Should homework be banned ?

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Anonymous wrote:No. We need to go the opposite direction and restore it in ES and MS.

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I agree! Restore homework, especially in upper ES and in MS!

If MS students had 20-30 minutes of homework for each class they take each day, they'd only have 60-90 minutes of homework each night because they only take 4 classes each day, and certain classes (PE and Mascot Time) do not have homework. So even if a kid had a tough schedule (four core classes in one day), that means their other day is much easier, so they can split the homework up over the two days.

The schools not giving homework is contributing to the laziness of this generation.

4 x 30 is 120 minutes aka 2 hours. You want 12-14 year old kids to spend upwards of 8 hrs per week on homework?

My kid had a good 2 hrs of HW every night in MS. It prepared him well for a challenging HS and now he thinks college is easy.

When you are a student, your "job" is schoolwork. 8 hours a week sounds fine for MS, and probably keeps some kids from getting into trouble online and out of the home.

We really need to stop the idea that all MS kids will be nothing but trouble unless kept busy at all times. Their kids, and they should act like it. My friends and I had no problems being kids when we were in MS. No trouble and still had tons of fun.

I think you might need to do some English homework yourself.

Homework shouldn't be excessive, but having 20 minutes of math, 20 minutes of World Language, 20 minutes of English, and 20 minutes of other subjects combined is not excessive.

80 minutes in one night is a lot.

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Anonymous wrote:No. We need to go the opposite direction and restore it in ES and MS.

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I agree! Restore homework, especially in upper ES and in MS!

If MS students had 20-30 minutes of homework for each class they take each day, they'd only have 60-90 minutes of homework each night because they only take 4 classes each day, and certain classes (PE and Mascot Time) do not have homework. So even if a kid had a tough schedule (four core classes in one day), that means their other day is much easier, so they can split the homework up over the two days.

The schools not giving homework is contributing to the laziness of this generation.

4 x 30 is 120 minutes aka 2 hours. You want 12-14 year old kids to spend upwards of 8 hrs per week on homework?

My kid had a good 2 hrs of HW every night in MS. It prepared him well for a challenging HS and now he thinks college is easy.

When you are a student, your "job" is schoolwork. 8 hours a week sounds fine for MS, and probably keeps some kids from getting into trouble online and out of the home.

We really need to stop the idea that all MS kids will be nothing but trouble unless kept busy at all times. Their kids, and they should act like it. My friends and I had no problems being kids when we were in MS. No trouble and still had tons of fun.

I think you might need to do some English homework yourself.

Homework shouldn't be excessive, but having 20 minutes of math, 20 minutes of World Language, 20 minutes of English, and 20 minutes of other subjects combined is not excessive.

80 minutes in one night is a lot.

+1

One hour and twenty minutes ? Sounds reasonable to me.

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Anonymous wrote:No. We need to go the opposite direction and restore it in ES and MS.

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I agree! Restore homework, especially in upper ES and in MS!

If MS students had 20-30 minutes of homework for each class they take each day, they'd only have 60-90 minutes of homework each night because they only take 4 classes each day, and certain classes (PE and Mascot Time) do not have homework. So even if a kid had a tough schedule (four core classes in one day), that means their other day is much easier, so they can split the homework up over the two days.

The schools not giving homework is contributing to the laziness of this generation.

4 x 30 is 120 minutes aka 2 hours. You want 12-14 year old kids to spend upwards of 8 hrs per week on homework?

My kid had a good 2 hrs of HW every night in MS. It prepared him well for a challenging HS and now he thinks college is easy.

When you are a student, your "job" is schoolwork. 8 hours a week sounds fine for MS, and probably keeps some kids from getting into trouble online and out of the home.

We really need to stop the idea that all MS kids will be nothing but trouble unless kept busy at all times. Their kids, and they should act like it. My friends and I had no problems being kids when we were in MS. No trouble and still had tons of fun.

I think you might need to do some English homework yourself.

Homework shouldn't be excessive, but having 20 minutes of math, 20 minutes of World Language, 20 minutes of English, and 20 minutes of other subjects combined is not excessive.

80 minutes in one night is a lot.

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One hour and twenty minutes ? Sounds reasonable to me.

That isn’t reasonable. Also some students will take longer than the 20 minutes the teacher thinks it will take. So let’s assume 30 min, which now puts the total at 120 minutes. That’s excessive. Plus, kids are tired after a long day and may have an activity. Where does reading for pleasure fit in? It doesn’t if there is this much homework. This is not sustainable.

I think math homework and some pleasure reading or reading an assigned novel is appropriate in elementary school or even in middle. Most assignments can be done in class that support learning.

High school - I think maybe an hour or so would be ok.

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Anonymous wrote:No. We need to go the opposite direction and restore it in ES and MS.

+1

I agree! Restore homework, especially in upper ES and in MS!

If MS students had 20-30 minutes of homework for each class they take each day, they'd only have 60-90 minutes of homework each night because they only take 4 classes each day, and certain classes (PE and Mascot Time) do not have homework. So even if a kid had a tough schedule (four core classes in one day), that means their other day is much easier, so they can split the homework up over the two days.

The schools not giving homework is contributing to the laziness of this generation.

4 x 30 is 120 minutes aka 2 hours. You want 12-14 year old kids to spend upwards of 8 hrs per week on homework?

My kid had a good 2 hrs of HW every night in MS. It prepared him well for a challenging HS and now he thinks college is easy.

When you are a student, your "job" is schoolwork. 8 hours a week sounds fine for MS, and probably keeps some kids from getting into trouble online and out of the home.

We really need to stop the idea that all MS kids will be nothing but trouble unless kept busy at all times. Their kids, and they should act like it. My friends and I had no problems being kids when we were in MS. No trouble and still had tons of fun.

I think you might need to do some English homework yourself.

Homework shouldn't be excessive, but having 20 minutes of math, 20 minutes of World Language, 20 minutes of English, and 20 minutes of other subjects combined is not excessive.

80 minutes in one night is a lot.

No, it is not! It is alarming that you think 80 minutes of homework each night is excessive.

Even if you think it is, remember that middle school students don't have these subjects every day, so they'd wind up with 40-60 minutes of math, 40-60 minutes of World Language, 40-60 minutes of English, and 40-60 minutes of other subjects combined each week. If they can't handle that amount of homework, at the age of 12-14, there is a significant problem.

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Anonymous wrote:No. We need to go the opposite direction and restore it in ES and MS.

+1

I agree! Restore homework, especially in upper ES and in MS!

If MS students had 20-30 minutes of homework for each class they take each day, they'd only have 60-90 minutes of homework each night because they only take 4 classes each day, and certain classes (PE and Mascot Time) do not have homework. So even if a kid had a tough schedule (four core classes in one day), that means their other day is much easier, so they can split the homework up over the two days.

The schools not giving homework is contributing to the laziness of this generation.

4 x 30 is 120 minutes aka 2 hours. You want 12-14 year old kids to spend upwards of 8 hrs per week on homework?

My kid had a good 2 hrs of HW every night in MS. It prepared him well for a challenging HS and now he thinks college is easy.

When you are a student, your "job" is schoolwork. 8 hours a week sounds fine for MS, and probably keeps some kids from getting into trouble online and out of the home.

We really need to stop the idea that all MS kids will be nothing but trouble unless kept busy at all times. Their kids, and they should act like it. My friends and I had no problems being kids when we were in MS. No trouble and still had tons of fun.

I think you might need to do some English homework yourself.

Homework shouldn't be excessive, but having 20 minutes of math, 20 minutes of World Language, 20 minutes of English, and 20 minutes of other subjects combined is not excessive.

80 minutes in one night is a lot.

+1

One hour and twenty minutes ? Sounds reasonable to me.

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We really do have a problem with coddling and holding our children back if people think middle school students shouldn't be able to handle 80 minutes of homework each night.

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Anonymous wrote:No. We need to go the opposite direction and restore it in ES and MS.

+1

I agree! Restore homework, especially in upper ES and in MS!

If MS students had 20-30 minutes of homework for each class they take each day, they'd only have 60-90 minutes of homework each night because they only take 4 classes each day, and certain classes (PE and Mascot Time) do not have homework. So even if a kid had a tough schedule (four core classes in one day), that means their other day is much easier, so they can split the homework up over the two days.

The schools not giving homework is contributing to the laziness of this generation.

4 x 30 is 120 minutes aka 2 hours. You want 12-14 year old kids to spend upwards of 8 hrs per week on homework?

My kid had a good 2 hrs of HW every night in MS. It prepared him well for a challenging HS and now he thinks college is easy.

When you are a student, your "job" is schoolwork. 8 hours a week sounds fine for MS, and probably keeps some kids from getting into trouble online and out of the home.

We really need to stop the idea that all MS kids will be nothing but trouble unless kept busy at all times. Their kids, and they should act like it. My friends and I had no problems being kids when we were in MS. No trouble and still had tons of fun.

I think you might need to do some English homework yourself.

Homework shouldn't be excessive, but having 20 minutes of math, 20 minutes of World Language, 20 minutes of English, and 20 minutes of other subjects combined is not excessive.

80 minutes in one night is a lot.

+1

One hour and twenty minutes ? Sounds reasonable to me.

+1

We really do have a problem with coddling and holding our children back if people think middle school students shouldn't be able to handle 80 minutes of homework each night.

DP
I think it sounds like a lot. Why then would you not just advocate for extending the school day by 80 minutes?

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Anonymous wrote:No. We need to go the opposite direction and restore it in ES and MS.

+1

I agree! Restore homework, especially in upper ES and in MS!

If MS students had 20-30 minutes of homework for each class they take each day, they'd only have 60-90 minutes of homework each night because they only take 4 classes each day, and certain classes (PE and Mascot Time) do not have homework. So even if a kid had a tough schedule (four core classes in one day), that means their other day is much easier, so they can split the homework up over the two days.

The schools not giving homework is contributing to the laziness of this generation.

4 x 30 is 120 minutes aka 2 hours. You want 12-14 year old kids to spend upwards of 8 hrs per week on homework?

My kid had a good 2 hrs of HW every night in MS. It prepared him well for a challenging HS and now he thinks college is easy.

When you are a student, your "job" is schoolwork. 8 hours a week sounds fine for MS, and probably keeps some kids from getting into trouble online and out of the home.

We really need to stop the idea that all MS kids will be nothing but trouble unless kept busy at all times. Their kids, and they should act like it. My friends and I had no problems being kids when we were in MS. No trouble and still had tons of fun.

I think you might need to do some English homework yourself.

Homework shouldn't be excessive, but having 20 minutes of math, 20 minutes of World Language, 20 minutes of English, and 20 minutes of other subjects combined is not excessive.

80 minutes in one night is a lot.

+1

One hour and twenty minutes ? Sounds reasonable to me.

That isn’t reasonable. Also some students will take longer than the 20 minutes the teacher thinks it will take. So let’s assume 30 min, which now puts the total at 120 minutes. That’s excessive. Plus, kids are tired after a long day and may have an activity. Where does reading for pleasure fit in? It doesn’t if there is this much homework. This is not sustainable.

I think math homework and some pleasure reading or reading an assigned novel is appropriate in elementary school or even in middle. Most assignments can be done in class that support learning.

High school - I think maybe an hour or so would be ok.

As has been stated multiple times in this thread, students don't have these subjects every day, so they wouldn't have 20 minutes in each subject every night. They also have advisory to complete at least 20 minutes of work on the days they don't have lessons to complete.

An hour of homework in high school? For real? My high schooler does a minimum of two hours of homework and studying every night and she is fine. She balances school with a varsity sport, as well as a social life, and has no issues.

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Anonymous wrote:No. We need to go the opposite direction and restore it in ES and MS.

+1

I agree! Restore homework, especially in upper ES and in MS!

If MS students had 20-30 minutes of homework for each class they take each day, they'd only have 60-90 minutes of homework each night because they only take 4 classes each day, and certain classes (PE and Mascot Time) do not have homework. So even if a kid had a tough schedule (four core classes in one day), that means their other day is much easier, so they can split the homework up over the two days.

The schools not giving homework is contributing to the laziness of this generation.

4 x 30 is 120 minutes aka 2 hours. You want 12-14 year old kids to spend upwards of 8 hrs per week on homework?

My kid had a good 2 hrs of HW every night in MS. It prepared him well for a challenging HS and now he thinks college is easy.

When you are a student, your "job" is schoolwork. 8 hours a week sounds fine for MS, and probably keeps some kids from getting into trouble online and out of the home.

We really need to stop the idea that all MS kids will be nothing but trouble unless kept busy at all times. Their kids, and they should act like it. My friends and I had no problems being kids when we were in MS. No trouble and still had tons of fun.

I think you might need to do some English homework yourself.

Homework shouldn't be excessive, but having 20 minutes of math, 20 minutes of World Language, 20 minutes of English, and 20 minutes of other subjects combined is not excessive.

80 minutes in one night is a lot.

+1

One hour and twenty minutes ? Sounds reasonable to me.

+1

We really do have a problem with coddling and holding our children back if people think middle school students shouldn't be able to handle 80 minutes of homework each night.

DP
I think it sounds like a lot. Why then would you not just advocate for extending the school day by 80 minutes?

That would be fine with me!

How would that solve your concern, though?

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Anonymous wrote:No. We need to go the opposite direction and restore it in ES and MS.

+1

I agree! Restore homework, especially in upper ES and in MS!

If MS students had 20-30 minutes of homework for each class they take each day, they'd only have 60-90 minutes of homework each night because they only take 4 classes each day, and certain classes (PE and Mascot Time) do not have homework. So even if a kid had a tough schedule (four core classes in one day), that means their other day is much easier, so they can split the homework up over the two days.

The schools not giving homework is contributing to the laziness of this generation.

4 x 30 is 120 minutes aka 2 hours. You want 12-14 year old kids to spend upwards of 8 hrs per week on homework?

My kid had a good 2 hrs of HW every night in MS. It prepared him well for a challenging HS and now he thinks college is easy.

When you are a student, your "job" is schoolwork. 8 hours a week sounds fine for MS, and probably keeps some kids from getting into trouble online and out of the home.

We really need to stop the idea that all MS kids will be nothing but trouble unless kept busy at all times. Their kids, and they should act like it. My friends and I had no problems being kids when we were in MS. No trouble and still had tons of fun.

I think you might need to do some English homework yourself.

Homework shouldn't be excessive, but having 20 minutes of math, 20 minutes of World Language, 20 minutes of English, and 20 minutes of other subjects combined is not excessive.

80 minutes in one night is a lot.

+1

One hour and twenty minutes ? Sounds reasonable to me.

+1

We really do have a problem with coddling and holding our children back if people think middle school students shouldn't be able to handle 80 minutes of homework each night.

DP
I think it sounds like a lot. Why then would you not just advocate for extending the school day by 80 minutes?

That would be fine with me!

How would that solve your concern, though?

I’m not saying we should extend the day by 80 minutes. I don’t think we should . I’m saying if one is going to advocate for 80 minutes of hw, then why not 80 more minutes of school?

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid doesn’t want homework in HS, boy do I have news for them about college.

What kid wants homework in any grade? Some isn't bad, but alot of kids get way too much. Once they are in college, they're adults and should be able to figure it out.

Time management is still the problem in college, partly because they had every afternoon and weekend free in K-12.

Again, if time management is an issue it's on the adults who are in college to figure out. I highly doubt issues didn't arise because kids weren't bogged down with homework throughout childhood.

You also highly doubt that water is wet? Or that Earth is round?

Guess your kids will move back in with you after college because they’ll still be little children inside adult bodies.

Then you can ponder why they live in your basement at age 30+.
I think college KIDS/babies should be treated like KIDS and babies let them turn in work whenever they want, reminds them that they need to turn in the project, let them work on it in class and just give them a good grade for trying

Guess I'm a bad parent because I want my kids to enjoy their childhood. Oh well.

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Anonymous wrote:No. We need to go the opposite direction and restore it in ES and MS.

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I agree! Restore homework, especially in upper ES and in MS!

If MS students had 20-30 minutes of homework for each class they take each day, they'd only have 60-90 minutes of homework each night because they only take 4 classes each day, and certain classes (PE and Mascot Time) do not have homework. So even if a kid had a tough schedule (four core classes in one day), that means their other day is much easier, so they can split the homework up over the two days.

The schools not giving homework is contributing to the laziness of this generation.

4 x 30 is 120 minutes aka 2 hours. You want 12-14 year old kids to spend upwards of 8 hrs per week on homework?

My kid had a good 2 hrs of HW every night in MS. It prepared him well for a challenging HS and now he thinks college is easy.

When you are a student, your "job" is schoolwork. 8 hours a week sounds fine for MS, and probably keeps some kids from getting into trouble online and out of the home.

We really need to stop the idea that all MS kids will be nothing but trouble unless kept busy at all times. Their kids, and they should act like it. My friends and I had no problems being kids when we were in MS. No trouble and still had tons of fun.

I think you might need to do some English homework yourself.

Homework shouldn't be excessive, but having 20 minutes of math, 20 minutes of World Language, 20 minutes of English, and 20 minutes of other subjects combined is not excessive.

80 minutes in one night is a lot.

No, it is not! It is alarming that you think 80 minutes of homework each night is excessive.

Even if you think it is, remember that middle school students don't have these subjects every day, so they'd wind up with 40-60 minutes of math, 40-60 minutes of World Language, 40-60 minutes of English, and 40-60 minutes of other subjects combined each week. If they can't handle that amount of homework, at the age of 12-14, there is a significant problem.

80 minutes EVERY night would be too much in middle school. 40 minutes in one night is fine. I can’t speak to high school as I don’t have a high schooler. The bulk of my child’s homework right now in middle school is math. And studying for any quizzes or tests that may come up. It seems reasonable right now. I like that they don’t have useless s projects to do at home or have to coordinate with others outside of school.

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My kids' middle school has a resource block of 45 minutes to do homework.

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Anonymous wrote:No. We need to go the opposite direction and restore it in ES and MS.

+1

I agree! Restore homework, especially in upper ES and in MS!

If MS students had 20-30 minutes of homework for each class they take each day, they'd only have 60-90 minutes of homework each night because they only take 4 classes each day, and certain classes (PE and Mascot Time) do not have homework. So even if a kid had a tough schedule (four core classes in one day), that means their other day is much easier, so they can split the homework up over the two days.

The schools not giving homework is contributing to the laziness of this generation.

4 x 30 is 120 minutes aka 2 hours. You want 12-14 year old kids to spend upwards of 8 hrs per week on homework?

My kid had a good 2 hrs of HW every night in MS. It prepared him well for a challenging HS and now he thinks college is easy.

When you are a student, your "job" is schoolwork. 8 hours a week sounds fine for MS, and probably keeps some kids from getting into trouble online and out of the home.

We really need to stop the idea that all MS kids will be nothing but trouble unless kept busy at all times. Their kids, and they should act like it. My friends and I had no problems being kids when we were in MS. No trouble and still had tons of fun.

I think you might need to do some English homework yourself.

Homework shouldn't be excessive, but having 20 minutes of math, 20 minutes of World Language, 20 minutes of English, and 20 minutes of other subjects combined is not excessive.

80 minutes in one night is a lot.

+1

One hour and twenty minutes ? Sounds reasonable to me.

+1

We really do have a problem with coddling and holding our children back if people think middle school students shouldn't be able to handle 80 minutes of homework each night.

DP
I think it sounds like a lot. Why then would you not just advocate for extending the school day by 80 minutes?

That would be fine with me!

How would that solve your concern, though?

I’m not saying we should extend the day by 80 minutes. I don’t think we should . I’m saying if one is going to advocate for 80 minutes of hw, then why not 80 more minutes of school?

Because a key part of what they are practicing with homework is independent time management. They don’t get that benefit when in school.

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Anonymous wrote:No. We need to go the opposite direction and restore it in ES and MS.

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I agree! Restore homework, especially in upper ES and in MS!

If MS students had 20-30 minutes of homework for each class they take each day, they'd only have 60-90 minutes of homework each night because they only take 4 classes each day, and certain classes (PE and Mascot Time) do not have homework. So even if a kid had a tough schedule (four core classes in one day), that means their other day is much easier, so they can split the homework up over the two days.

The schools not giving homework is contributing to the laziness of this generation.

4 x 30 is 120 minutes aka 2 hours. You want 12-14 year old kids to spend upwards of 8 hrs per week on homework?

My kid had a good 2 hrs of HW every night in MS. It prepared him well for a challenging HS and now he thinks college is easy.

When you are a student, your "job" is schoolwork. 8 hours a week sounds fine for MS, and probably keeps some kids from getting into trouble online and out of the home.

We really need to stop the idea that all MS kids will be nothing but trouble unless kept busy at all times. Their kids, and they should act like it. My friends and I had no problems being kids when we were in MS. No trouble and still had tons of fun.

So-called codling is not the problem.

You are still failing to see homework through the lens of racial equity.

Yes, homework needs to be banned entirely.

I think you might need to do some English homework yourself.

Homework shouldn't be excessive, but having 20 minutes of math, 20 minutes of World Language, 20 minutes of English, and 20 minutes of other subjects combined is not excessive.

80 minutes in one night is a lot.

+1

One hour and twenty minutes ? Sounds reasonable to me.

+1

We really do have a problem with coddling and holding our children back if people think middle school students shouldn't be able to handle 80 minutes of homework each night.

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Anonymous wrote:No. We need to go the opposite direction and restore it in ES and MS.

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I agree! Restore homework, especially in upper ES and in MS!

If MS students had 20-30 minutes of homework for each class they take each day, they'd only have 60-90 minutes of homework each night because they only take 4 classes each day, and certain classes (PE and Mascot Time) do not have homework. So even if a kid had a tough schedule (four core classes in one day), that means their other day is much easier, so they can split the homework up over the two days.

The schools not giving homework is contributing to the laziness of this generation.

4 x 30 is 120 minutes aka 2 hours. You want 12-14 year old kids to spend upwards of 8 hrs per week on homework?

My kid had a good 2 hrs of HW every night in MS. It prepared him well for a challenging HS and now he thinks college is easy.

When you are a student, your "job" is schoolwork. 8 hours a week sounds fine for MS, and probably keeps some kids from getting into trouble online and out of the home.

We really need to stop the idea that all MS kids will be nothing but trouble unless kept busy at all times. Their kids, and they should act like it. My friends and I had no problems being kids when we were in MS. No trouble and still had tons of fun.

So-called codling is not the problem.

You are still failing to see homework through the lens of racial equity.

Yes, homework needs to be banned entirely.

I think you might need to do some English homework yourself.

Homework shouldn't be excessive, but having 20 minutes of math, 20 minutes of World Language, 20 minutes of English, and 20 minutes of other subjects combined is not excessive.

80 minutes in one night is a lot.

+1

One hour and twenty minutes ? Sounds reasonable to me.

+1

We really do have a problem with coddling and holding our children back if people think middle school students shouldn't be able to handle 80 minutes of homework each night.

So-called codling is not the problem.

You are still failing to see homework through the lens of racial equity.

Yes, homework needs to be banned entirely.