I just came across a directory of old assignments from my freshman year of college. I think it sums it up nicely.
-rwxr-xr-x 1 joe users 25088 1998-10-27 22:55 AC Power lab.doc -rwxr-xr-x 1 joe users 23040 1998-10-28 06:34 bryAClab.doc -rwxr-xr-x 1 joe users 27136 1998-10-08 00:04 bullshit survey self-portrait.doc -rwxr-xr-x 1 joe users 4909 1998-10-22 01:54 expo -rwxr-xr-x 1 joe users 1589 1998-10-22 04:16 joevisit -rwxr-xr-x 1 joe users 30720 1998-10-14 01:33 lab2.doc -rwxr-xr-x 1 joe users 1676 1998-11-04 06:49 lab5 -rwxr-xr-x 1 joe users 22016 1998-11-11 19:57 lab6.doc -rwxr-xr-x 1 joe users 2908 1998-11-18 02:11 lab7 -rwxr-xr-x 1 joe users 22528 1998-10-08 14:35 Resume.doc -rwxr-xr-x 1 joe users 22528 1998-10-08 07:47 total w.a.s.t.e. of time.doc
(Note the hours most of these were written.)
Good times.