i don’t do anything and i’m in AP classes, and i’m going to u m …so i’d say no
YES. Hahaha, just kidding ^^;; It’s bearable, I guess…
God bless you today =)
university of michigan this fall
Yes, but my children have a ton more than anyone else. All their work is homework. They are homeschooled.
YES!
haha, not really..
Yes
yes
Being a kid, I have to say yes. But in a few years, I’ll probably look back on things and think it wasn’t too much, I am just not great at motivating myself to do it all.
Today = homework + maintaining a paycheck + musical rehearsal + college packets + scholarship papers due this week. You decide.
YES!
YES! as I sit here working on my h/w (just stopping in to check for updates) for 6 hours so far today. I have an average of 11 hours of h/w a day. I’m a sophomore in high school. This isn’t normal! lol
no not really
more like, it’s too much busywork, and that needs to be cut down on. and i think that’s more prevalent in younger grades than in high school
Well, on any other given day, I’d say no, but since I have a 7-10 page research monstrosity due tomorrow, my views are a little biased at the moment.
My nephew starts pre-school this week. He’s getting homework.
no
Well, if we actually did something in class, we wouldn’t have to waste that much time at home.
I sit in about half of my classes doing nothing when there are so many things that I have to do for school. Its crazy.
Uhh…yeah. (But I still choose to procrastinate on it.)
yes.
Nawwww don’t seem to.
Candy XO
not really, but the majority of homework that my class ends up with is mostly pointless.
YES YES YES TIMES INFINITE
YES YES YES
and im not kidding!
It depends on who their teacher was … some teachers gave way too much homework … several hours each night. I think that is a little too much. They need some time to unwind after school, not spend their whole night doing homework!!
nope
i never have any
Not really. I need them to drill those lessons in my head.
…excellent question…
it seems to me so little is done in the classroom that homework actually has risen… this isn’t good though because it encourages procrastination and cheating.
…not that it helps that few parents help kids anymore…
-John Calvignome
i’d say we do just because i’m a kid. but it’s really not all that bad.
Yes!Tonight alone, I had an algebra worksheet, 9 “short”(aka essay) answer problems for English, a project for English, 2 books to read at least 2 more chapters of in order to be ready in time for the tests, 2 science worksheets, and a 3 hour art project. It’s horrible!
No way. Heap it on them. I did it, so can they. Ungrateful children getting a free education… sheesh!
it depends on the classes they’re taking. & my homework wouldn’t be so bad if I’d just learn to utilize my time better.
no
yes. if i could only begin to explain to you what my assignments for this/next week are… man oh man.
heck yes, and its not just because i don’t want any….. but to spend 7 hours a day at school, and then come home to 4-5 hours a night…. its school sleep school sleep over adn over again
n/a…
my 6 y.o.’s daily regimen is eating, sleeping, playing…and dry humping…lol…
(i’m referring to the 4 legged child)
Sometimes. Not always.
Yes, I am a Junior in high school and have two ap classes, and it seems all i do when I get home is homework.
No. Parents just complain about it too much.
Too much for me…
No.
I think the better question is not the amount but what kind of homework… we’re not developing original thinkers and avid learners who thrive on geniune inquiry… we’re developing students who can spit back the results of their surface level thinking…
JC
absolutely and without a doubt. not so much like worksheets, but with all of the reading, tests, and papers due, i am constantly on the brink of madness!!
As long as you manage your time. And it varies depending on the school and the teacher.. I’ve got some classes I don’t ever do anything in. And others I have work in every day, and it usually takes quite a while.
heck yes
Kids today are very different from say, one or two generations ago. Our workload is much greater, but we think about things alot more. We dwell on things. Somehow, all these mental problems suddenly popped up in the youth of our nation. Maybe it just wasn’t public before, but we haven’t found a good way to cope yet. The youth today is completely over scheduled. be it homework, after schoool stuff, sports, or leadership comittees. We just have too much to do, & its very easy to get overwhelmined.
I guess generation X is trying to keep us from doing what htey did when they were our age.
~Stix
I went to a lousy high school…we were the 3rd or 4th largest school in our conference at 250 kids in the entire high school…poor school district, wasn’t able to afford decent teachers and the teachers tried to be friends with all the students…as a result, any hw we had was extremely easy, if you were a good student, you could always turn it in a day late, as long as it didnt keep happening, and the teachers graded really easy. Also, the hw we did have was busy work…a lot of it during class b/c the teachers didnt feel like teaching…so, in my case, there should’ve been more hw (and yes, i even admitted that in high school).
My kids (students) that is, have homework every night…not that half of them do it. I like to give them homework but also time in class to get started on it…if they are wise with their time, then they get at least half of it done. I like to give homework so that parents know what is going on in the classroom and I try to get parents to interact with their child and their education. I know in a dream world that happens…especially where I work. It is tough to give homework and expect it to get done when over half my students are the main “runners” of the household…they are the caregivers and they are only in 5th grade…it is sad…so yes I think that kids should have homework, but there are extreme cases that make it difficult for the kids to actually get it done. So as I teacher I work with those students and try to be fair, yet teach responsiblity..it is a hard balance but that is why it is important to learn your students and their family.
I assign more research type projects verse busywork…I hate giving busywork cause I think it can get pointless and I hate grading it all. I prefer doing “worksheets” as a group and group debates and searches. Reseach and hands-on learning is my favorite type of teaching. Many of my homework assignments are hands-on things they can do with their parents/guardians…in my professional opinion Homework must serve a purpose…not just be busywork…
Wow…I think that is the longest comment I have ever posted anywhere….
Seems like the days they have lots of homework…it’s in EVERY class. I think they are starting the kids out younger with homework as well. I think the kids are pushed to hard at such a young age. They need to be a kid for a while.
YES! wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too much!
I think the amount of homework should be adjusted by age, but it doesn’t seem to be that way. I have a friend whose first grader has more homework than I had my senior year of high school. It just doesn’t seem appropriate.
Yesw. There is no question that my son has more than I did when I was his age and I look at what the older kids have and I cringe.
YES TO THE MAX
obviously not . . . if we’re lagging behind other developed countries in producing science and math professionals. something ain’t workin.
Depends. I, a 15-year-old, think I could use somemore. I really don’t ever have any. But, that may not be the case for others. All teachers are differnet. So it’s hard to answer.
Ha!
Hell no.
I’m a sophomore in Highschool, pulling ALL HONORS CLASSES, And I’ve had homework.. maybe twice all year. Honest. Not that it hasn’t been assigned. I can either a) get it done that hour b) what till the next day and do it in all the free time I have in class ( 5 out of my 7 classes I have at least 15 minutes free time) or c) I copy it from someone else.
Not that I’m complaining at all.
No they don’t.
Most of them have the same amount of homework I had, and they have better resources to get it done. Kids need to stop their whining and their parents shouldn’t egg them on with how much harder school is now. It isn’t at least in my opinion.
yup.
I must refrain from answer, as I’m rather uninformed. I will say that kids are way too involved, as in overextended being a part of too many things.
I don’t know… I don’t have kids.
No…but they’re expected to inconvenience their parents in order to do it. Take ‘em to the library for internet access, Powerpoint, Works, reference books, etc. And then the supplies…a $200 graphing calculator…WTF?!?!?! I have 2 kids in the same math class…that’s 2 of those calculators!!! I don’t think so, Tim. The school needs to give them the time and the resources to do the homework they assign!!
my son is in Pre-K. when he comes home without homework, I make up an assignment for him to work on whatever skills I know they’re currently working on in school.
yes way too much…it’s like now all the teachers don’t realize or don’t care that we have other classes and other homework…honestly i get home around 4 pm everyday, and ive spent atleast one or two days a week where i i do homework from the time i get home til about 8 or 9 at night excluding about the 30 minutes i take to eat dinner
“but they’re expected to inconvenience their parents in order to do it. Take ‘em to the library for internet access, Powerpoint, Works, reference books, etc. And then the supplies…a $200 graphing calculator…WTF?!?!?! ” <— wow, that’s an inconvenience? amazing philosophy . . .
I’m homeschooled. EVERYTHING is homework
I take honors/AP classes and manage my homework. If I couldn’t, I’d blame it on my deliberate choice to take a rigorous courseload. I really don’t know what other types of classes assign in the way of homework. Personally I think that your standard classes should probably require quite a bit less homework than the harder ones, and from what little I hear of them they tend to do so. So probably not, although I might say that the atmosphere is a bit too competetive rather than intellectually stimulating.
YES!
but only if they are dumb and take ap courses like I did.
otherwise, no, not really. when we buckle down we can usually get it done in two hours or less, if we use smart time management. (not that I ever employ these things……..but, ya know, I am insane, lol.)
~~~megan
eh. depends.
is the teacher in a good mood?
some days yes, some days no
depends on the teacher too
overall though, I’d say no
As a high school senior who happens to be in honors classes… I’d say no. The only classes I ever have homework in are math and Physics.
yes, but it’s not that I would mind if it were valid homework that taught me something or helped me learn, the fact is that most homework assigned now a days is busywork. and busywork sucks, it decreases productivity, has no eductaional value and just burns kids out.
All of my kids school work is homework. They are home schooled. But in public schools? From what I’ve seen, yes.
hell yes they do!
Oh, and the homework I ususally have is just Worksheets. But I can’t complain, because I have the three best teachers in the school. We have a large school, 1500 kids, so we have a large staff. I was lucky to have the only three freshman tachers who actually can teach. They lecture, unlike the rest of my teachers, and they actually challenge us. So I don’t mind the homework issue. I have learned more this year then anyother year of my schooling.
YES
Now that I think of it though, I only addresssed high school. I really didn’t have any real homework until high school. My brother is seven and has had homework every night since he started kindergarten. I don’t know what to think of that. Maybe it’s a good thing, since it’s never a lot. But he’s smart, so maybe it just doesn’t take him long. I don’t know. We’ll see the product of the academic environment twenty years from now and then anyone will be able to answer the question in retrospect.
Well I think that we are given vastly different expectations than the years before us. I mean, we are making new discoveries, and we have to learn what lead up to these new discoveries and everything else. I think we have a bit too much, but also, some parents over emphasize it a bit too much and it overwelms kids.
Eva.
LOL! I should say yes because it seems like any homework is too much but it depends on the classes. Sometimes.
Yeah… it’s too much for me sometimes that I don’t even do most of it anymore.
totally
san jose is chock-full of academic monsters… the hw load is unbearable… but its due to the population who comes hear for the education…
to answer the question: yes
HECK YES THEY DO….
I’m so sick of homework I could scream! lol
I don’t know …. my kids are too smart and they never ask me for help so I really don’t know
btw, they always get straight A’s
yes. why is that? is it becasue this generation is treated as adults where there guardians or adult figures, teachers, parents, whatever, treat them too seriously? is our generation growing up too fast? or am i just whining?
In college I do, but only because I chose to take 3 philosophy classes with 2 of them being writing emphasis, anyone who had my schedule would beg for the normal load most of these other people have. Have a wonderful day, I have to go write a paper Michael
Most definitely.
It’s kinda weird cuz sometimes all the homework seems to be piled on from all classes, and then at other times, it’s like I have no homework at all.
My school doesn’t give out much homework ’cause of all the literally stupid people in my classes, even thoughI am a freshman… There’s only like one sheet of work. I thought high school was s’posed to be hard as heck!
*jayne
YES
and THAT’S why we’re all getting obsese…bc we dont have time to go play outside because there’s SO much homework.
sitting at a desk doesnt burn calories….
YESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, in college at least. And they always decide to have things due at the same time. Not fun.
Blah!!!!!!!!!!
I wouldn’t say too much homework, but too much busywork. (Worksheets, useless stuff…)
Yes.
But do they do enough work??
Well… that’s easy: NO!
it is manageable. i guess it depends on the student, course load, and how easily a student can learn new concepts and finish their work. i have a part-time job but still feel that i usually don’t have too much homework, unless i have to write a paper for english.
You’re damn skippy!! With after-schol activities as they are, I am flooded with homework. Three days out of every five, I’m in school from 7:00 to 4:30. This leaves me doing homework until I have to do dishes, which I follow up with homework. On days that I only stay to the required 2:30, I have karate in the afternoon, leaving me with homework, dishes, homework once again. Most of it is math. …I hate math so much…
Depends on their school. I believe that phrase though, very much so.
I just graduated from high school in 2005, and I’m currently in college. It’s really not the scary, over-worked place people make it out to be. Sure, there’re assignments every day, but they’re not difficult. Any one who complains that they get too much homework, just isn’t doing their’s correctly or effeciently.
No. In high school I did 4 hours a night and it was not too much. I actually enjoyed it. In college, I do about 3 hours a night (average), but the due dates of everything are stickier. I’ll have a week where nothing is due, then a week with four tests and 3-10 page papers due. But I’m a 16 credit-hour honors student, so I guess I did it to myself.
nope
I don’t know about kids…but college students sure DO!
“I don’t know …. my kids are too smart and they never ask me for help so I really don’t know
btw, they always get straight A’s”
Getting straight A’s does not make you smart. I could cheat my way to straight A’s. But I don’t. I get A’s, B’s, and the ususal C. Why? Because some of my teachers are just not meant to teach. The teachers I described earlier I get A’s in. I also get A’s in Gym and the Arts. But why not the others? It’s not because I am stupid. It’s not because I don’t want to learn. It’s because I don’t learn at all. It’s not all your kid’s fault they are getting A’s. I am one of the top students in my class, IQ wise, but I get barely average grades.
I take back what I said about homework before, this comment has just fueled the fire. I think the concept that some teachers are taking about learning is all wrong. I have a teacher that only wants to become a principal. She is so extreme about it, she isn’t even our teacher in the 2nd semestet, so she can work in the office. She gave us to a permanent sub. Even though she really did something stupid by doing so, the new teacher actually wants to teach. He challenges us, so it really isn’t that bad.
But back to my point. Homework is not the issue, it is the teachers. They are the reason the U.S. is falling back acdemiclly. It’s not us. We are molded into what society wants us to be, we don’t mold it. So, as out society becomes more focused on things that we don’t need to be focusig on, we lose our path, and are strayed from the right path. So, then, we fail. It’s that easy.
have you seen the amount of information that kids 50 years ago had to know?? no i don’t think that there is enough homework… —that is not the students fault either!!!
OH hell yes.. I have to do a friggin’ essay on the analogies b/t my life and the life of some fictional character — well, actually he’s not fictional, but whatthefuck, he’s in a goddamn book that I really don’t care about…well, I’m gonna shut up and get back to work on this damn essay.
i’d like to say yes, but honestly, i’ve always just been lazy and let it pile up until the last minute so it just seems like a ton of work… :-/
Yeah, but I’m biased as an overworked kid.
=)
*A*
Lots of world history for a 10 the grade student….its a college class. Most kids dont get alot like a few years ago.
I’d say that sometimes there’s not enough, and sometimes there is entirely too much. In middle school (at least the one I went to) the teachers from all the different subjects spoke with eachother, so you never had too much homework, because each teacher knew what the others were assigning. It’s high school that it becomes a problem. In high school you might end up with the teachers that give you as much homework as possible. I had this one teacher, for English, she demanded SOO much of you, two or three HUGE projects, due close together, PLUS individual night’s homework assignments (usually reading a good deal of a book, and doing study guides and other things of the like) PLUS an Individual Reading Project, which was us reading a book of our choice on our own time that we’d report on later with an annotated bibliography and all. My entire class would BEG and PLEAD for her to stop assigning work, but she called us lazy and continued to assign it. That work PLUS the homework from our other classes AND any college prep stuff/after school activities, and it makes you wonder if kids EVER have free time. I had to make time (procrastinating really) to do the things I wanted to do- like theatre, after school. I’d do homework in my free time, or during breaks there, and during lunch, and during movies in classes, and during free time that I had at all. And I didn’t take AP classes! I didn’t think I could handle the workload. Any wonder as to WHY?
I’m in college now, and it’s sad to say, that I have less work right now than I did in high school.
Couldn’t say…I am no longer a kid, and I have none to answer for.
Although, come to think of it, I was known to have some 12-hour assignments in calculus/trig my senior year of high school. I’d complete it over the course of two days. I know when I was in HS I had practically no social life, I rarely watched TV or did anything “fun” – I just did homework. I wanted homework. I asked for extra homework. Part of it was perfectionism though. I used to make 100% in classes with no bonus just by making a perfect on every essay, test, and worksheet. It’s what I did for entertainment… Before HS I was homeschooled and did 14 different subjects every day. Comparatively, HS and college are very easy.
It really depends on what you want out of life. I wanted a 4.0 and a college scholarship. I got a 3.98 and a college scholarship. Now, if I make a 3.90 or higher, I can get my grad school paid for.
Overall, kids have too little homework. I think 3 hours a night, and 3 hours on the weekend is about right. Of course, that’s providing it’s all real, educational homework given out by caring teachers who actually teach. And parents who actually care enough to make sure that the kid does it and does it on his own.
I’ve been working for three hours, and I still have math, english, and an essay to do. That may answer your question, haha.
Yes! My oldest is in first grade and he has a ton of homework already!!!! He actually started bringing homework home in Kindergarten. My daughter does that now. Sheesh.
Yes
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES HOLY SHIT YES
the standards of today are RIDICULOUS
in addition to academics teachers are HARDER on athletes it’s EXPECTED to have excurricular activites and today it’s UNEXCEPTABLE to not have AT LEAST 2 honors courses but even that’s changing now it’s AP
actually… i should study for chem honors now… lol
I think not too much HW but too much to do! Sports and all that crap
my little brother does. his teachers don’t take into account that he has other teachers, too. i guess it wouldn’t be quite as bad, but he has adhd & the pill has worn off by the time it’s homework time. it just takes him longer to do it.
me, personally? i’ve never been one to do homework. it never really worked out for me, but i still haven’t learned to study or do work to this day.
not really; school has been watered down and now when teachers actually expect work to be done, no one wants to do it. i do think too much of the homework is busywork…if they’re going to bog kids down, make it something practical at least. Cheers!
megan
HELL YES
nope
My kids get plenty of homework, but they do seem to be learning. They’re in a parochial school. I guess more homework makes up for the lack on nuns with rulers.
Yes.
In the earlier part of this year, finishing homework and going to bed at 3 AM was normal. Now it’s more like 1 or 2, but that’s more the point where I give up and call it a night (morning?) than actually finishing. There’s too much of each thing, too many projects, too many things that require staying after school or coming in early or working with a group. Teachers have unreasonable expectations of their students- in one 50-minute class period, we were supposed to get into groups, come up with a story incorporating gothic elements, make it into an outline, and she expected us to have time to practice telling the story. The next class we have with her, we have to present it. Fair? I think not.
Just because we’re smart, people assume today’s students are superheroes. We’re not- and we don’t have any more energy or time than anybody else.
Ugh. YES!!!!! Especially with these danged AP and Pre-AP classes.
my school? yes, but thats just cause its private and classical. public? no way!
Specify what kids…
7-10 pages, HA! How about: Real Job for living expenses, Non-paid entrepreneurial internship for a class on a pass/fail basis, professional management research portfolio with at least 30 pages, a 20 minute management presentation, Group marketing research project including a 25 minute presentation and a professionally bound report which will easily exceed 20 pages, all while keeping up a competitive resume and wondering where in the hell I”m going to work when I graduate.
That five page paper I have to write this week will be easy as pie.
Enjoy high school folks…
YES!!!
yes yes yes a million times too much….he is only in 3rd grade….
most of the time the only kids who have too much are the kids with all the extracurricular activites and a job and all the AP classes and the 4.13gpa… Not fair
ok well first of all, i don’t think there’s been a night all year where i’ve gone to bed before 10 30 or 11 00. So for all of you out there who don’t think we get too much homework, shut. up. so m answer is YESS.
No. Kids today are lazy, irresponsible, and have no sense of what the phrase work ethic means. Parents today are too lenient, coddle their kids, and most of them think their little Johnny or Suzy can do no wrong. Administrators today are spineless. School boards are clueless. Politicians are completley out of touch with the real world, caught up in some sort of Leave it to Beaver fantasyland that only exists on Nick at Nite. Doctors, too afraid of law suits from every nincompoop with a working uterus, keep diagnosing and medicating every tike that walks through thier door until each and every youth in America has some sort of acronym disorder following them around for the rest of their academic lives. That leaves teachers handcuffed by idiotic rules, unrealistic hurdles, and classrooms filled with thirty-seven medicated lazy babies whose mommies just wiped their butts for them.
I agree with mike ^^
I think there’s too much time wasted in schools and if it were done more effectively there wouldn’t be as big a need for all the extra homework (a lot of which is busywork anyway).
YES! horribly much!!!
To the people who say honors/AP classes should have more homework than general- those classes are supposed to be more difficult, more advanced subject matter. That doesn’t mean it has to (or should) involve more work. More challenging? Certainly, that’s what the class is for. But there’s no point in giving students extra work “just because” it’s an honors/AP class, as they’re probably being challenged enough with the difficulty of the material.
The other problem with homework is that students are expected to be in numerous extracurriculars as well as volunteer work (by colleges as well as organizations like NHS). During high school there’s all those hours for Driver’s Ed, and of course you’ve got to fit a social life in there somewhere. Then you’ve got to make time for eating, sleeping, and personal hygeine, and where has the time gone? It’s unbelievable the number of people who have panic attacks/nervous breakdowns/other various freaking-out about not having enough time for homework. The obvious argument here is that schoolwork should come first, and while that’s true, when students are told over and over again that colleges only accept you if you have a lot of extracurriculars, they believe they have to manage both, even if it means getting only 3 hours of sleep or so.
Absolutely.
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Lori
Nope. The communist-designed social engineering workplaces that our filthy bureaucrats call “schools” are more concerned with SexEd and untestable creation/evolution debate than true education.
Waaaay too much busy work. And homework that doesn’t work for everyone. Like… oh, say a paper. And this paper is a ‘reasearch paper’. but the teacher force fed you the ‘research’ in the form on non-credible stories. And then you have to do not one, not two, or even three, but ATLEAST four writes and rewrites on this. All of them worth big points. None of them get done because the student had too much homework, he had to make a choice on what got done: the busy work that was worth more, or the crappy little activity that dealt with the paper. So of course he does the busy work thinking tha tthat’ll hurt his grade less. But no. That puny activity disables you from doing the rest of the rewrites, and you fail them all. FSM…. english bites…. Oh! Right. My point. Ermm… yes. Too much.
No! I am class of 1988 and I had more homework than my son does now.
No, I’m in all AP classes at school, and it’s true that I do get a lot of homework, but the amount that is given isn’t impossible to do. I think the real question is how long it takes, because some people might think they have a lot of homework, when in reality, then procrastinate, try to multitask, or just don’t understand the material. I don’t think that people recieve too much homework.
As a “kid,” I’m 15, I’ll be 16 in June. At times it seems like it but teachers have a tendency to assign a lot of assignments in crops. One teacher assigns a term paper, in English you have to read a 300 page book with small print, you have to study for 2 tests, etc. I’m going to be in IB next school year so…I’m prepared for the heavy workload. I procastinate a lot but I get it all done. I have a 3.8. I’m doing fine. I could do better but…eh…I’m sure I’ll get into the college I want to get into.
No, but I do.
hmm….sometimes.
i sopose it depends on the teacher.
Well it all depends on the person’s responsibilty. Like to take my school for example, it’s a magnet school and expects high quality work. It’s a pass or fail course. The teachers who assign massive assignments expects you to memorize everything within 3 days and take the test on the 3rd. The huge projects are due in one week, including all the other things like essays that you have to complete the grade. Then there’s a high level that’s a little higher than magnet called “topics” is basically the same but goes much much quicker and requires more work to be done. Both levels are college AP courses and are much more rigorous than most high school courses. Heck, I was even told that college was even easier!
But if that person is focused on their work then they don’t need to worry so much. As for me, I am procrasinating right despite the ginormous project that I have due tomorrow and it’s like, 11 PM (I haven’t even started =P). Yeah, I should stop procrasinating.
Im not a kid, but i am stressed right now trying to finish up some work. it is all too much!!!
But maybe i have too many distractions too .. like xanga.
YES!
Right now as a freshman in high school, I’m in 3 honors courses (geometry, biology, and language arts) and also have no study hall. I don’t currently have extra-curricular activities taking up my time after school. The amount of homework I get from night to night varies – some rare nights I’m lucky and have less than an hour, but more often than not, I’ll come home and spend all day, from when I begin at 4:00 to when to I go to bed at 11:00 or later studying and working on assignments. This is something I can handle, but I can’t imagine what I would do if I were involved in sports or more after-school activities. With the amount of homework I have, I feel that if I had any less time to my work in (or any more work to do), I would be unable to finish it all with 100% correctness. I believe that many students, while they may be able to complete the amount of homework they have, are unable to spend enough time on each assigment to achieve a perfect grade.
YES!!! It is ridiculous. They should spend their time during the school hours doing school work instead of so many of the non academic programs they attend almost every day. …like the school fashion shows, and candy selling pitches, etc. Get back to th 3Rs and spend home time with the family.
Or…Homeschool …get the job done in 4 hours and move on to other things.
no, not here.
I think most teachers are turned off in sending homework “home” because most kids are going home to an empty house.
The work does not get done, get’s lost or there just plain no one home to help the kids with their studies.
depends.. sometimes i have alot other times i don’t.. i really like the other days much better =D
It depends.
I’m in all accelerated level classes and the homework volume and difficulty is pretty intense.
YES!
yes
mine don’t get enough!
some. i dont think i ever did though.
i think we get too much hw…esp in college…when teachers can’t correlate on which subject has a paper/project/reading due. the readings are a waste of time…i don’t do my philosophy readings b/c we go over them in class…so why read? to get the mini details? if he doesn’t talk about them in class…they’ll prolly not be on the test/mid term/exam. researchers say kids should get 8-9 hours of sleep each night, right? well, they can’t always do that b/c they need to finish their hw. a normal bedtime for me is 2am. i’m not spending all that time doing hw, but a lot of it I am. i have to read for my music class yet. and its almost 1am… but besides papers and readings and mid terms and exams and homework, my lesson teachers expect me to find time to practice 1 hour of bass a day and 30-45 minutes of violin a day…and i work from 9-11pm… i don’t really have a social life at college b/c of all that needs to get done…i don’t hang out w/ my floor often b/c of all my hw/work/practicing… well, off to do some more reading… Kelly
maybe if they didnt have phones @ such a young age nowadays theyd have enough brain power to complete most of their classwork in school, resulting in less hw.
my little brother is in 2nd grade and has an hour of homework every night. he’s had that since kindergarten, and that’s if he does it every day, if he skips a day he has 2 hours the next night, and it’s just stupid stuff that I as a freshman in highschool have never seen a reason to learn. busywork basically. so I’d say yes.
After being on xanga for as long as I have, I have found one thing to be true.
Students do not get anywhere near enough homework in the Language Arts subjects. Much work is needed in the areas of spelling and punctuation.
Has anyone ever wondered what the shift key on their keyboard does? Or the key that has the little dot (period), or the little dot with a tail (comma)?
it depends on the class, but overall i’d give it a big “no.” i was just lazy in high school and thought that ANY homework was too much homework.
Nope. Just shorter attention spans. I think they give kids less homework today that I used to get. I am not sure what the standard is here, but back home it was only about 40 minutes a week – about 10 mintues a day – for someone in year 6. I am sure I used to have to put in 20 minutes a night. Just on math. But then, I was also in advanced classes.
HOLY CRAP YES!
By that I mean no, but it’d be nice to not have any to do right now.
But seriously, I think there’s just a lot of stupid homework. It would seem like people would learn more from a straight up study session than from creating a presentation directed towards Jr. Highers. I hate those assignments.
hmwk? whats homework ?
Well, sometimes yes, sometimes no. I take advanced classes and have slight concentration problems, so maybe I’m not the best judge.
But sometimes, yes, homework does pile up (in just one night or in more than one) into a near-insurmountable pile at times. Like the week before spring break.
i know i do!
HECK. YES.
no
yesssssss
no
Not enough..
Compared to the amount of real-life experience they’re getting or learning, I’d think so
Yes, I have to agree with that! Well, maybe not in your country but right here in Malaysia…We’re given a huge load of homework and we have to attend extra curricullar activities after school almost everyday. So yeah, it sucks big time!
This is terrible, but I can’t resist.
We homeschool, so we can look at homework in two ways and still be accurate about it.
All of our work is homework.
Or
We don’t have any homework.
Pick whichever you like.
Are you kidding? They have too little!
seriously man u need to get a life!! u write like 3 weblogs a day!! and ur site is dead boring
only sumtimes…
I’d say no. I’m at a science & math academy with AP higher level classes and I just did my homework right now. Some days are better than others.
I do say they have too much homework…I think that is just a way for the school to try to get the parents involved in their children…not going to happen…unfortunately…now its just more pressure on the kids…something they are not trying to do but that is what happens…the braking down of the family is the worse thing that ever happened to this country…
haha no. kids just say that. some kids make 2 pages of work seem like 20. doing two pages of work is only about 15 minutes.
Ya I think a lot of kids do. My brother really doesn’t get to much though. I’m in college at a tech. school and I really don’t get much either. I guess we are just lucky.
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i’m studying to be a teacher, and it”s not so that teachers assign too much homework (although that is a bit of the problem)… the real problem is the fact that many students today come from broken homes where the parent doesn’t have time or just doesn’t help them with their homework. if the students don’t see a work ethic from their parents for homework, they don’t do as well, and the homework doesn’t get done. teachers need to start making assignments so they get done in class (which means the teacher needs to give students time in class to do it) also, during homeroom, homework could be encouraged.
Yes. But only because they’re not TEACHING them at school. Some of her classes spend time in so many useless activities, then the kids are supposed to take it all home and “learn” it there…
not in public school
Yeah, that’s why we don’t do it, and get bad grades, and have to work minimum wage for the rest of our life
Nope….with all we are required to pack into a school day…if it wasn’t for homework…they’d never get the skill reinforcement they need….
I don’t think so – but I’ve noticed an odd trend. My girls almost never are given homework on a Friday! It makes no sense to me! I would figure that – since they have the whole weekend to work on it – they would get more! Often, they are given homework for multiple classes on a school night which makes it difficult if they have something else that evening! (music lessons, shopping, etc.) As a parent, if one of my girls needs my help with schoolwork, I am more likely to be available on the weekend, as well!
Oh! And don’t get me started about teachers who want something purchased for their class the next day! I am not always available to run to a store on a given evening!!!
I’ll think that next year when I have 8 classes a day, 6 of which will be AP.
and the list goes on and on and on and on…in fact..im doing homework rite now and i’ve been doing it for 3 hours!!!!!!
my teachers dont give out homework exept for in math. a worksheet a week though now that were nearing the end of the year.
well we kids do have a lill too much hw and then not enough..in my school they dont give us homework only in math and american history.
i dont think the hoework iself is too much, i think that kids have a bunch of other things to do, and the main problem is prioritizing. hw isnt usually before friends, or tv/videogames
yeah right.
after reading over a few other posts… people drag out homework by doing other things at the same time. some could say “i’ve been working on this set of five math problems for three hours!” but at the same time, they’re watching tv, iming friends, calling people on a cell phone, snacking, updating xanga and commenting people, and doing other things, and only working on those problems when they have a second between everything else. add the actual time it takes to do just homework, minus the time of all other distractions, you get a number less than two, which isnt too bad for just one day (finished by 5, the latest!)
My kid does.
I think with all the “extra-curricular” activities and how busy we make our kids lives, that we are training them to be work-a-holics.
judging by what my nieces and nephews have shown me, perhaps too much ineffectual homework. alot of it is simply busy work with no obvious point.
I have a third grader, a fifth grader, and a freshman. I rarely see the third grader or the freshman with homework. The fifth grader gets what seems like a normal amount. But it sure seems like none of them get nearly as much homework as I used to get. Maybe that’s because they all go to public school and I went to Catholic school.
yes…especially those who are in General Studies in college…I can’t wait until I start taking classes for Sports Management…those should be fun…and I wouldn’t mind doing the homework
I don’t think kids have too much homework. They should have different kinds of homework too instead of just coming home & doing this from the book, ie projects that require thoughts.
I mean, school already takes almost half a day, of course one would want to start lazing off and have fun. Or perhaps it’s the problem with everyone startin’ to become lazy and start procrastinating with their homework.
Sounds like you may think so. Myself – IDK.
L,r
my oldest child did a Rotary Youth Exchange for her senior year of high school …in Paris France. She had a ton of work there. The next year her best friend from France came and spent her two week christmas break with us – she brought her homework with her. American children do not have too much homework and don’t get me started on the education system…what a failure. In Europe sports are not a part of the system….you belong to a sport club outside of school to play a sport, their system is much more like our junior college….no wonder we fall behind in education.
No
I sure do…it’s SPRING BREAK and I have to do a whole project about a dumb book we read 5 months ago!
No, they have an efficient amount of homework.
I think it depends on what school you go to. I go to a private school, and the homework load varies, but the average homework loadtakes about 4-5 hours. If I want to practice piano at all, I’m usually up until about 11 or 12.
Its definitely do-able, but I’m the kind of person who needs all 8 hours of sleep…so by the end of a week, I’m exhausted.
It really depends on what classes the kid is taking and what kind of effort he or she is putting forth. Example: In high school, many of my friends took all of the “minimum requirement” classes and barely brought anything home… ever. I on the other hand, had no life. I had several AP and dual credit courses. From about third or fourth grade on, I literally did homework from the time I got home until I went to bed nearly every night. It wasn’t busy work either. It was projects, studying, and catching up. I guess moderation is key. The pay-off: college is pretty much a breeze for me now, whereas many of my peers struggle to balance everything.
Oh and… I went to public school. That has absolutely nothing to do with it.
I don’t think I could really say. I don’t think I have too much homework, but there are a lot of kids who do. I think that some teachers need to give actual homework instead of saying “go home and study” because that dosen’t get done. Even though it may seem like busywork I think that a worksheet is better off because it’s more likely to actually get done than the studying.
yes, but its good that they do it will prepare them for college
Yes! Well.. I don’t ((and i’m in highschool)) but my little sister comes home from 2nd grade everyday with 7 page packets she has to complete…her school is crazy!
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No, not really. But I have found that I am tired of tests that require me to memorize 80 terms… rather than the concepts…
(when there are only 20 concepts on the test anyway)
I don’t believe the amount of homework is the issue, but rather the lack of its effectiveness.
high schoolers do, yes
I think this issue depends 100% on who you are asking.
I go to a wealthier school district where a good amount of homeowrk is given, however many students do not do their homework becuase they have no real neagative consequence for not doing it. If they graduate, they get a car and daddy pays for college. Some students (including myself) do not have this luxury and work a lot harder to keep out grades up in hopes of grants and scolarships.
So for some students it doesn’t really matter, they have the abilty to pick and choose how much homeowrk they do, for the rest of us though I would say we are definatly overworked
I would also say that the homework is extremly inefective, mainly busy work. I am able to learn much more about the world over the summer when I have free time to learn on my own terms with no one forcing me to write essays or memorize math equations.
Yes, most definitely yes.
if you’re doing homework until midnight or later, it is way way too much.
the pressure to perform well is much higher. university used to be an extra, now to get any reasonable job you need an university degree under yer belt, even if one isn’t directly required for that particular job.
YES. And I’m not only saying that just because I am a kid of a today and want to complain about homework. Even in third grade, I would spend 2 hours per night on my homework. High school is worse, of course. I don’t get near the amount of sleep I need, mostly because I’m up trying to finish a bunch of things I will most likely never use again in my life. And because I don’t get enough sleep, I am not as awake as I should be during the day, so I don’t rise to my full potential, and often go into daydream mode. My siblings told me that when they were in high school, they had homework maybe 20 times per year. I don’t remember the last time I didn’t have homework. While I understand that school and homework are helping me to prepare for the real world, I’d not only love some sleep, but I’d love to enjoy my teenage years as much as I can.
No i dont think so. Maybe it’s just that kids have to many different priorities other than homework (tv, video games, internet, the works..)
There are times where it seems like too much. Spring Break this week,but last week every teacher of mine was giving like big project things to get done. Not easy ones either,but big ones that took up a good 4 hours at least each.
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It’s not so much the amount of homework, but the quality of it. If the homework is worthwhile and beneficial, that’s one thing, but too often nowadays teachers are just dishing out busy work. The amount of senseless homework is way too high!
yes and no. i depends on what track the kid is at. like the honors/AP track, or the regular track, or the behind track. those on the regular and behind track at my highschool, i notice, get an average of about an hour of homework; sometimes none or no more than two. that’s decent. i, on the freakin other hand, get on average of three hours, sometimes, but rarely five. that’s hell.
yep
way to much it really sucks when after practice you have to sit for 2 hours to do this shit
YES! My 16 year old daughter had 4 hours of math homework in Algebra last week and that is way to much. This teacher is a nut.
Donna
My kids certainly have WAY more homework than I did… for sure. That’s all my kids have known, though, so it’s not a huge deal in this house. It’s just part of life. They do it, get it done, and move on.
It all depends on what school, what classes, and what student. I have one or two hours of written HW a night with 2 AP at my school. I have a friend who with her classes (3 APs I believe maybe 4) has at least five hours; this amount of time does not include the daily studying each of us should be doing.
There are also things, like studying, that students are expected to do but can usually bypass. So it depends but on a general bases it is hard to juggle everything we are expected to do. Colleges look at more thatn academics, sports and clubs are important now too; so though school may end at two o’clock I may be there unti seven or eight. It is at that point I think the HW is a bit excessive.
Yes, far too much. I used to spend up to eight hours a day on homework when I was in high school, if I had a busy week. It gets worse in higher grades. It’s even worse when students are expected to take AP classes and have multiple extracurriculars to get into good colleges.
YES WE DO
ummm i can’t speak for all kids but i go to a special school for science and technology and i have to say that we get about 1-2 hours of homework a night except most of it is bullshitted so it only takes about 20 minutes. but the real question should be: do kids get enough sleep a night? dude. i get 7 hours if i am lucky; supposedly the recommended is 9 hours… jeeze…
it depends on their age. and sometimes i wonder if they even have enough.
It really depends who you are and what you take. For me, it really started to hit hard in 10th grade, but that was because i took/take AP classes and every teacher is convinced their subject is by far the most important. But i do schoolwork more quickly than pretty much everyone in school and i’m still staying up until nearly midnight. So i can’t even imagine what it’s like for people in the same classes as me that have bad study skills or a harder time focusing.
But most people are really just too lazy and complain way too much.
yes. i think so.
I’m so far out of school I have no idea. In general though, I’ve learned that homework is not so much about learning out of school as it is about teaching discipline — a kid who doesn’t do homework in school is not going to be a reliable person in real life as he or she becomes an adult.
no i take that back. i think it depends on the student and the day, depending on who you are, the class your in, it all really differs. but at days i would think yes i do definatly have wayyy to much homework.
Nah, when you get older, you figure out how to get around doing homework. I usually have only around 1-2 hours at night tops. That’s not that much.
Pesky
No, they need more. Just listen to the way they talk.
kids should shut up. then be slapped. then do their homework. in that order. forever.
Being a “kid” myself, I can confidently say I have no trouble with the homework I get so I don’t consider it a lot.
in elementary school, yes. in junior high / highschool, i haven’t had much problem except every once in a while.
wayyy to much!!
yes, are you kidding? i have hours upon hours of homework. stupid AP. < mumble mumble grumble >
i don’t think so.. i have not done homework in 2 years and i am in school. i still have all A’s and B’s. i think i am doing pretty good for no homework
NO! Let me tell you something…I teach middle school in Florida (Granted, we’re not the best state for education and we can thank Bush’s little brother for that one), but we’re not supposed to give homework because the kids won’t do it. I’m talking the easiest assignments-they won’t get returned. There are tons of kids going into high schools all over the country who haven’t done a shred of homework, either because it wasn’t assigned, or because they never did it in the first place and are being passed on even though they failed all their classes. (Which only sets them up for failure in high school, which I think is waayyyyy worse! WHO MAKES THESE RULES??!!)
But first, let’s define a lot. How much is too much? Isn’t it fair that students be introduced to a topic or a subject in class, and then they take that information home and learn something about it independently? Something to share with the other students in class the next day? Why must everything be spoon-fed to everybody? We are teaching a generation of students who only know how to write 5 paragraph essays and who only regurgitate what they heard in class. Because there’s no independent work done at home-they are a group of learners struggling…
Yet on the homefront I can see the problem. In most homes both parents are working, and by the time they get home and everyone is fed, even an hour of homework can seem like way too much. The other problem is that students don’t seem to get a reward for their hard work…It just doesn’t seem to be important-there’s no pay off. Grades don’t seem to matter to most of my students, nor does it to their parents. Teachers have somehow become the enemy! And, how does math homework compare to being online and updating their own Myspace.com or their Xanga, or listening to their ipod or watching tv? I don’t know. The one thing I’m definitely worried about are the students these days. They are losing out. That’s not to say that some teachers don’t give too much homework-you’ll always have those, but dammit-our students in this country are getting dumber and dumber each year. We’re dumbing down our curriculum so they’ll pass the state tests. In comparison with other countries, we definitely educate our students in the way that everyone is required to get an education, but the quality is so low. This is why so many people from other countries are coming in and taking our jobs. It’s a sad situation, and no one seems to really take it seriously.
One other thing, and I apologize for the rant. Really, I do. But, go online and spend five minutes learning about how say Japanese students are doing in comparison to our students. Find out how much homework they have. Oh, and ask your kids some questions you think they should know. For example, if your kids are over 11 they should be able to answer these questions in less than 2 minutes easy: What two colors mixed make green? What states surround Ohio?Who is the Vice President of the US? What year was the Declaration of Indepence signed? And: Have them name 10 presidents; Ask them who their favorite author is because they should have one; and ask them what the difference is between a noun and a verb. Oh, and for extra fun, ask them to write a real letter-with all the parts where they belong.
Let me know how they do!! I hope they do great!
Yes, I had to do a report on this subject. In an average day someone in high school would wake up around 6 AM go to school, Then maybe go to their job Mcdonalds(as an example), and combine that with extra activities (clubs, extra cred. etc.). And on top of that there’s 2-3 hours+ of homework, which the majority of is pointless. Which in all leaves no time for people to relax or hang out with their friends.
Sometimes I find myself overloaded with homework, but more often than not it is okay. It depends on what courses one is involved in.
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Depends on the teachers, I think. Most often I think it’s way too much though. I spend an average four hours on it each night, on top of the eight that I spend in school during the day.
…Oh! And it of course depends on the person and how fast/efficient they can work. But still… I’d go with yes. hah
sometimes. usually around the time before a vacation they pack it in.
Yes.
I’m only in middle school and some nights it takes me 7 hours to do my homework. (I’m not multitasking or anything either.)
But maybe I’m just slow.
Yes!!!!! I completely say that we have too much homework! I get at least 3 to 4 hours everynight, and I’m only in 8th grade (and all advanced classes but still).
They need to lighten up. I’m already busy as it is and very burnt out from school work.
a kid? nope.
depend what grade.
I usually don’t actually and if I manage my time wisely, it’s actually hardly any at all. But of course, I’m a total procrastinator. But the projects are what kills me. I’ve had at least 7 this semester which began in January and it’s really hard. Especially since they’re on the weekends and I usually don’t have time to do stuff on the weekends since my mom makes plans for me to do stuff to help her or go somewhere.
yes
It really depends on the teacher…and the subject. A good deal of homework is necessary in high school if the class is going to progess at an acceptable pace, but in elementary school too much homework teaches children to hate school and subsequently learning unless they can maturely separate the two! No idea about college since I’ve yet to go! I’ve gone to 3 different high schools, and at each of them I’ve had my moments when I felt like collapsing as well as times to relax. Some of you guys are saying that your schools’ honors classes have more homework than the lower tracks, but mine seems the opposite. The college prep teachers load the students down with busywork while our AP/honors teachers have more discussion-based classes with necessary but enjoyable papers, projects, whatever. (I learn more like that!) Unless it’s Calculus…then you’re just going to see it integrals drawn in the sky and in your dreams from practicing so much. To bring all this nonsense I’ve written together, when I have a huge load I understand why it’s necessary and deal…unless the teacher just…I guess I should end this.
too much useless homework – worksheets assigned just for the heck of it consume so much of my time. most is bearable, but sometimes the teachers all seem to just pile it on at the same exact time. like now. back to the dbq now.
Only for those in more advance schools (The big, import schools parents want to put their smart kids)
of course. i have homework in gym. and that’s just wrong.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yes! especially with all the extra-curriculars that my school expects from us
It depends on the teacher, the school, the time of year, and the age, I think.
Funny you should say that, recently in class we had to discuss the amount of homework…America is the worst school system when it comes to academics.
Not really.
HELL YES
heck yeah!
Well, if I did my homework I’d be able to tell you… I think we get a lot of information shoved into us that we’re expected to study and memorize on our own, plus busywork and longer-term projects that take up a lot of time, effort, and mental capacity in addition to just studying. But mostly, I think it would be a more bearable amount if we didn’t also have a bunch of activities that we feel we need to participate in outside of school, and of course the dreaded c-word- COLLEGE. I was getting pressured to think about what courses I should be taking for college as early as my freshman year. So, I think what I’m feeling here is the junior-year-itis; that is to say, the pressure that I’ve been feeling for some time now is getting worse. Of course, I’m an honors student, so I don’t do my homework (seriously, you’d think we’d be the most studious but it’s really the opposite, at least at my school), but I’m still feelin’ the burn.
Depends on the teacher.
As far as my math homework, yes.
ome teachers don’t give as much however. It’s usually one subject that you spend three hours doing.
yes… so many worksheets that it’s starting to look like sh!t.
Yes
The question should be: Why do teachers give too much hw? The last two weeks has nothing but proj. after proj, test after test, and lots of hw. –and i’m not exagerating
well
i dont like it at all, but i can deal with it, i still have time too have a life.
yes
I can just show you my backpack and that will answer the question perfectly. Kids in advanced courses get a hell of a lot of homework…and that sucks because I am in 3 of those classes…
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omg yes!! i have a stack about 11 inches thick just about everynight of homework….its so hard and it takes me over 4 hours to do most of it. usually i have to quit and do it in the morning and my spare hour. its so tough…
YYYEEEESSSSS!!!!!!
HELL YEAH!
They’re certainly making homework more difficult for those in elementary school… Yesterday, my 10-year-old sister was reading her school textbook out loud, when I heard her say “peripheral nervous system.” Wondering if I heard it right, I asked her what it meant, which she promptly defined for me. I didn’t learn anything about the nervous system until I was in biology, and she’s being asked to define the central/peripheral nervous system in 5th grade! o_o
Being a teenager, I would have to say yes. Then again, I’m also responsible because I take all honors classes. -.-;
If projects are homework then Yes we got one project after another and another. our englich teacher and social studies teachers team up to put extra homework on random days
Ban Homework!
At the school district my children go/went to, the have SLCs (Small Learning Communities) My son was in one labeled, “College Prep” and he had very little homework. My daughter is in another one for honors and IB (International Baccalaureate) and she has much more homework. I would say my daughter has slightly more homework than I did 20 years ago and my son had as much as I did in 2nd grade or so.
The drastic difference in the level and quality of education each of them were given is a major point of anger for me.
no, if the assignments are effective…
if you think there is too much homework, blame Bush for giving out the extremely over the top demanding standards No Child Left Behind rules for teachers… have you seen them??
on top of other ‘extracurriculars’…yes
plus, we probably have more than kids did 20 years ago
No, we don’t.
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No.
Yes they do but i probably only say that cuz im in 9th grade.But my parents dont ever help me with it because they dont know it.They(my parents) say i get too much and its too hard.
But then i dont really have much homework.But i still have 3 years to go.
WAY too much if you ask me.
They dont have ENOUGH homework. Thats why theres so many uneducated people around
yes. give us a break, gosh…
Yes, just as people are putting too many hours at their jobs-compared to years ago-it used to be more about family.
yes indeed
Too much homework given. Evil schools can be.
yes! doing that and not enough time being a kid
no…kids today are just better at wasting their time because they have more entertainment.
It may just be at my school, a liberal arts/classical school, but I have about 3 hours every night. 3 hours of precalculus, chemistry, greek, latin, spanish, literature, theology, and speech.
NOT ENOUGH.
I go to the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy where we have 4+ hours of homework a night. YES we have way too much homework.
yes balancing job + trying to find scholarships + a gazillion extra curriculars + trying to find your free time all while juggling with 8 APs. YES.
kids are expected to do more than they can they want to get into competitive colleges that is why we have so much homework
Hell yes.
I dont know if its too much homework, or just to much to do altogether.
yes..no joke..they really do have a lot
No
Absolutely YES~
Nope.
Kids still manage to get high. Kids still manage to get arrested. Kids still manage to flunk out.
Not even close.
Actually, here in MS, we barely have any at all…we had more in elementary school…
Well, i’m in 6th grade, and i don’t have any homework.
I don’t believe that kids today have too much homework. What they do have more of “nowadays” compared to years ago are activities available to them. There is so much pressure to do EVERYTHING — sports, ballet, music lessons, etc etc etc. The kids are so into everything that they don’t know how to say no, or prioritize.
um. at least personally, at my school, not really. i could have more. but im only a freshman so maybe that has something to do with it.
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not really
SCOOOOOOORE FIRST
i don’t do anything and i’m in AP classes, and i’m going to u m
…so
i’d say no
YES.
Hahaha, just kidding ^^;; It’s bearable, I guess…
God bless you today =)
university of michigan this fall
Yes, but my children have a ton more than anyone else. All their work is homework.
They are homeschooled.
YES!
haha, not really..
Yes
yes
Being a kid, I have to say yes.
But in a few years, I’ll probably look back on things and think it wasn’t too much, I am just not great at motivating myself to do it all.
Today = homework + maintaining a paycheck + musical rehearsal + college packets + scholarship papers due this week. You decide.
YES!
YES! as I sit here working on my h/w (just stopping in to check for updates) for 6 hours so far today. I have an average of 11 hours of h/w a day. I’m a sophomore in high school. This isn’t normal! lol
no not really
more like, it’s too much busywork, and that needs to be cut down on. and i think that’s more prevalent in younger grades than in high school
Well, on any other given day, I’d say no, but since I have a 7-10 page research monstrosity due tomorrow, my views are a little biased at the moment.
My nephew starts pre-school this week. He’s getting homework.
no
Well, if we actually did something in class, we wouldn’t have to waste that much time at home.
I sit in about half of my classes doing nothing when there are so many things that I have to do for school. Its crazy.
Uhh…yeah. (But I still choose to procrastinate on it.)
yes.
Nawwww don’t seem to.
Candy XO
not really, but the majority of homework that my class ends up with is mostly pointless.
YES YES YES TIMES INFINITE
YES YES YES
and im not kidding!
It depends on who their teacher was … some teachers gave way too much homework … several hours each night. I think that is a little too much. They need some time to unwind after school, not spend their whole night doing homework!!
nope
i never have any
Not really. I need them to drill those lessons in my head.
…excellent question…
it seems to me so little is done in the classroom that homework actually has risen… this isn’t good though because it encourages procrastination and cheating.
…not that it helps that few parents help kids anymore…
-John Calvignome
i’d say we do just because i’m a kid. but it’s really not all that bad.
Yes!Tonight alone, I had an algebra worksheet, 9 “short”(aka essay) answer problems for English, a project for English, 2 books to read at least 2 more chapters of in order to be ready in time for the tests, 2 science worksheets, and a 3 hour art project. It’s horrible!
No way. Heap it on them. I did it, so can they. Ungrateful children getting a free education… sheesh!
it depends on the classes they’re taking.
& my homework wouldn’t be so bad if I’d just learn to utilize my time better.
no
yes. if i could only begin to explain to you what my assignments for this/next week are… man oh man.
heck yes, and its not just because i don’t want any….. but to spend 7 hours a day at school, and then come home to 4-5 hours a night…. its school sleep school sleep over adn over again
n/a…
my 6 y.o.’s daily regimen is eating, sleeping, playing…and dry humping…lol…
(i’m referring to the 4 legged child)
Sometimes. Not always.
Yes, I am a Junior in high school and have two ap classes, and it seems all i do when I get home is homework.
No. Parents just complain about it too much.
Too much for me…
No.
I think the better question is not the amount but what kind of homework… we’re not developing original thinkers and avid learners who thrive on geniune inquiry… we’re developing students who can spit back the results of their surface level thinking…
JC
absolutely and without a doubt. not so much like worksheets, but with all of the reading, tests, and papers due, i am constantly on the brink of madness!!
As long as you manage your time.
And it varies depending on the school and the teacher..
I’ve got some classes I don’t ever do anything in. And others I have work in every day, and it usually takes quite a while.
heck yes
Kids today are very different from say, one or two generations ago. Our workload is much greater, but we think about things alot more. We dwell on things. Somehow, all these mental problems suddenly popped up in the youth of our nation. Maybe it just wasn’t public before, but we haven’t found a good way to cope yet. The youth today is completely over scheduled. be it homework, after schoool stuff, sports, or leadership comittees. We just have too much to do, & its very easy to get overwhelmined.
I guess generation X is trying to keep us from doing what htey did when they were our age.
~Stix
I went to a lousy high school…we were the 3rd or 4th largest school in our conference at 250 kids in the entire high school…poor school district, wasn’t able to afford decent teachers and the teachers tried to be friends with all the students…as a result, any hw we had was extremely easy, if you were a good student, you could always turn it in a day late, as long as it didnt keep happening, and the teachers graded really easy. Also, the hw we did have was busy work…a lot of it during class b/c the teachers didnt feel like teaching…so, in my case, there should’ve been more hw (and yes, i even admitted that in high school).
My kids (students) that is, have homework every night…not that half of them do it. I like to give them homework but also time in class to get started on it…if they are wise with their time, then they get at least half of it done. I like to give homework so that parents know what is going on in the classroom and I try to get parents to interact with their child and their education. I know in a dream world that happens…especially where I work. It is tough to give homework and expect it to get done when over half my students are the main “runners” of the household…they are the caregivers and they are only in 5th grade…it is sad…so yes I think that kids should have homework, but there are extreme cases that make it difficult for the kids to actually get it done. So as I teacher I work with those students and try to be fair, yet teach responsiblity..it is a hard balance but that is why it is important to learn your students and their family.
I assign more research type projects verse busywork…I hate giving busywork cause I think it can get pointless and I hate grading it all. I prefer doing “worksheets” as a group and group debates and searches. Reseach and hands-on learning is my favorite type of teaching. Many of my homework assignments are hands-on things they can do with their parents/guardians…in my professional opinion Homework must serve a purpose…not just be busywork…
Wow…I think that is the longest comment I have ever posted anywhere….
Seems like the days they have lots of homework…it’s in EVERY class. I think they are starting the kids out younger with homework as well. I think the kids are pushed to hard at such a young age. They need to be a kid for a while.
YES! wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too much!
I think the amount of homework should be adjusted by age, but it doesn’t seem to be that way. I have a friend whose first grader has more homework than I had my senior year of high school. It just doesn’t seem appropriate.
Yesw. There is no question that my son has more than I did when I was his age and I look at what the older kids have and I cringe.
YES TO THE MAX
obviously not . . . if we’re lagging behind other developed countries in producing science and math professionals. something ain’t workin.
Depends. I, a 15-year-old, think I could use somemore. I really don’t ever have any. But, that may not be the case for others. All teachers are differnet. So it’s hard to answer.
Ha!
Hell no.
I’m a sophomore in Highschool, pulling ALL HONORS CLASSES,
And I’ve had homework.. maybe twice all year.
Honest.
Not that it hasn’t been assigned.
I can either a) get it done that hour b) what till the next day and do it in all the free time I have in class ( 5 out of my 7 classes I have at least 15 minutes free time) or c) I copy it from someone else.
Not that I’m complaining at all.
No they don’t.
Most of them have the same amount of homework I had, and they have better resources to get it done. Kids need to stop their whining and their parents shouldn’t egg them on with how much harder school is now. It isn’t at least in my opinion.
yup.
I must refrain from answer, as I’m rather uninformed. I will say that kids are way too involved, as in overextended being a part of too many things.
I don’t know… I don’t have kids.
No…but they’re expected to inconvenience their parents in order to do it. Take ‘em to the library for internet access, Powerpoint, Works, reference books, etc. And then the supplies…a $200 graphing calculator…WTF?!?!?! I have 2 kids in the same math class…that’s 2 of those calculators!!! I don’t think so, Tim. The school needs to give them the time and the resources to do the homework they assign!!
my son is in Pre-K. when he comes home without homework, I make up an assignment for him to work on whatever skills I know they’re currently working on in school.
yes way too much…it’s like now all the teachers don’t realize or don’t care that we have other classes and other homework…honestly i get home around 4 pm everyday, and ive spent atleast one or two days a week where i i do homework from the time i get home til about 8 or 9 at night excluding about the 30 minutes i take to eat dinner
“but they’re expected to inconvenience their parents in order to do it. Take ‘em to the library for internet access, Powerpoint, Works, reference books, etc. And then the supplies…a $200 graphing calculator…WTF?!?!?! ” <— wow, that’s an inconvenience? amazing philosophy . . .
I’m homeschooled. EVERYTHING is homework
I take honors/AP classes and manage my homework. If I couldn’t, I’d blame it on my deliberate choice to take a rigorous courseload. I really don’t know what other types of classes assign in the way of homework. Personally I think that your standard classes should probably require quite a bit less homework than the harder ones, and from what little I hear of them they tend to do so. So probably not, although I might say that the atmosphere is a bit too competetive rather than intellectually stimulating.
YES!
but only if they are dumb and take ap courses like I did.
otherwise, no, not really. when we buckle down we can usually get it done in two hours or less, if we use smart time management. (not that I ever employ these things……..but, ya know, I am insane, lol.)
~~~megan
eh. depends.
is the teacher in a good mood?
some days yes, some days no
depends on the teacher too
overall though, I’d say no
As a high school senior who happens to be in honors classes…
I’d say no.
The only classes I ever have homework in are math and Physics.
yes, but it’s not that I would mind if it were valid homework that taught me something or helped me learn, the fact is that most homework assigned now a days is busywork. and busywork sucks, it decreases productivity, has no eductaional value and just burns kids out.
All of my kids school work is homework. They are home schooled. But in public schools? From what I’ve seen, yes.
hell yes they do!
Oh, and the homework I ususally have is just Worksheets. But I can’t complain, because I have the three best teachers in the school. We have a large school, 1500 kids, so we have a large staff. I was lucky to have the only three freshman tachers who actually can teach. They lecture, unlike the rest of my teachers, and they actually challenge us. So I don’t mind the homework issue. I have learned more this year then anyother year of my schooling.
YES
Now that I think of it though, I only addresssed high school. I really didn’t have any real homework until high school. My brother is seven and has had homework every night since he started kindergarten. I don’t know what to think of that. Maybe it’s a good thing, since it’s never a lot. But he’s smart, so maybe it just doesn’t take him long. I don’t know. We’ll see the product of the academic environment twenty years from now and then anyone will be able to answer the question in retrospect.
Well I think that we are given vastly different expectations than the years before us. I mean, we are making new discoveries, and we have to learn what lead up to these new discoveries and everything else. I think we have a bit too much, but also, some parents over emphasize it a bit too much and it overwelms kids.
Eva.
LOL! I should say yes because it seems like any homework is too much but it depends on the classes. Sometimes.
Yeah… it’s too much for me sometimes that I don’t even do most of it anymore.
totally
san jose is chock-full of academic monsters… the hw load is unbearable… but its due to the population who comes hear for the education…
to answer the question: yes
HECK YES THEY DO….
I’m so sick of homework I could scream! lol
I don’t know …. my kids are too smart and they never ask me for help so I really don’t know
btw, they always get straight A’s
yes. why is that? is it becasue this generation is treated as adults where there guardians or adult figures, teachers, parents, whatever, treat them too seriously? is our generation growing up too fast? or am i just whining?
In college I do, but only because I chose to take 3 philosophy classes with 2 of them being writing emphasis, anyone who had my schedule would beg for the normal load most of these other people have.
Have a wonderful day, I have to go write a paper
Michael
Most definitely.
It’s kinda weird cuz sometimes all the homework seems to be piled on from all classes, and then at other times, it’s like I have no homework at all.
My school doesn’t give out much homework ’cause of all the literally stupid people in my classes, even though I am a freshman… There’s only like one sheet of work. I thought high school was s’posed to be hard as heck!
*jayne
YES
and THAT’S why we’re all getting obsese…bc we dont have time to go play outside because there’s SO much homework.
sitting at a desk doesnt burn calories….
YESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, in college at least. And they always decide to have things due at the same time. Not fun.
Blah!!!!!!!!!!
I wouldn’t say too much homework, but too much busywork. (Worksheets, useless stuff…)
Yes.
But do they do enough work??
Well… that’s easy:
NO!
it is manageable. i guess it depends on the student, course load, and how easily a student can learn new concepts and finish their work. i have a part-time job but still feel that i usually don’t have too much homework, unless i have to write a paper for english.
You’re damn skippy!! With after-schol activities as they are, I am flooded with homework. Three days out of every five, I’m in school from 7:00 to 4:30. This leaves me doing homework until I have to do dishes, which I follow up with homework. On days that I only stay to the required 2:30, I have karate in the afternoon, leaving me with homework, dishes, homework once again. Most of it is math. …I hate math so much…
Depends on their school. I believe that phrase though, very much so.
I just graduated from high school in 2005, and I’m currently in college. It’s really not the scary, over-worked place people make it out to be. Sure, there’re assignments every day, but they’re not difficult. Any one who complains that they get too much homework, just isn’t doing their’s correctly or effeciently.
No. In high school I did 4 hours a night and it was not too much. I actually enjoyed it. In college, I do about 3 hours a night (average), but the due dates of everything are stickier. I’ll have a week where nothing is due, then a week with four tests and 3-10 page papers due. But I’m a 16 credit-hour honors student, so I guess I did it to myself.
nope
I don’t know about kids…but college students sure DO!
“I don’t know …. my kids are too smart and they never ask me for help so I really don’t know
btw, they always get straight A’s”
Getting straight A’s does not make you smart. I could cheat my way to straight A’s. But I don’t. I get A’s, B’s, and the ususal C. Why? Because some of my teachers are just not meant to teach. The teachers I described earlier I get A’s in. I also get A’s in Gym and the Arts. But why not the others? It’s not because I am stupid. It’s not because I don’t want to learn. It’s because I don’t learn at all. It’s not all your kid’s fault they are getting A’s. I am one of the top students in my class, IQ wise, but I get barely average grades.
I take back what I said about homework before, this comment has just fueled the fire. I think the concept that some teachers are taking about learning is all wrong. I have a teacher that only wants to become a principal. She is so extreme about it, she isn’t even our teacher in the 2nd semestet, so she can work in the office. She gave us to a permanent sub. Even though she really did something stupid by doing so, the new teacher actually wants to teach. He challenges us, so it really isn’t that bad.
But back to my point. Homework is not the issue, it is the teachers. They are the reason the U.S. is falling back acdemiclly. It’s not us. We are molded into what society wants us to be, we don’t mold it. So, as out society becomes more focused on things that we don’t need to be focusig on, we lose our path, and are strayed from the right path. So, then, we fail. It’s that easy.
have you seen the amount of information that kids 50 years ago had to know?? no i don’t think that there is enough homework… —that is not the students fault either!!!
OH hell yes.. I have to do a friggin’ essay on the analogies b/t my life and the life of some fictional character — well, actually he’s not fictional, but whatthefuck, he’s in a goddamn book that I really don’t care about…well, I’m gonna shut up and get back to work on this damn essay.
i’d like to say yes, but honestly, i’ve always just been lazy and let it pile up until the last minute so it just seems like a ton of work… :-/
Yeah, but I’m biased as an overworked kid.
=)
*A*
Lots of world history for a 10 the grade student….its a college class. Most kids dont get alot like a few years ago.
I’d say that sometimes there’s not enough, and sometimes there is entirely too much. In middle school (at least the one I went to) the teachers from all the different subjects spoke with eachother, so you never had too much homework, because each teacher knew what the others were assigning. It’s high school that it becomes a problem. In high school you might end up with the teachers that give you as much homework as possible. I had this one teacher, for English, she demanded SOO much of you, two or three HUGE projects, due close together, PLUS individual night’s homework assignments (usually reading a good deal of a book, and doing study guides and other things of the like) PLUS an Individual Reading Project, which was us reading a book of our choice on our own time that we’d report on later with an annotated bibliography and all. My entire class would BEG and PLEAD for her to stop assigning work, but she called us lazy and continued to assign it. That work PLUS the homework from our other classes AND any college prep stuff/after school activities, and it makes you wonder if kids EVER have free time. I had to make time (procrastinating really) to do the things I wanted to do- like theatre, after school. I’d do homework in my free time, or during breaks there, and during lunch, and during movies in classes, and during free time that I had at all. And I didn’t take AP classes! I didn’t think I could handle the workload. Any wonder as to WHY?
I’m in college now, and it’s sad to say, that I have less work right now than I did in high school.
Couldn’t say…I am no longer a kid, and I have none to answer for.
Although, come to think of it, I was known to have some 12-hour assignments in calculus/trig my senior year of high school. I’d complete it over the course of two days. I know when I was in HS I had practically no social life, I rarely watched TV or did anything “fun” – I just did homework. I wanted homework. I asked for extra homework. Part of it was perfectionism though. I used to make 100% in classes with no bonus just by making a perfect on every essay, test, and worksheet. It’s what I did for entertainment… Before HS I was homeschooled and did 14 different subjects every day. Comparatively, HS and college are very easy.
It really depends on what you want out of life. I wanted a 4.0 and a college scholarship. I got a 3.98 and a college scholarship. Now, if I make a 3.90 or higher, I can get my grad school paid for.
Overall, kids have too little homework. I think 3 hours a night, and 3 hours on the weekend is about right. Of course, that’s providing it’s all real, educational homework given out by caring teachers who actually teach. And parents who actually care enough to make sure that the kid does it and does it on his own.
I’ve been working for three hours, and I still have math, english, and an essay to do. That may answer your question, haha.
Yes! My oldest is in first grade and he has a ton of homework already!!!! He actually started bringing homework home in Kindergarten. My daughter does that now. Sheesh.
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HOLY SHIT YES
the standards of today are RIDICULOUS
in addition to academics
teachers are HARDER on athletes
it’s EXPECTED to have excurricular activites
and today it’s UNEXCEPTABLE to not have AT LEAST 2 honors courses
but even that’s changing now it’s AP
actually… i should study for chem honors now… lol
I think not too much HW but too much to do! Sports and all that crap
my little brother does. his teachers don’t take into account that he has other teachers, too. i guess it wouldn’t be quite as bad, but he has adhd & the pill has worn off by the time it’s homework time. it just takes him longer to do it.
me, personally? i’ve never been one to do homework. it never really worked out for me, but i still haven’t learned to study or do work to this day.
not really; school has been watered down and now when teachers actually expect work to be done, no one wants to do it. i do think too much of the homework is busywork…if they’re going to bog kids down, make it something practical at least. Cheers!
megan
HELL YES
nope
My kids get plenty of homework, but they do seem to be learning. They’re in a parochial school. I guess more homework makes up for the lack on nuns with rulers.
Yes.
In the earlier part of this year, finishing homework and going to bed at 3 AM was normal. Now it’s more like 1 or 2, but that’s more the point where I give up and call it a night (morning?) than actually finishing. There’s too much of each thing, too many projects, too many things that require staying after school or coming in early or working with a group. Teachers have unreasonable expectations of their students- in one 50-minute class period, we were supposed to get into groups, come up with a story incorporating gothic elements, make it into an outline, and she expected us to have time to practice telling the story. The next class we have with her, we have to present it. Fair? I think not.
Just because we’re smart, people assume today’s students are superheroes. We’re not- and we don’t have any more energy or time than anybody else.
Ugh. YES!!!!! Especially with these danged AP and Pre-AP classes.
my school? yes, but thats just cause its private and classical. public? no way!
Specify what kids…
7-10 pages, HA! How about: Real Job for living expenses, Non-paid entrepreneurial internship for a class on a pass/fail basis, professional management research portfolio with at least 30 pages, a 20 minute management presentation, Group marketing research project including a 25 minute presentation and a professionally bound report which will easily exceed 20 pages, all while keeping up a competitive resume and wondering where in the hell I”m going to work when I graduate.
That five page paper I have to write this week will be easy as pie.
Enjoy high school folks…
YES!!!
yes yes yes a million times too much….he is only in 3rd grade….
most of the time the only kids who have too much are the kids with all the extracurricular activites and a job and all the AP classes and the 4.13gpa… Not fair
ok well first of all, i don’t think there’s been a night all year where i’ve gone to bed before 10 30 or 11 00. So for all of you out there who don’t think we get too much homework, shut. up. so m answer is YESS.
No. Kids today are lazy, irresponsible, and have no sense of what the phrase work ethic means. Parents today are too lenient, coddle their kids, and most of them think their little Johnny or Suzy can do no wrong. Administrators today are spineless. School boards are clueless. Politicians are completley out of touch with the real world, caught up in some sort of Leave it to Beaver fantasyland that only exists on Nick at Nite. Doctors, too afraid of law suits from every nincompoop with a working uterus, keep diagnosing and medicating every tike that walks through thier door until each and every youth in America has some sort of acronym disorder following them around for the rest of their academic lives. That leaves teachers handcuffed by idiotic rules, unrealistic hurdles, and classrooms filled with thirty-seven medicated lazy babies whose mommies just wiped their butts for them.
I agree with mike ^^
I think there’s too much time wasted in schools and if it were done more effectively there wouldn’t be as big a need for all the extra homework (a lot of which is busywork anyway).
YES! horribly much!!!
To the people who say honors/AP classes should have more homework than general- those classes are supposed to be more difficult, more advanced subject matter. That doesn’t mean it has to (or should) involve more work. More challenging? Certainly, that’s what the class is for. But there’s no point in giving students extra work “just because” it’s an honors/AP class, as they’re probably being challenged enough with the difficulty of the material.
The other problem with homework is that students are expected to be in numerous extracurriculars as well as volunteer work (by colleges as well as organizations like NHS). During high school there’s all those hours for Driver’s Ed, and of course you’ve got to fit a social life in there somewhere. Then you’ve got to make time for eating, sleeping, and personal hygeine, and where has the time gone? It’s unbelievable the number of people who have panic attacks/nervous breakdowns/other various freaking-out about not having enough time for homework. The obvious argument here is that schoolwork should come first, and while that’s true, when students are told over and over again that colleges only accept you if you have a lot of extracurriculars, they believe they have to manage both, even if it means getting only 3 hours of sleep or so.
Absolutely.
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Lori
Nope. The communist-designed social engineering workplaces that our filthy bureaucrats call “schools” are more concerned with SexEd and untestable creation/evolution debate than true education.
Waaaay too much busy work. And homework that doesn’t work for everyone. Like… oh, say a paper. And this paper is a ‘reasearch paper’. but the teacher force fed you the ‘research’ in the form on non-credible stories. And then you have to do not one, not two, or even three, but ATLEAST four writes and rewrites on this. All of them worth big points. None of them get done because the student had too much homework, he had to make a choice on what got done: the busy work that was worth more, or the crappy little activity that dealt with the paper. So of course he does the busy work thinking tha tthat’ll hurt his grade less. But no. That puny activity disables you from doing the rest of the rewrites, and you fail them all. FSM…. english bites…. Oh! Right. My point. Ermm… yes. Too much.
No! I am class of 1988 and I had more homework than my son does now.
No, I’m in all AP classes at school, and it’s true that I do get a lot of homework, but the amount that is given isn’t impossible to do. I think the real question is how long it takes, because some people might think they have a lot of homework, when in reality, then procrastinate, try to multitask, or just don’t understand the material. I don’t think that people recieve too much homework.
As a “kid,” I’m 15, I’ll be 16 in June. At times it seems like it but teachers have a tendency to assign a lot of assignments in crops. One teacher assigns a term paper, in English you have to read a 300 page book with small print, you have to study for 2 tests, etc.
I’m going to be in IB next school year so…I’m prepared for the heavy workload. I procastinate a lot but I get it all done. I have a 3.8. I’m doing fine. I could do better but…eh…I’m sure I’ll get into the college I want to get into.
No, but I do.
hmm….sometimes.
i sopose it depends on the teacher.
Well it all depends on the person’s responsibilty. Like to take my school for example, it’s a magnet school and expects high quality work. It’s a pass or fail course. The teachers who assign massive assignments expects you to memorize everything within 3 days and take the test on the 3rd. The huge projects are due in one week, including all the other things like essays that you have to complete the grade. Then there’s a high level that’s a little higher than magnet called “topics” is basically the same but goes much much quicker and requires more work to be done. Both levels are college AP courses and are much more rigorous than most high school courses. Heck, I was even told that college was even easier!
But if that person is focused on their work then they don’t need to worry so much. As for me, I am procrasinating right despite the ginormous project that I have due tomorrow and it’s like, 11 PM (I haven’t even started =P). Yeah, I should stop procrasinating.
Im not a kid, but i am stressed right now trying to finish up some work. it is all too much!!!
But maybe i have too many distractions too .. like xanga.
YES!
Right now as a freshman in high school, I’m in 3 honors courses (geometry, biology, and language arts) and also have no study hall. I don’t currently have extra-curricular activities taking up my time after school. The amount of homework I get from night to night varies – some rare nights I’m lucky and have less than an hour, but more often than not, I’ll come home and spend all day, from when I begin at 4:00 to when to I go to bed at 11:00 or later studying and working on assignments. This is something I can handle, but I can’t imagine what I would do if I were involved in sports or more after-school activities. With the amount of homework I have, I feel that if I had any less time to my work in (or any more work to do), I would be unable to finish it all with 100% correctness. I believe that many students, while they may be able to complete the amount of homework they have, are unable to spend enough time on each assigment to achieve a perfect grade.
YES!!! It is ridiculous. They should spend their time during the school hours doing school work instead of so many of the non academic programs they attend almost every day. …like the school fashion shows, and candy selling pitches, etc. Get back to th 3Rs and spend home time with the family.
Or…Homeschool …get the job done in 4 hours and move on to other things.
no, not here.
I think most teachers are turned off in sending homework “home” because most kids are going home to an empty house.
The work does not get done, get’s lost or there just plain no one home to help the kids with their studies.
depends.. sometimes i have alot other times i don’t.. i really like the other days much better =D
It depends.
I’m in all accelerated level classes and the homework volume and difficulty is pretty intense.
YES!
yes
mine don’t get enough!
some. i dont think i ever did though.
i think we get too much hw…esp in college…when teachers can’t correlate on which subject has a paper/project/reading due.
the readings are a waste of time…i don’t do my philosophy readings b/c we go over them in class…so why read? to get the mini details? if he doesn’t talk about them in class…they’ll prolly not be on the test/mid term/exam.
researchers say kids should get 8-9 hours of sleep each night, right? well, they can’t always do that b/c they need to finish their hw. a normal bedtime for me is 2am. i’m not spending all that time doing hw, but a lot of it I am. i have to read for my music class yet. and its almost 1am…
but besides papers and readings and mid terms and exams and homework, my lesson teachers expect me to find time to practice 1 hour of bass a day and 30-45 minutes of violin a day…and i work from 9-11pm…
i don’t really have a social life at college b/c of all that needs to get done…i don’t hang out w/ my floor often b/c of all my hw/work/practicing…
well, off to do some more reading…
Kelly
maybe if they didnt have phones @ such a young age nowadays theyd have enough brain power to complete most of their classwork in school, resulting in less hw.
my little brother is in 2nd grade and has an hour of homework every night. he’s had that since kindergarten, and that’s if he does it every day, if he skips a day he has 2 hours the next night, and it’s just stupid stuff that I as a freshman in highschool have never seen a reason to learn. busywork basically. so I’d say yes.
After being on xanga for as long as I have, I have found one thing to be true.
Students do not get anywhere near enough homework in the Language Arts subjects. Much work is needed in the areas of spelling and punctuation.
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it depends on the class, but overall i’d give it a big “no.” i was just lazy in high school and thought that ANY homework was too much homework.
Nope. Just shorter attention spans. I think they give kids less homework today that I used to get. I am not sure what the standard is here, but back home it was only about 40 minutes a week – about 10 mintues a day – for someone in year 6. I am sure I used to have to put in 20 minutes a night. Just on math. But then, I was also in advanced classes.
HOLY CRAP YES!
By that I mean no, but it’d be nice to not have any to do right now.
But seriously, I think there’s just a lot of stupid homework. It would seem like people would learn more from a straight up study session than from creating a presentation directed towards Jr. Highers. I hate those assignments.
hmwk? whats homework ?
Well, sometimes yes, sometimes no. I take advanced classes and have slight concentration problems, so maybe I’m not the best judge.
But sometimes, yes, homework does pile up (in just one night or in more than one) into a near-insurmountable pile at times. Like the week before spring break.
i know i do!
HECK. YES.
no
yesssssss
no
Not enough..
Compared to the amount of real-life experience they’re getting or learning, I’d think so
Yes, I have to agree with that! Well, maybe not in your country but right here in Malaysia…We’re given a huge load of homework and we have to attend extra curricullar activities after school almost everyday. So yeah, it sucks big time!
This is terrible, but I can’t resist.
We homeschool, so we can look at homework in two ways and still be accurate about it.
All of our work is homework.
Or
We don’t have any homework.
Pick whichever you like.
Are you kidding? They have too little!
seriously man u need to get a life!! u write like 3 weblogs a day!! and ur site is dead boring
only sumtimes…
I’d say no. I’m at a science & math academy with AP higher level classes and I just did my homework right now. Some days are better than others.
I do say they have too much homework…I think that is just a way for the school to try to get the parents involved in their children…not going to happen…unfortunately…now its just more pressure on the kids…something they are not trying to do but that is what happens…the braking down of the family is the worse thing that ever happened to this country…
haha no. kids just say that. some kids make 2 pages of work seem like 20. doing two pages of work is only about 15 minutes.
Ya I think a lot of kids do. My brother really doesn’t get to much though. I’m in college at a tech. school and I really don’t get much either. I guess we are just lucky.
~G~
i’m studying to be a teacher, and it”s not so that teachers assign too much homework (although that is a bit of the problem)… the real problem is the fact that many students today come from broken homes where the parent doesn’t have time or just doesn’t help them with their homework. if the students don’t see a work ethic from their parents for homework, they don’t do as well, and the homework doesn’t get done. teachers need to start making assignments so they get done in class (which means the teacher needs to give students time in class to do it) also, during homeroom, homework could be encouraged.
Yes. But only because they’re not TEACHING them at school. Some of her classes spend time in so many useless activities, then the kids are supposed to take it all home and “learn” it there…
not in public school
Yeah, that’s why we don’t do it, and get bad grades, and have to work minimum wage for the rest of our life
Nope….with all we are required to pack into a school day…if it wasn’t for homework…they’d never get the skill reinforcement they need….
I don’t think so – but I’ve noticed an odd trend. My girls almost never are given homework on a Friday! It makes no sense to me! I would figure that – since they have the whole weekend to work on it – they would get more! Often, they are given homework for multiple classes on a school night which makes it difficult if they have something else that evening! (music lessons, shopping, etc.) As a parent, if one of my girls needs my help with schoolwork, I am more likely to be available on the weekend, as well!
Oh! And don’t get me started about teachers who want something purchased for their class the next day! I am not always available to run to a store on a given evening!!!
I’ll think that next year when I have 8 classes a day, 6 of which will be AP.
and the list goes on and on and on and on…in fact..im doing homework rite now and i’ve been doing it for 3 hours!!!!!!
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i am one of them
at least thats just what i think
my teachers dont give out homework exept for in math. a worksheet a week though now that were nearing the end of the year.
well we kids do have a lill too much hw and then not enough..in my school they dont give us homework only in math and american history.
i dont think the hoework iself is too much, i think that kids have a bunch of other things to do, and the main problem is prioritizing. hw isnt usually before friends, or tv/videogames
yeah right.
after reading over a few other posts… people drag out homework by doing other things at the same time. some could say “i’ve been working on this set of five math problems for three hours!” but at the same time, they’re watching tv, iming friends, calling people on a cell phone, snacking, updating xanga and commenting people, and doing other things, and only working on those problems when they have a second between everything else. add the actual time it takes to do just homework, minus the time of all other distractions, you get a number less than two, which isnt too bad for just one day (finished by 5, the latest!)
My kid does.
I think with all the “extra-curricular” activities and how busy we make our kids lives, that we are training them to be work-a-holics.
judging by what my nieces and nephews have shown me, perhaps too much ineffectual homework. alot of it is simply busy work with no obvious point.
I have a third grader, a fifth grader, and a freshman. I rarely see the third grader or the freshman with homework. The fifth grader gets what seems like a normal amount. But it sure seems like none of them get nearly as much homework as I used to get. Maybe that’s because they all go to public school and I went to Catholic school.
yes…especially those who are in General Studies in college…I can’t wait until I start taking classes for Sports Management…those should be fun…and I wouldn’t mind doing the homework
I don’t think kids have too much homework. They should have different kinds of homework too instead of just coming home & doing this from the book, ie projects that require thoughts.
I mean, school already takes almost half a day, of course one would want to start lazing off and have fun. Or perhaps it’s the problem with everyone startin’ to become lazy and start procrastinating with their homework.
Sounds like you may think so. Myself – IDK.
L,r
my oldest child did a Rotary Youth Exchange for her senior year of high school …in Paris France. She had a ton of work there. The next year her best friend from France came and spent her two week christmas break with us – she brought her homework with her. American children do not have too much homework and don’t get me started on the education system…what a failure. In Europe sports are not a part of the system….you belong to a sport club outside of school to play a sport, their system is much more like our junior college….no wonder we fall behind in education.
No
I sure do…it’s SPRING BREAK and I have to do a whole project about a dumb book we read 5 months ago!
No, they have an efficient amount of homework.
I think it depends on what school you go to. I go to a private school, and the homework load varies, but the average homework loadtakes about 4-5 hours. If I want to practice piano at all, I’m usually up until about 11 or 12.
Its definitely do-able, but I’m the kind of person who needs all 8 hours of sleep…so by the end of a week, I’m exhausted.
It really depends on what classes the kid is taking and what kind of effort he or she is putting forth. Example: In high school, many of my friends took all of the “minimum requirement” classes and barely brought anything home… ever. I on the other hand, had no life. I had several AP and dual credit courses. From about third or fourth grade on, I literally did homework from the time I got home until I went to bed nearly every night. It wasn’t busy work either. It was projects, studying, and catching up. I guess moderation is key. The pay-off: college is pretty much a breeze for me now, whereas many of my peers struggle to balance everything.
Oh and… I went to public school. That has absolutely nothing to do with it.
I don’t think I could really say. I don’t think I have too much homework, but there are a lot of kids who do. I think that some teachers need to give actual homework instead of saying “go home and study” because that dosen’t get done. Even though it may seem like busywork I think that a worksheet is better off because it’s more likely to actually get done than the studying.
yes, but its good that they do it will prepare them for college
Yes! Well.. I don’t ((and i’m in highschool)) but my little sister comes home from 2nd grade everyday with 7 page packets she has to complete…her school is crazy!
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No, not really. But I have found that I am tired of tests that require me to memorize 80 terms… rather than the concepts…
(when there are only 20 concepts on the test anyway)
I don’t believe the amount of homework is the issue, but rather the lack of its effectiveness.
high schoolers do, yes
I think this issue depends 100% on who you are asking.
I go to a wealthier school district where a good amount of homeowrk is given, however many students do not do their homework becuase they have no real neagative consequence for not doing it. If they graduate, they get a car and daddy pays for college. Some students (including myself) do not have this luxury and work a lot harder to keep out grades up in hopes of grants and scolarships.
So for some students it doesn’t really matter, they have the abilty to pick and choose how much homeowrk they do, for the rest of us though I would say we are definatly overworked
I would also say that the homework is extremly inefective, mainly busy work. I am able to learn much more about the world over the summer when I have free time to learn on my own terms with no one forcing me to write essays or memorize math equations.
Yes, most definitely yes.
if you’re doing homework until midnight or later, it is way way too much.
the pressure to perform well is much higher. university used to be an extra, now to get any reasonable job you need an university degree under yer belt, even if one isn’t directly required for that particular job.
YES. And I’m not only saying that just because I am a kid of a today and want to complain about homework. Even in third grade, I would spend 2 hours per night on my homework. High school is worse, of course. I don’t get near the amount of sleep I need, mostly because I’m up trying to finish a bunch of things I will most likely never use again in my life. And because I don’t get enough sleep, I am not as awake as I should be during the day, so I don’t rise to my full potential, and often go into daydream mode. My siblings told me that when they were in high school, they had homework maybe 20 times per year. I don’t remember the last time I didn’t have homework. While I understand that school and homework are helping me to prepare for the real world, I’d not only love some sleep, but I’d love to enjoy my teenage years as much as I can.
No i dont think so. Maybe it’s just that kids have to many different priorities other than homework (tv, video games, internet, the works..)
There are times where it seems like too much. Spring Break this week,but last week every teacher of mine was giving like big project things to get done. Not easy ones either,but big ones that took up a good 4 hours at least each.
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It’s not so much the amount of homework, but the quality of it. If the homework is worthwhile and beneficial, that’s one thing, but too often nowadays teachers are just dishing out busy work. The amount of senseless homework is way too high!
yes and no. i depends on what track the kid is at. like the honors/AP track, or the regular track, or the behind track. those on the regular and behind track at my highschool, i notice, get an average of about an hour of homework; sometimes none or no more than two. that’s decent. i, on the freakin other hand, get on average of three hours, sometimes, but rarely five. that’s hell.
yep
way to much it really sucks when after practice you have to sit for 2 hours to do this shit
YES! My 16 year old daughter had 4 hours of math homework in Algebra last week and that is way to much. This teacher is a nut.
Donna
My kids certainly have WAY more homework than I did… for sure. That’s all my kids have known, though, so it’s not a huge deal in this house. It’s just part of life. They do it, get it done, and move on.
It all depends on what school, what classes, and what student. I have one or two hours of written HW a night with 2 AP at my school. I have a friend who with her classes (3 APs I believe maybe 4) has at least five hours; this amount of time does not include the daily studying each of us should be doing.
There are also things, like studying, that students are expected to do but can usually bypass. So it depends but on a general bases it is hard to juggle everything we are expected to do. Colleges look at more thatn academics, sports and clubs are important now too; so though school may end at two o’clock I may be there unti seven or eight. It is at that point I think the HW is a bit excessive.
Yes, far too much. I used to spend up to eight hours a day on homework when I was in high school, if I had a busy week. It gets worse in higher grades. It’s even worse when students are expected to take AP classes and have multiple extracurriculars to get into good colleges.
YES WE DO
ummm i can’t speak for all kids but i go to a special school for science and technology and i have to say that we get about 1-2 hours of homework a night except most of it is bullshitted so it only takes about 20 minutes. but the real question should be: do kids get enough sleep a night? dude. i get 7 hours if i am lucky; supposedly the recommended is 9 hours… jeeze…
it depends on their age. and sometimes i wonder if they even have enough.
It really depends who you are and what you take. For me, it really started to hit hard in 10th grade, but that was because i took/take AP classes and every teacher is convinced their subject is by far the most important. But i do schoolwork more quickly than pretty much everyone in school and i’m still staying up until nearly midnight. So i can’t even imagine what it’s like for people in the same classes as me that have bad study skills or a harder time focusing.
But most people are really just too lazy and complain way too much.
yes. i think so.
I’m so far out of school I have no idea. In general though, I’ve learned that homework is not so much about learning out of school as it is about teaching discipline — a kid who doesn’t do homework in school is not going to be a reliable person in real life as he or she becomes an adult.
no i take that back. i think it depends on the student and the day, depending on who you are, the class your in, it all really differs. but at days i would think yes i do definatly have wayyy to much homework.
Nah, when you get older, you figure out how to get around doing homework. I usually have only around 1-2 hours at night tops. That’s not that much.
Pesky
No, they need more. Just listen to the way they talk.
kids should shut up. then be slapped. then do their homework. in that order. forever.
Being a “kid” myself, I can confidently say I have no trouble with the homework I get so I don’t consider it a lot.
in elementary school, yes. in junior high / highschool, i haven’t had much problem except every once in a while.
wayyy to much!!
yes, are you kidding?
i have hours upon hours of homework.
stupid AP.
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i don’t think so.. i have not done homework in 2 years and i am in school. i still have all A’s and B’s. i think i am doing pretty good for no homework
NO! Let me tell you something…I teach middle school in Florida (Granted, we’re not the best state for education and we can thank Bush’s little brother for that one), but we’re not supposed to give homework because the kids won’t do it. I’m talking the easiest assignments-they won’t get returned. There are tons of kids going into high schools all over the country who haven’t done a shred of homework, either because it wasn’t assigned, or because they never did it in the first place and are being passed on even though they failed all their classes. (Which only sets them up for failure in high school, which I think is waayyyyy worse! WHO MAKES THESE RULES??!!)
But first, let’s define a lot. How much is too much? Isn’t it fair that students be introduced to a topic or a subject in class, and then they take that information home and learn something about it independently? Something to share with the other students in class the next day? Why must everything be spoon-fed to everybody? We are teaching a generation of students who only know how to write 5 paragraph essays and who only regurgitate what they heard in class. Because there’s no independent work done at home-they are a group of learners struggling…
Yet on the homefront I can see the problem. In most homes both parents are working, and by the time they get home and everyone is fed, even an hour of homework can seem like way too much. The other problem is that students don’t seem to get a reward for their hard work…It just doesn’t seem to be important-there’s no pay off. Grades don’t seem to matter to most of my students, nor does it to their parents. Teachers have somehow become the enemy! And, how does math homework compare to being online and updating their own Myspace.com or their Xanga, or listening to their ipod or watching tv? I don’t know. The one thing I’m definitely worried about are the students these days. They are losing out. That’s not to say that some teachers don’t give too much homework-you’ll always have those, but dammit-our students in this country are getting dumber and dumber each year. We’re dumbing down our curriculum so they’ll pass the state tests. In comparison with other countries, we definitely educate our students in the way that everyone is required to get an education, but the quality is so low. This is why so many people from other countries are coming in and taking our jobs. It’s a sad situation, and no one seems to really take it seriously.
One other thing, and I apologize for the rant. Really, I do. But, go online and spend five minutes learning about how say Japanese students are doing in comparison to our students. Find out how much homework they have. Oh, and ask your kids some questions you think they should know. For example, if your kids are over 11 they should be able to answer these questions in less than 2 minutes easy: What two colors mixed make green? What states surround Ohio?Who is the Vice President of the US? What year was the Declaration of Indepence signed? And: Have them name 10 presidents; Ask them who their favorite author is because they should have one; and ask them what the difference is between a noun and a verb. Oh, and for extra fun, ask them to write a real letter-with all the parts where they belong.
Let me know how they do!! I hope they do great!
Yes, I had to do a report on this subject. In an average day someone in high school would wake up around 6 AM go to school, Then maybe go to their job Mcdonalds(as an example), and combine that with extra activities (clubs, extra cred. etc.). And on top of that there’s 2-3 hours+ of homework, which the majority of is pointless. Which in all leaves no time for people to relax or hang out with their friends.
Sometimes I find myself overloaded with homework, but more often than not it is okay.
It depends on what courses one is involved in.
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Depends on the teachers, I think. Most often I think it’s way too much though. I spend an average four hours on it each night, on top of the eight that I spend in school during the day.
…Oh! And it of course depends on the person and how fast/efficient they can work. But still… I’d go with yes. hah
sometimes. usually around the time before a vacation they pack it in.
Yes.
I’m only in middle school and some nights it takes me 7 hours to do my homework. (I’m not multitasking or anything either.)
But maybe I’m just slow.
Yes!!!!! I completely say that we have too much homework! I get at least 3 to 4 hours everynight, and I’m only in 8th grade (and all advanced classes but still).
They need to lighten up. I’m already busy as it is and very burnt out from school work.
a kid? nope.
depend what grade.
I usually don’t actually and if I manage my time wisely, it’s actually hardly any at all. But of course, I’m a total procrastinator. But the projects are what kills me. I’ve had at least 7 this semester which began in January and it’s really hard. Especially since they’re on the weekends and I usually don’t have time to do stuff on the weekends since my mom makes plans for me to do stuff to help her or go somewhere.
yes
It really depends on the teacher…and the subject. A good deal of homework is necessary in high school if the class is going to progess at an acceptable pace, but in elementary school too much homework teaches children to hate school and subsequently learning unless they can maturely separate the two! No idea about college since I’ve yet to go! I’ve gone to 3 different high schools, and at each of them I’ve had my moments when I felt like collapsing as well as times to relax. Some of you guys are saying that your schools’ honors classes have more homework than the lower tracks, but mine seems the opposite. The college prep teachers load the students down with busywork while our AP/honors teachers have more discussion-based classes with necessary but enjoyable papers, projects, whatever. (I learn more like that!) Unless it’s Calculus…then you’re just going to see it integrals drawn in the sky and in your dreams from practicing so much. To bring all this nonsense I’ve written together, when I have a huge load I understand why it’s necessary and deal…unless the teacher just…I guess I should end this.
too much useless homework – worksheets assigned just for the heck of it consume so much of my time. most is bearable, but sometimes the teachers all seem to just pile it on at the same exact time. like now. back to the dbq now.
Only for those in more advance schools (The big, import schools parents want to put their smart kids)
of course. i have homework in gym. and that’s just wrong.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yes! especially with all the extra-curriculars that my school expects from us
It depends on the teacher, the school, the time of year, and the age, I think.
Funny you should say that, recently in class we had to discuss the amount of homework…America is the worst school system when it comes to academics.
Not really.
HELL YES
heck yeah!
Well, if I did my homework I’d be able to tell you… I think we get a lot of information shoved into us that we’re expected to study and memorize on our own, plus busywork and longer-term projects that take up a lot of time, effort, and mental capacity in addition to just studying. But mostly, I think it would be a more bearable amount if we didn’t also have a bunch of activities that we feel we need to participate in outside of school, and of course the dreaded c-word- COLLEGE. I was getting pressured to think about what courses I should be taking for college as early as my freshman year. So, I think what I’m feeling here is the junior-year-itis; that is to say, the pressure that I’ve been feeling for some time now is getting worse. Of course, I’m an honors student, so I don’t do my homework (seriously, you’d think we’d be the most studious but it’s really the opposite, at least at my school), but I’m still feelin’ the burn.
Depends on the teacher.
As far as my math homework, yes.
ome teachers don’t give as much however. It’s usually one subject that you spend three hours doing.
yes… so many worksheets that it’s starting to look like sh!t.
Yes
The question should be: Why do teachers give too much hw?
The last two weeks has nothing but proj. after proj, test after test, and lots of hw.
–and i’m not exagerating
well
i dont like it at all, but i can deal with it, i still have time too have a life.
yes
I can just show you my backpack and that will answer the question perfectly. Kids in advanced courses get a hell of a lot of homework…and that sucks because I am in 3 of those classes…
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omg yes!! i have a stack about 11 inches thick just about everynight of homework….its so hard and it takes me over 4 hours to do most of it. usually i have to quit and do it in the morning and my spare hour. its so tough…
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HELL YEAH!
They’re certainly making homework more difficult for those in elementary school… Yesterday, my 10-year-old sister was reading her school textbook out loud, when I heard her say “peripheral nervous system.” Wondering if I heard it right, I asked her what it meant, which she promptly defined for me. I didn’t learn anything about the nervous system until I was in biology, and she’s being asked to define the central/peripheral nervous system in 5th grade! o_o
Being a teenager, I would have to say yes. Then again, I’m also responsible because I take all honors classes. -.-;
If projects are homework then Yes we got one project after another and another. our englich teacher and social studies teachers team up to put extra homework on random days
Ban Homework!
At the school district my children go/went to, the have SLCs (Small Learning Communities) My son was in one labeled, “College Prep” and he had very little homework. My daughter is in another one for honors and IB (International Baccalaureate) and she has much more homework. I would say my daughter has slightly more homework than I did 20 years ago and my son had as much as I did in 2nd grade or so.
The drastic difference in the level and quality of education each of them were given is a major point of anger for me.
no, if the assignments are effective…
if you think there is too much homework, blame Bush for giving out the extremely over the top demanding standards No Child Left Behind rules for teachers… have you seen them??
on top of other ‘extracurriculars’…yes
plus, we probably have more than kids did 20 years ago
No, we don’t.
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No.
Yes they do but i probably only say that cuz im in 9th grade.But my parents dont ever help me with it because they dont know it.They(my parents) say i get too much and its too hard.
But then i dont really have much homework.But i still have 3 years to go.
WAY too much if you ask me.
They dont have ENOUGH homework. Thats why theres so many uneducated people around
yes. give us a break, gosh…
Yes, just as people are putting too many hours at their jobs-compared to years ago-it used to be more about family.
yes indeed
Too much homework given. Evil schools can be.
yes! doing that and not enough time being a kid
no…kids today are just better at wasting their time because they have more entertainment.
It may just be at my school, a liberal arts/classical school, but I have about 3 hours every night. 3 hours of precalculus, chemistry, greek, latin, spanish, literature, theology, and speech.
NOT ENOUGH.
I go to the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy where we have 4+ hours of homework a night. YES we have way too much homework.
yes
balancing job + trying to find scholarships + a gazillion extra curriculars + trying to find your free time all while juggling with 8 APs. YES.
kids are expected to do more than they can
they want to get into competitive colleges
that is why we have so much homework
Hell yes.
I dont know if its too much homework, or just to much to do altogether.
yes..no joke..they really do have a lot
No
Absolutely YES~
Nope.
Kids still manage to get high.
Kids still manage to get arrested.
Kids still manage to flunk out.
Not even close.
Actually, here in MS, we barely have any at all…we had more in elementary school…
Well, i’m in 6th grade, and i don’t have any homework.
I don’t believe that kids today have too much homework. What they do have more of “nowadays” compared to years ago are activities available to them. There is so much pressure to do EVERYTHING — sports, ballet, music lessons, etc etc etc. The kids are so into everything that they don’t know how to say no, or prioritize.
um. at least personally, at my school, not really. i could have more. but im only a freshman so maybe that has something to do with it.
yes, yes, yes
no, they have parents that are too busy.