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May 31, 2006 |
11:41.50 |
Pages 479-482, 484 (reading only) |
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June 4-5, 2006 |
1:21:45.48 |
Pages 489-493, 496-498 |
includes printing time and additional reading of the 13th-15th Amendments in the Appendix |
June 5, 2006 |
3:26:43.17 |
Final Writing Project on Abraham Lincoln Final Draft |
Includes a 1.25-hour nap, eating, and playing with Ryan Heise's Rubik's Cube simulator. This was done between 3:45 AM and 7:15 AM, and when I tried converting 206:43.17 to hours:minutes:etc., I originally converted it to 3:36:..., reflecting just how pooped my brain is. |
June 6, 2006 |
1:49:08.64 |
Pages 493-496, 498-499, 504-513 |
reading only of pages 498-499, 504-513; includes much zoning out, which resulted in much rereading |
June 7, 2006 |
32:42.86 |
Pages 498-499, 504-506 (notes only) |
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| Sometimes I can be so obsessive compulsive. This was one of those obsessions. After the first few days of school, we had already received over 20 pages of AP U.S. reading, and I was completely shocked and surprised by this huge workload. Thus, I decided to keep a log of how long I was spending on AP U.S. homework as a representation of the difficulty of college-level freshman courses and college courses in general. I am still continuing this log, though I have not yet done my homework for tonight (Thursday, March 30, 2006). So far, besides the writing projects, the longest single assignment was on September 15, 2005, and the shortest assignment was on October 17, 2005. I did not count the March 6, 2006 assignment as the longest because I actually combined several nights of reading into one night, so it was not a single assignment. I only time my AP U.S. homework time when I do an assignment at home. There were many assignments which I did in school or finished in school. AP U.S. History is a beastly course. Good luck to everyone! |