re: OT Teachers...why is it a damn standard that you send home so much damn homework

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They don't need 12 hours a day of work to make these grades. You should see the assignments. Tons of busy work.

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I have always gotten the same. It sucks, but its repetition to engrave it into your head. You son being smart has a lot to do with it, but you also have to accredit the system with your son doing so well.

My former high school just got ranked 42 best high school in the nation and was around that rank when I was there, and I had busy work even in high school.

Columbus High Liberal Arts



The busy work isn't going to stop. Maybe it builds work ethic? I am not sure. However, like I recommended to the OP, go talk with your kid's teachers with an open mind. If anything, if it does fall on the shoulders of the teacher, maybe talking to them will help them realize they are giving to much homework.

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Anyone that thinks this kid really gets assigned 4 hours of homework a night is living in fantasyland.

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While that is likely, I wouldn't be surprised.

From what the OP posted on page two with the HW load it looks to me like something that should take 1.5-2 hours to complete. I would think each subjects material would likely require 15-20 minute per subject. That could certainly go higher depending on how many math problems are involved and what type of work it is.

He also mentioned studying for tests. That would obviously add some time and could get you to around 3 hours. Is test prep an every week thing or just something that happens every once in a while?

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I think y'all have completely missed the point I'm making in my original post. She has homework in every subject every night.

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i agree that is ridiculous if true but.....

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I might take her 20-30 minutes per assignment, but when you add up every subject she's doing homework in each night she's doing 3-4 hours of homework Monday - Thursday.

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if she is truly taking 30 minutes per assignment, then she's not getting something. You should talk to the teacher and find out if other kids are taking that long too. I just don't believe that schools outside of Japan expect kids to spend 4 hours a day doing homework.
If a kid knows how to do his or her homework without problems, then they generally don't need to do much studying to make good grades.

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This whole approach to education is wrong. We are in a society where we think that if you aren't doing 12 hours of schoolwork a day, then you aren't getting an education. It is fundamentally false.

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FWIW, I agree with this. For the teachers that are over-assigning, I think it's ridiculous. Hell, I feel the same way about the US workforce too.

I just know that we are quick to jump on the teacher too. If your kids have straight A's and are in the top of the class, why haven't you met with the teachers and explained this? (If you have, apologies, but you haven't mentioned it here)
I feel like if I was a teacher, it would be the straight A kids' parents that I want to come to me.

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JJ27

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What school district..? We already know that the OPs Parish rates a C and gives all kids 4 hours of homework...I am interested to see if there is a trend

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I think some of y'all have completely missed the point I'm making in my original post. She has homework in every subject every night. I might take her 20-30 minutes per assignment, but when you add up every subject she's doing homework in each night she's doing 3-4 hours of homework Monday - Thursday. All that time includes doing written assignments as well as studying for tests. It's ridiculous no matter how some of y'all try to spin it.

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No, we aren't. We are questioning if your child does get the chance to do homework in class, if she is taking advantage of it. I am not sure what people expect now?

The education standards are much greater than they use to be even 10 years ago. My father played football at Arkansas State in the 80s and was an All-Academic in his conference.
What he learned in his senior level classes are things I had to learn in my freshman, and some even in my senior year of high school classes.

Kids have to learn things earlier because there is so much more stuff they have to learn later on.

Also...how many teachers does your kid have (the OP's)?

I would guess they have two? That's how it is in Texans from what I see after 2nd grade. K-2 they have one, 3-5 they have two or three. Then in middle school they have 7 or 8.

If you have a bunch of teachers I wouldn't be surprised if they don't sync up with one another when it comes to homework load.

The OP really just needs to meet with the teacher and attempt to speak with some other parents to see where they are at with their kids.

On top of all that, she could be knocking out about half of that if she would get started at aftercare.....

Ouachita Parish. Their school is an A+ on the ratings yearly.

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5 days in a week...so this week she has more test than she normally does. Lets say she studies 1 hour each night for each test....this doesnt happen every week

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She generally has at least 3 tests every week. This week she has 4.

and the rest of her assignments depending on the complexity takes at minimum 30 minutes for each assignment. We don't help her initially with her homework. We allow her to do it herself, we check it and go over her mistakes so that adds on time as well trying to teach her the things she's not understanding. Like I said if it wasn't in every subject every night it wouldn't be as bad, but damn the load doesn't have to be that much. I look at her weekly calendar on every Monday evening and in every subject there is something listed underneath it. On my list on page 2 I probably don't have everything listed b/c I don't have the calendar in front of me. Those were just some of the things I remember reading last night.