I am stumped by the amount of homework my kids bring home. Especially on holidays and weekends. I don’t ever remember getting that much homework when I was a kid. My kids’ school has stairs so a book-bag on wheels would be a bit of a hassle, but I’m afraid we’re raising, yes, smart kids but also over-worked ones with bad backs.
Perhaps this is only in a few places. My kids are straight A and B students and the sign when you drive into our town says one of the top 100 schools in the United States. I think perhaps they are trying to keep on that list. My kids barely have time for extra- curricular activities. And yes, they are elementary students. And I am an involved mother who helps them with their homework. A lot of the parents in town have had the same complaints.
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hello
less homework more days off….
when i went to school. we had no more than 10 days off with all holidays..
count up close to a month..
My school’s motto is Just spell no
I agree with you. It seems like the kids aren’t able to just be kids anymore, due to all the extra homework. Not only that, but recess has been cut back on too. When do children get the time to use their imagination?
yeah i agree. they get so much homework.they dont have time to have fun or spend time with their families. complain it to your child’s school
I disagree. I think kids today are learning less (with major focus going to English and Math) than we did and are a lot lazier. They don’t get any more homework, they just don’t focus to get it done as quickly as we did - we wanted to get done so we could go out to play.
My daughters are in the 4th and 5 grades and both have homework packets that are given to them on Monday and are due the following Monday - they are about 20-25 pages worth of homework, plus they have book reports, investigation projects and other reports due throughout the year. I think that parents don’t want to be as involved as our parents did, and don’t spend the time helping and working with their kids.
What I’ve witnessed, with my grand daughters being in school, is they get bored because the teachers are NOT challenging them enough.
Children, who you label ‘over-worked’, need this to develop good work ethics for the future.
Depending on the grade; most middle and high schools give each student a locker. The locker is a place to store what books (or materials) you don’t need for the next class. Using a locker would help a child NOT to have to drag a wheeled book-bag to each class with them, therefore, a child will NOT have a bad back if they use their locker properly.
If you child is still in elementary school - then most of them have ‘cubbies’ for each children and they store all of their stuff until they need them.
my son is in the 4th grade he has plenty of homework,but he does his at school in his spare time.he hasn’t brung any homework home as far as i can remember in the last 4 months.the school he goes to is rated as being way beyond their standards,they had put it in the paper about which school had the highest ratings and his school was one that didn’t past,and he hates that school real bad he wants me to switch him to a better school but school will be out for summer on June 8th.if i have to next yr i’ll just send him to a Church School.
