How much HW did your HS student do every night/classes/ grade?

[Anonymous]

My rising 10th grader had a lot of work for AP NSL and a lot of homework for Chinese most of the time, then Honors Bio & Algebra 2 & English plus a 2nd language, intermittently it was very demanding, but mostly just those first 2 subjects.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:9th grade...not a lot of homework (or none): Spanish 1, Theater, Honors English.

Moderate amount: Honors bio, AP CSP, honors Algebra 2.

A lot of homework: AP US History.

On average 1 hour a night.

My kid did not get straight A's. Typically (each quarter) 4-5 A's and 2-3 B's.

YMMV.

Huge difference between straight As every marking period and 4-5 As.

[Anonymous]

Why are they wasting class time on homework? Teachers should be teaching and students should be doing classwork.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:9th grade...not a lot of homework (or none): Spanish 1, Theater, Honors English.

Moderate amount: Honors bio, AP CSP, honors Algebra 2.

A lot of homework: AP US History.

On average 1 hour a night.

My kid did not get straight A's. Typically (each quarter) 4-5 A's and 2-3 B's.

YMMV.

Huge difference between straight As every marking period and 4-5 As.

Yes, I'm not disagreeing with you. My kid did not get straight A's and it would have required more work and better executive functioning skills to do so. The kids that got straight A's every quarter taking classes such as the above (especially APUSH) did awesome. However, I was trying to highlight that even with the amount of homework my kid did they still did not get straight A's every quarter. Also, people tend to pipe up when their kids do get straight A's and don't tend to honestly report other grades. Most kids DON'T get straight A's every quarter, although you might think they do from reading this site.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are they wasting class time on homework? Teachers should be teaching and students should be doing classwork.

Students can ask for help with stuff they don't understand while doing work in class. Some schools are even designed this way - they watch a lesson at home, then do the work in class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are they wasting class time on homework? Teachers should be teaching and students should be doing classwork.

Students can ask for help with stuff they don't understand while doing work in class. Some schools are even designed this way - they watch a lesson at home, then do the work in class.

The flipped classroom sounds innovative but our experience with that model was not good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are they wasting class time on homework? Teachers should be teaching and students should be doing classwork.

Students can ask for help with stuff they don't understand while doing work in class. Some schools are even designed this way - they watch a lesson at home, then do the work in class.

The flipped classroom sounds innovative but our experience with that model was not good.

There was a whole thread a while back, ranting about some teacher in Blair SMACS who taught that way. I gather it was generally unpopular.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are they wasting class time on homework? Teachers should be teaching and students should be doing classwork.

Students can ask for help with stuff they don't understand while doing work in class. Some schools are even designed this way - they watch a lesson at home, then do the work in class.

NP: My son (just finished 9th) only had one teacher that provided class time to complete homework. His other teachers used class time to teach and work on in class assignments. All of his teachers (except PE) had at least 2 homework assignments each week. My son averaged 1-2 hours per night of homework Monday thru Thursday. Two teachers also gave homework on Fridays due by Sunday evening.

He took AP physics 1, AP CSP, H Eng, H Alg 2, Span 4, H American History, PE

A’s and one B first semester AP physics

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are they wasting class time on homework? Teachers should be teaching and students should be doing classwork.

Nah, teachers gotta look on their computers and cell phones for a bit

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are they wasting class time on homework? Teachers should be teaching and students should be doing classwork.

Students can ask for help with stuff they don't understand while doing work in class. Some schools are even designed this way - they watch a lesson at home, then do the work in class.

The flipped classroom sounds innovative but our experience with that model was not good.

It works fantastic in private schools when the families and students are invested. No way would it work in public school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are they wasting class time on homework? Teachers should be teaching and students should be doing classwork.

Students can ask for help with stuff they don't understand while doing work in class. Some schools are even designed this way - they watch a lesson at home, then do the work in class.

The flipped classroom sounds innovative but our experience with that model was not good.

It works fantastic in private schools when the families and students are invested. No way would it work in public school.

Worked in my nephew's charter school. Where's the line?

[Anonymous]

I'm surprised to see so many 9th graders taking AP classes. A long time ago it was mostly 11th and 12th. No wonder they have homework!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are they wasting class time on homework? Teachers should be teaching and students should be doing classwork.

Students can ask for help with stuff they don't understand while doing work in class. Some schools are even designed this way - they watch a lesson at home, then do the work in class.

NP: My son (just finished 9th) only had one teacher that provided class time to complete homework. His other teachers used class time to teach and work on in class assignments. All of his teachers (except PE) had at least 2 homework assignments each week. My son averaged 1-2 hours per night of homework Monday thru Thursday. Two teachers also gave homework on Fridays due by Sunday evening.

He took AP physics 1, AP CSP, H Eng, H Alg 2, Span 4, H American History, PE

A’s and one B first semester AP physics

Your son has good time management. That’s a heavy load for a freshman. Awesome job!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:9th grade...not a lot of homework (or none): Spanish 1, Theater, Honors English.

Moderate amount: Honors bio, AP CSP, honors Algebra 2.

A lot of homework: AP US History.

On average 1 hour a night.

My kid did not get straight A's. Typically (each quarter) 4-5 A's and 2-3 B's.

YMMV.

Huge difference between straight As every marking period and 4-5 As.

Yes, I'm not disagreeing with you. My kid did not get straight A's and it would have required more work and better executive functioning skills to do so. The kids that got straight A's every quarter taking classes such as the above (especially APUSH) did awesome. However, I was trying to highlight that even with the amount of homework my kid did they still did not get straight A's every quarter. Also, people tend to pipe up when their kids do get straight A's and don't tend to honestly report other grades. Most kids DON'T get straight A's every quarter, although you might think they do from reading this site.

Because absolutely no one cares what they get each quarter. There end of the year grade and their GPA is all the matters. Kids can get B's and C's and still end up with final grade A's in all classes. They just have to work the system to their advantage and many do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised to see so many 9th graders taking AP classes. A long time ago it was mostly 11th and 12th. No wonder they have homework!

It's a money game - the classes and test are dumbed down for profit - and still over 50% even in MCPS can not get a 4 or higher and have to retake the class in college anyway.