Beat tricky homework and still live your best student life

We all know what it feels like to see a funny TikTok and instantly want to share it with a friend you know will love it. But TikToks are a bit like voice messages in this sense: while great, they’re sometimes inconvenient. The person you’re sending it to might be in a class or not have their headphones on, and won’t be able to watch it right away.

That’s why the good old memes sometimes beat TikToks. They only take a second to look at and then maybe a couple more to fully get the joke. Even if the only thing you get in response is a laughing emoji, at least it comes immediately.

Homework is something each of us knows firsthand. It’s an essential part of the learning process. Whether in school, college, or university, it haunts students everywhere and takes roughly 1-2 hours of their time every single day.

Some people hate it. Others believe it’s essential for discipline and knowledge retention. But everyone feels like it has always been there.

Even though we don’t remember the world before and can’t imagine a modern education without it, it’s clear that it had to start somewhere. So, who invented homework?

According to one myth, this is a merit of Roberto Nevilis. However, looking back in history shows that it’s not one, but several people who brought the idea of homework into Europe and then the United States. Some notable figures include Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Pliny the Younger, and Horace Mann.