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Anonymous
| Tour guide at NCS (US) said after 30 min on a subject they can stop working and tell teacher next day that homework exceeded limit. I think that's total BS |
Anonymous
| I think NCS is trying - but expect a LOT of work!! |
Anonymous
DD's school teachers pack on work at THEIR convenience. No coordination or planning and if there is any none care. Some teachers are bullies. |
Anonymous
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Maybe it's the case that each one thinks that their class should be the one you spend the most time on?
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Anonymous
Depends on the kid. Mine does most of it during study hall at school. But to hear her talk you would think that she spent her evenings slaving away at the computer. I wish they had more homework. |
Anonymous
Whiner. |
Anonymous
| That's mean pp. It is stressful on the whole family when the kids have tons of homework. |
Anonymous
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For an NCS MS mostly-A student, the load averages about 5 hours a WEEK. Mondays are trickier because there is no study hall during school, so if she has an activity on Monday afternoon she can get caught short of time.
Homework that requires cooperation (or is done with breaks for texting...) can go on and on, but that's more socializing than thinking. Sometimes a task will excite her and she'll work really hard on rewriting it and perfecting it. But that's maybe an hour every week or two. And yes, some assignments get knocked off in four minutes. I can wish they were more challenging, and maybe for some kids they are, or maybe those girls are more careful or more deliberate. There are girls getting C's and D's; I do not know how many hours of homework they are doing. |
Anonymous
In my experience where there are complaints of "tons of homework" the kids are wasting time in the school day and procrastinating at night. (Very occasionally the school is too difficult for a particular kid, and that is stressful.). But to accuse all of the child's teachers of not caring and assigning work only for THEIR convenience is silly at best, and kind of nasty. So yeah, it was an aggressively whiny post. |
Anonymous
That is the official policy though. |
Anonymous
| My DD daughter graduated from NCS a few years ago and I can tell you that it's rough. To begin, don't get all worked up because the teachers aren't really that great. Basically, they're sent the best and act as if they're gods. I'll bet half of them couldn't survive a day in a public school. The Merry-Go-Round that is NCS goes faster and faster every year because the slower kids get off the ride. If you're looking for help you've come to the wrong place. One of my daughter's friends left to attend BCC and was much happier and managed to get into an Ivy. The more I talked to her about her experiences the more I came to realize that she was very emotionally well-balanced. |
Anonymous
| My DD is in upper school at NCS. I thought the lighter load in middle school was fantastic -- the work itself was just as stimulating but my DD had more time to actually absorb and enjoy what she was learning. Now that she is in upper school, the load has ramped up significantly. Those of you who are whining that your daughters aren't getting enough homework in MS will get your payoff. |