Busy Work

A plea from this author friend ... don't judge the whole state and all its residents by our completely idiotic, assinine, time-wasting, busy-work legislature! ❋ Unknown (2010)

Sometimes i wonder if these things are more like busy-work to help us feel we are doing something while they grow out of it on their own. deb Said, ❋ Unknown (2008)

 Filling rat holes with sand, which I guess is something they did in the early 1900's, was brainless busy-work. ❋ Apryl Lee (2010)

Even more worthy of scrutiny are the reports that the Pentagon requires from contractors, who dutifully write them and then bill the taxpayer for their busy-work. ❋ Ashton B. Carter (2010)

I wasn't terribly excited to discover that Ms.D. seems to favor what I would call the "rote and busy-work" teaching methodology (a lot of copying and a LOT of repetition), it certainly has been proven to work -- though I always found it rather disengaging and boring as sin, especially if you're the type of student that catches on quickly. ❋ Lyda222 (2008)

Answer: quite a lot of busy-work for the undertaker. ❋ Patrick Ness (2010)

There's always busy-work that needs to be done for any given project. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Interesting that the shortcoming originally was based on an "ethics" matter- maybe this is one area that instruction here as a prerequisite to filing was not planned simply as busy-work. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For Heidegger, the ordinary busy-work of puzzle-solving in mathematics is called "ontic" inquiry, whereas deeper questions about the very nature of the subject matter of this domain are called "ontological." ❋ Enowning (2009)

And plenty of extremely smart people don't have the grades to get into a top school anyhow, because high school grades are often based primarily on busy-work homework, and lazy people / "free spirits" find the tedium of busy-work oppressive. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The general appeal for forwarded info may be a sort of busy-work assignment to stir up the base, with a possible added intention of increasing polarity. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It must take some special time consuming busy-work to keep that sealed battery in place. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As far as the creative juices not flowing when I need to work, I tend to try and do the busy-work, which I have to get done. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As a result, the NREGA and other massive welfare programs -- already viewed as "flagship" even though the NREGA, for one, largely involves meaningless busy-work -- will take on even more prominence and suck up even more money in the new government. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Belittled by many environmentalists, recycling often seems like busy-work for kids with little actual environmental benefit. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Sometimes i wonder if these things are more like busy-work to help us feel we are doing something while they grow out of it on their own. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The comment about creating busy-work for interns also bothers me. ❋ Unknown (2008)

While this may seem like busy-work, it is critically important. ❋ Unknown (2007)

You put material possessions aside and have no busy-work or distractions. ❋ Klong-chen Rab-'byams-pa Dri-med 'od-zer (2007)

Mike [I need those] tps reports straight away. Great my whole flippin morning of [kicking back] and [Facebook stalking] just got ruined by busy-work. ❋ Paulie_C (2010)

"[What do] we [do in] [class] today?" "Nothing. Just some busy work" ❋ Ceyan Cei (2009)

“Hey Jamie what homework did you give your students over break” “Well [twin], I gave them [busy work] because I missed [two weeks] of school and I’m so behind! I’m also just a bitch” ❋ Strugglingsenior101 (2019)