[JustWaitAFrekinMinute]

On 5/24/2013 6:24 AM, John H wrote:
On Wed, 22 May 2013 22:15:10 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:

On 5/22/2013 9:52 PM, Eisboch wrote:


"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
m...

On 5/22/13 9:23 PM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:

Um, ok. either way. My point stands. Kids don't need three hours of
homework in the fourth grade, and in too many families, it won't/can't
get done anyway.... If they would stick to readin' writin' and
'rithmetic, instead of political and social indoctrination, they can get
it done in the allotted time period. This is a different world, the
schools need to adjust too...


Political indoctrination? Did your kids go to public school at a gulag?
Three hours of homework in the fourth grade? Are you on drugs?

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I don't know what the homework load is specifically in today's public
schools but both my daughter and my older son who both have kids in
school have commented that the homework load is incredibly high, even at
the grade school level .... significantly higher than what I remember
them as kids having.
I think the increased homework load on kids in the grade school levels
is a direct result of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System
(MCAS) system that was introduced in 1993. It's still controversial
because it evaluates school systems and the teachers as well as the
academic achievement of the students and some people feel it puts
unnecessary pressure on the kids at too early of an age.

As for me, I don't really remember much of grammar school. My
recollection of high school (back in the dark ages) is similar to
Harry's .... about 2, sometimes even 3 hours a night, depending on the
course load.

Sure, that's about right.. 5 classes, 40 hours of homework for each
class, 90 day semester.... Sure, in high school that's fine and probably
about right.

I spend almost every evening with parents of elementary and middle
school students who are getting that amount of homework too, and there
are a lot of them that find it very hard to spend that much time each
evening doing homework for kids who could learn the basics of elementary
and middle school, during the school day...

Something doesn't track. Earlier you said 40+ hours a semester. Now you're saying 2 to 3 hours each
evening. I believe the latter. And yes, it's rough.

John H.


Do the math... 5 classes, 40 hours each class per semester... I don't
think middle school and elementary students and parents should be tied
down with 2-4 hours hw a night... it's crazy. They do that in the Essex
system, and the schools there still suck....