Current Events > How much HOMEWORK is TOO much for a kid EVERY NIGHT in HIGH SCHOOL?

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Let's say an average of 4 classes per day, 6 classes being taken overall.
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There is no such thing as too much homework.
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At four classes a day, there should be no homework.
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Mandatory homework is bullshit. I did not do homework a single time in high school. Had mostly A's and B's with the occasional high C.
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Millennials posted...

Mandatory homework is bullshit. I did not do homework a single time in high school. Had mostly A's and B's with the occasional high C.

I think I know the kind of high school you studied in.
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faizan_faizan posted...

I think I know the kind of high school you studied in.

Don't dilly dally. Get on with it then.
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I literally never did homework in HS unless it was a big project ( test grade) and got As on every test, making me a perfect C student
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There are certain types of homework that are simply unacceptable, like notes which are then graded or a fuckton of the exact same problem.
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Its all relative. Not every kid takes the same amount of time to do their homework. What takes some kids a few hours could take another kid 20 minutes.
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Homework is very important to help the child become responsible and a hard worker. People who tend to not do their homework end up working on retail or on hospitality.
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If I did a quarter of my homework all through high school it was a miracle. I did the big project stuff passing the class depended on. All the other daily bs could burn.
My argument always was that I never saw any of the adults in my life bringing their work home with them from their jobs so why the hell did I have all this bs thrust on me. Just fuck it.
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don't most modern studies show that kids don't really learn from most homework?
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Homework is nothing more than pointless busywork. It's similar to when the teacher decides to show documentaries all class.
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If I had homework I either did it:

A) On the bus
B) During lunch or during the class before the class it was for

but I don't remember having too much homework
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What's the schedule like though? 4 classes a day, but 8 classes total?

I would say an hour and a half for 4 classes a day should be the max. It depends heavily on what the classes are too though.
Or maybe the classes should be taught more efficiently... hm.
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Hexenherz posted...

4 classes a day, but 8 classes total?

wackyteen posted...

Let's say an average of 4 classes per day, 6 classes being taken overall.

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An hour a class is about right. That's about how it averaged out for me.
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There should be little to no homework. At least for the lower grade levels. Cutting into a child's playtime and disrupting a parent's already, busy day. Doesn't seem all that great or productive.

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prince_leo posted...

don't most modern studies show that kids don't really learn from most homework?

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When i was in high school we had 7 classes a day. What's this four daily classes thing?
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Kineth posted...

An hour a class is about right. That's about how it averaged out for me.

So you went to school for, what, 7 hours a day then spent at least another 4 hours of your day on that

that's nearly half a full 24 hour day spent on school. <_<
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wackyteen posted...

Hexenherz posted...

4 classes a day, but 8 classes total?

wackyteen posted...

Let's say an average of 4 classes per day, 6 classes being taken overall.

rofl nevermind
Well that's an interesting schedule.

But yeah... I still think... an hour and a half to two hours (half hour per class), but that's a lot when school days can drag on 7-8 hours.
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Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

When i was in high school we had 7 classes a day. What's this four daily classes thing?

we had hour and a half long classes at my high school
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Also my wife teaches 5th grade. She gives classwork. This is work to be completed in class. Anything not done in class must be done at home.
The kids are given ample time in class to work and ask questions. Yet the parents still cry about homework despite the fact that their shit kid jacked around in class when he could've been working on it
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wackyteen posted...

Let's say an average of 4 classes per day, 6 classes being taken overall.

What. Do any school actually have schedule like that?

Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

Also my wife teaches 5th grade. She gives classwork. This is work to be completed in class. Anything not done in class must be done at home.
The kids are given ample time in class to work and ask questions. Yet the parents still cry about homework despite the fact that their shit kid jacked around in class when he could've been working on it

A lot of my "homework" wound up being stuff I just did quickly in class anyways.
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More than an hour total.

School is 7 hours long. Homework combined with it should not breech 8 hours.
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wackyteen posted...

Kineth posted...

An hour a class is about right. That's about how it averaged out for me.

So you went to school for, what, 7 hours a day then spent at least another 4 hours of your day on that

that's nearly half a full 24 hour day spent on school. <_<

Yeah, I was a fucking nerd. I also put some of it off for weekends.
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Youre in school 8 hours a day. Make it be done then.
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Homework is counter productive and I don't think children should get it at all.
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I'm a teacher and I rarely assign homework just for the fact that kids rarely ever actually do it. It becomes a waste of paper (that I have to pay for anyway). If i was at a better school I'd probably assign readings so that class discussion can flow better/faster or maybe a short DBQ.
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I do consider lab reports and essays to be homework as well in case that wasn't understood.
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4+ hours a night (for all classes combined). I think spending 3 to do homework and study is fair.
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2 hours per subject sounds about right. If kids are free before dinner time they are getting too little work.
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It depends on what type of homework.

Back when I was in high school, homework assignments like "Color the map", "Draw a picture depicting _ from this book", etc. felt stupid and pointless.
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the4got10-1 posted...

2 hours per subject sounds about right. If kids are free before dinner time they are getting too little work.

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I think 2 hours a night is good. I used to go to a private high school. We had maybe 3-4 hours a night of homework. That was excessive imo.

Siaperaz posted...

Homework is very important to help the child become responsible and a hard worker. People who tend to not do their homework end up working on retail or on hospitality.

You're joking. Kids simply cheat together to complete it, inflating their grade and as a result, their opportunities. Or they simply just won't do it.

There's no correlation between kids who do homework, and what jobs they end up with. I'd say the ones who don't do homework are more efficient, because they rightfully see it as a waste of time.
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I don't agree with having mandatory homework. If a child needs help with a particular type of problem they can do some of the problems from the book. If you know the material you shouldn't have to do homework. Homework was responsible for lowering my grades in school even though I did fine on tests.
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I like homework because its good test practice plus its easy 10-25% of your grade.
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ssj3vegeta2 posted...

I like homework because its good test practice plus its easy 10-25% of your grade.

This. I felt like I didn't need to study that much because I always did my homework. It's a good habit to get into for later in college.
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I see homework as the equivalent of an adult coming home from work, and then having to do another hour of work for free.
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Honestly, I dropped out of college because I didn't homework because I never developed good homework practices while in school.
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Homework is extra useless (philosophy on it aside) these days because it isn't practice for anything except kids looking up the answers to everything on the internet.

Putting a question into Google for any subject yields the answer almost 100% of the time and nobody, kid or adult, is going to do work when a shortcut is easily available.

Tbh I'm convinced technology is one of the main problems in education in that regard.
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0TiamaT0 posted...

I see homework as the equivalent of an adult coming home from work, and then having to do another hour of work for free.

Which is why I say 1 hour of homework should be the standard, since school (at least for mine) lasts 7 hours, and the extra hour of homework makes it equal to your average work day.
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homework is a joke and there's a reason countries that don't assign it blow north American education systems away
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Dat_Cracka_Jax posted...

When i was in high school we had 7 classes a day. What's this four daily classes thing?

This. I had 9 classes per day, 40 minutes per class.
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prince_leo posted...

don't most modern studies show that kids don't really learn from most homework?

Yes. Absolutely.
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The gold standard at my school was 1 hour of homework per class, with seven classes per day. It was actually idiotic and I rarely did it.

Thats one of the more passive benefits of block scheduling. It helps prevent overzealous teachers from doubling up on large assignments and taking over students lives.
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Puglia77 posted...

This. I had 9 classes per day, 40 minutes per class.

that sounds horrible.
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