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Anonymous wrote:I see this is an older thread. This school year 25/26 all grade levels have mandatory homework. In middle school it does count as part of their grade and there is A LOT of it.
We came from a "no homework" elementary school and this transition is HARD.

My child is in 7th this year and hardly has any homework. She gets a lot of it done during the advisory block or during the actual blocks. The homework she does at home seems very easy and she’s able to complete it quickly. She’s in all honors classes. She also has time for lots of extra curricular activities.

I'm sure it varies by school but my 7th grader is in a mix of honors and regular classes and has a TON of homework. A lot of it gets done in advisory, but even then she always has something to do at home. If it's not homework, it's studying for an upcoming quiz or test (there's always at least one every week). Even one of her electives sometimes has homework.

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Anonymous wrote:I see this is an older thread. This school year 25/26 all grade levels have mandatory homework. In middle school it does count as part of their grade and there is A LOT of it.
We came from a "no homework" elementary school and this transition is HARD.

My child is in 7th this year and hardly has any homework. She gets a lot of it done during the advisory block or during the actual blocks. The homework she does at home seems very easy and she’s able to complete it quickly. She’s in all honors classes. She also has time for lots of extra curricular activities.

I'm sure it varies by school but my 7th grader is in a mix of honors and regular classes and has a TON of homework. A lot of it gets done in advisory, but even then she always has something to do at home. If it's not homework, it's studying for an upcoming quiz or test (there's always at least one every week). Even one of her electives sometimes has homework.

I’m the PP. Your child will probably be better prepared for HS honestly. I am concerned by the lack of work.

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Anonymous wrote:I see this is an older thread. This school year 25/26 all grade levels have mandatory homework. In middle school it does count as part of their grade and there is A LOT of it.
We came from a "no homework" elementary school and this transition is HARD.

Ask your child what they are doing during class and advisory. The kids who are bringing home homework tend to be kids with anxiety, learning issues, or ADHD and need more time to process and work OR they are goofing off in class and advisory. It tends to be one or the two. Most teachers leave time for kids to do homework in class so that the kids can ask questions and get help.

DS rarely brings home homework, he is in the AAP program with solid As. We ask him to spend 30 minutes reviewing notes in classes that are not his preferred classes to help him establish the habit of studying at home since we know he will need to do that in HS. Most of his friends don’t bring home homework. His friends with IEPs always have homework and it takes them forever to do it, not because it is hard but because they are easy to distract and get frustrated easily.

No. This varies greatly by the school. Some schools give projects and homeworks all the time.

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Anonymous wrote:I see this is an older thread. This school year 25/26 all grade levels have mandatory homework. In middle school it does count as part of their grade and there is A LOT of it.
We came from a "no homework" elementary school and this transition is HARD.

Ask your child what they are doing during class and advisory. The kids who are bringing home homework tend to be kids with anxiety, learning issues, or ADHD and need more time to process and work OR they are goofing off in class and advisory. It tends to be one or the two. Most teachers leave time for kids to do homework in class so that the kids can ask questions and get help.

DS rarely brings home homework, he is in the AAP program with solid As. We ask him to spend 30 minutes reviewing notes in classes that are not his preferred classes to help him establish the habit of studying at home since we know he will need to do that in HS. Most of his friends don’t bring home homework. His friends with IEPs always have homework and it takes them forever to do it, not because it is hard but because they are easy to distract and get frustrated easily.

No. This varies greatly by the school. Some schools give projects and homeworks all the time.

My kid finishes his work, his friends don’t. They are at the same school with the same assignments. He has homework, I can see it all in SIS. He is able to get his done at school 99% of the time. There is plenty of assigned homework.

Some kids are able to complete it at school. Some try and struggle so they bring it home. Some are goofing off and bring it all home. That is the way of homework.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see this is an older thread. This school year 25/26 all grade levels have mandatory homework. In middle school it does count as part of their grade and there is A LOT of it.
We came from a "no homework" elementary school and this transition is HARD.

Ask your child what they are doing during class and advisory. The kids who are bringing home homework tend to be kids with anxiety, learning issues, or ADHD and need more time to process and work OR they are goofing off in class and advisory. It tends to be one or the two. Most teachers leave time for kids to do homework in class so that the kids can ask questions and get help.

DS rarely brings home homework, he is in the AAP program with solid As. We ask him to spend 30 minutes reviewing notes in classes that are not his preferred classes to help him establish the habit of studying at home since we know he will need to do that in HS. Most of his friends don’t bring home homework. His friends with IEPs always have homework and it takes them forever to do it, not because it is hard but because they are easy to distract and get frustrated easily.

No. This varies greatly by the school. Some schools give projects and homeworks all the time.

My kid finishes his work, his friends don’t. They are at the same school with the same assignments. He has homework, I can see it all in SIS. He is able to get his done at school 99% of the time. There is plenty of assigned homework.

Some kids are able to complete it at school. Some try and struggle so they bring it home. Some are goofing off and bring it all home. That is the way of homework.

No, our school has in-class work and homework. They do have homework that is handed out at the end of class or is intended to be projects, book annotations, and worksheets to be completed over multiple days outside of class.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see this is an older thread. This school year 25/26 all grade levels have mandatory homework. In middle school it does count as part of their grade and there is A LOT of it.
We came from a "no homework" elementary school and this transition is HARD.

Ask your child what they are doing during class and advisory. The kids who are bringing home homework tend to be kids with anxiety, learning issues, or ADHD and need more time to process and work OR they are goofing off in class and advisory. It tends to be one or the two. Most teachers leave time for kids to do homework in class so that the kids can ask questions and get help.

DS rarely brings home homework, he is in the AAP program with solid As. We ask him to spend 30 minutes reviewing notes in classes that are not his preferred classes to help him establish the habit of studying at home since we know he will need to do that in HS. Most of his friends don’t bring home homework. His friends with IEPs always have homework and it takes them forever to do it, not because it is hard but because they are easy to distract and get frustrated easily.

No. This varies greatly by the school. Some schools give projects and homeworks all the time.

My kid finishes his work, his friends don’t. They are at the same school with the same assignments. He has homework, I can see it all in SIS. He is able to get his done at school 99% of the time. There is plenty of assigned homework.

Some kids are able to complete it at school. Some try and struggle so they bring it home. Some are goofing off and bring it all home. That is the way of homework.

No, our school has in-class work and homework. They do have homework that is handed out at the end of class or is intended to be projects, book annotations, and worksheets to be completed over multiple days outside of class.

And some kids can finish them in school. I am not sure how you are missing that. The teachers are posting homework so kids who have time in class can start on the homework.

There are some kids who can finish the work in class and the homework they are given in class or at advisory. The amount brought home is more dependent on the kids ability, executive functioning skills, and amount of time spent socializing. You would not be happy with the amount of work the teacher would need to give my kid so that he has to bring it home. He has a friend with him in his classes. He does not have anything to do at home, his friend has hours of work to do at home.Same class, same teacher, same work, very different outcome. DS is NT and doesn’t socialize in class, he does his work so he can socialize at home or play video games or do whatever he wants at home. His friend has ADHD and anxiety. He has hours of homework even with starting it at school because he processes slower and is so stressed about getting the right answer he is distracted or needs breaks.

Different kids, different needs, different learning styles. Both kids have A’s in the class.

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Anonymous wrote:I see this is an older thread. This school year 25/26 all grade levels have mandatory homework. In middle school it does count as part of their grade and there is A LOT of it.
We came from a "no homework" elementary school and this transition is HARD.

Ask your child what they are doing during class and advisory. The kids who are bringing home homework tend to be kids with anxiety, learning issues, or ADHD and need more time to process and work OR they are goofing off in class and advisory. It tends to be one or the two. Most teachers leave time for kids to do homework in class so that the kids can ask questions and get help.

DS rarely brings home homework, he is in the AAP program with solid As. We ask him to spend 30 minutes reviewing notes in classes that are not his preferred classes to help him establish the habit of studying at home since we know he will need to do that in HS. Most of his friends don’t bring home homework. His friends with IEPs always have homework and it takes them forever to do it, not because it is hard but because they are easy to distract and get frustrated easily.

You truly sound insufferable and incredibly ableist. Since you probably don't know what that means - it means you look down on and discriminate against people with disabilities, including learning disabilities and ADHD. Take a moment to re-read what you wrote and think about what an a---hole you are.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see this is an older thread. This school year 25/26 all grade levels have mandatory homework. In middle school it does count as part of their grade and there is A LOT of it.
We came from a "no homework" elementary school and this transition is HARD.

Ask your child what they are doing during class and advisory. The kids who are bringing home homework tend to be kids with anxiety, learning issues, or ADHD and need more time to process and work OR they are goofing off in class and advisory. It tends to be one or the two. Most teachers leave time for kids to do homework in class so that the kids can ask questions and get help.

DS rarely brings home homework, he is in the AAP program with solid As. We ask him to spend 30 minutes reviewing notes in classes that are not his preferred classes to help him establish the habit of studying at home since we know he will need to do that in HS. Most of his friends don’t bring home homework. His friends with IEPs always have homework and it takes them forever to do it, not because it is hard but because they are easy to distract and get frustrated easily.

No. This varies greatly by the school. Some schools give projects and homeworks all the time.

My kid finishes his work, his friends don’t. They are at the same school with the same assignments. He has homework, I can see it all in SIS. He is able to get his done at school 99% of the time. There is plenty of assigned homework.

Some kids are able to complete it at school. Some try and struggle so they bring it home. Some are goofing off and bring it all home. That is the way of homework.

Oh, I see. Yes, a lot of teachers are giving "homework" for kids to do in class to satisfy that "homework is 10% of the grade" requirement. Most kids get it done but it's just awful for you to say "only kids with learning disabilities and ADHD" can't get their homework done in class because they are "struggling". You are implying they're not as good as your snowflake and that's not true - a child who takes longer to do their work is not struggling (nor does it mean they are not NT or have learning disabilities), it just means that they are taking the time they need to do their work. My child checks and double check their work, so yeah, they bring work home and spend time on it after school. They have near perfect grades. You're implying this is a bad thing? It's actually a great skill to have - my child is detail oriented and it will serve them well in the future.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see this is an older thread. This school year 25/26 all grade levels have mandatory homework. In middle school it does count as part of their grade and there is A LOT of it.
We came from a "no homework" elementary school and this transition is HARD.

Ask your child what they are doing during class and advisory. The kids who are bringing home homework tend to be kids with anxiety, learning issues, or ADHD and need more time to process and work OR they are goofing off in class and advisory. It tends to be one or the two. Most teachers leave time for kids to do homework in class so that the kids can ask questions and get help.

DS rarely brings home homework, he is in the AAP program with solid As. We ask him to spend 30 minutes reviewing notes in classes that are not his preferred classes to help him establish the habit of studying at home since we know he will need to do that in HS. Most of his friends don’t bring home homework. His friends with IEPs always have homework and it takes them forever to do it, not because it is hard but because they are easy to distract and get frustrated easily.

No. This varies greatly by the school. Some schools give projects and homeworks all the time.

My kid finishes his work, his friends don’t. They are at the same school with the same assignments. He has homework, I can see it all in SIS. He is able to get his done at school 99% of the time. There is plenty of assigned homework.

Some kids are able to complete it at school. Some try and struggle so they bring it home. Some are goofing off and bring it all home. That is the way of homework.

No, our school has in-class work and homework. They do have homework that is handed out at the end of class or is intended to be projects, book annotations, and worksheets to be completed over multiple days outside of class.

And some kids can finish them in school. I am not sure how you are missing that. The teachers are posting homework so kids who have time in class can start on the homework.

There are some kids who can finish the work in class and the homework they are given in class or at advisory. The amount brought home is more dependent on the kids ability, executive functioning skills, and amount of time spent socializing. You would not be happy with the amount of work the teacher would need to give my kid so that he has to bring it home. He has a friend with him in his classes. He does not have anything to do at home, his friend has hours of work to do at home.Same class, same teacher, same work, very different outcome. DS is NT and doesn’t socialize in class, he does his work so he can socialize at home or play video games or do whatever he wants at home. His friend has ADHD and anxiety. He has hours of homework even with starting it at school because he processes slower and is so stressed about getting the right answer he is distracted or needs breaks.

Different kids, different needs, different learning styles. Both kids have A’s in the class.

You're a d1ck. If you were talking about my child, this would be the end of my kid's friendship with yours. And certainly the end of any pleasantries I would ever exchange with you. Your child is not better than anyone else's just because he rushes through his work.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see this is an older thread. This school year 25/26 all grade levels have mandatory homework. In middle school it does count as part of their grade and there is A LOT of it.
We came from a "no homework" elementary school and this transition is HARD.

Ask your child what they are doing during class and advisory. The kids who are bringing home homework tend to be kids with anxiety, learning issues, or ADHD and need more time to process and work OR they are goofing off in class and advisory. It tends to be one or the two. Most teachers leave time for kids to do homework in class so that the kids can ask questions and get help.

DS rarely brings home homework, he is in the AAP program with solid As. We ask him to spend 30 minutes reviewing notes in classes that are not his preferred classes to help him establish the habit of studying at home since we know he will need to do that in HS. Most of his friends don’t bring home homework. His friends with IEPs always have homework and it takes them forever to do it, not because it is hard but because they are easy to distract and get frustrated easily.

No. This varies greatly by the school. Some schools give projects and homeworks all the time.

My kid finishes his work, his friends don’t. They are at the same school with the same assignments. He has homework, I can see it all in SIS. He is able to get his done at school 99% of the time. There is plenty of assigned homework.

Some kids are able to complete it at school. Some try and struggle so they bring it home. Some are goofing off and bring it all home. That is the way of homework.

Some teachers and/or schools do it this way (they give classwork for that 10% homework grade like you are describing, and kids who don't finish it in class can finish it at home) while others give homework but do not provide in class time to do it. I'm not sure why this is so hard for you to understand. Every teacher and every school is different. This is absolutely not standardized across FCPS - I have a kid at one middle school and friends who have kids at other FCPS middle schools and our kids have all had different experiences with classwork vs homework vs in class group projects vs out of class group projects etc.

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Anonymous wrote:I see this is an older thread. This school year 25/26 all grade levels have mandatory homework. In middle school it does count as part of their grade and there is A LOT of it.
We came from a "no homework" elementary school and this transition is HARD.

Ask your child what they are doing during class and advisory. The kids who are bringing home homework tend to be kids with anxiety, learning issues, or ADHD and need more time to process and work OR they are goofing off in class and advisory. It tends to be one or the two. Most teachers leave time for kids to do homework in class so that the kids can ask questions and get help.

DS rarely brings home homework, he is in the AAP program with solid As. We ask him to spend 30 minutes reviewing notes in classes that are not his preferred classes to help him establish the habit of studying at home since we know he will need to do that in HS. Most of his friends don’t bring home homework. His friends with IEPs always have homework and it takes them forever to do it, not because it is hard but because they are easy to distract and get frustrated easily.

You truly sound insufferable and incredibly ableist. Since you probably don't know what that means - it means you look down on and discriminate against people with disabilities, including learning disabilities and ADHD. Take a moment to re-read what you wrote and think about what an a---hole you are.

I love posts like this. I am an adult with LDs and ADHD who was the kid who had hours of homework and worked with tutors. Most of my friends had no homework or were able to complete it in minutes. Different kids have different abilities, that is life. You don’t drop homework requirements so that kids like me don’t have to do homework. You find ways to help them and their parents understand that if the kids is going to be in honors classes or AP/IB classes that they will work harder because of how they learn.

His friends get their work done and do well in classes but their process is different and they get frustrated more frequently. That was me, I get it. They are figuring it out and doing well in school. Just like I did. Holding kids to the same academic standards is not abelist or discriminatory, it is what you do to take those classes and learn that material. Is it frustrating? Yup. Is it a part of school when you learn differently? Yup.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see this is an older thread. This school year 25/26 all grade levels have mandatory homework. In middle school it does count as part of their grade and there is A LOT of it.
We came from a "no homework" elementary school and this transition is HARD.

Ask your child what they are doing during class and advisory. The kids who are bringing home homework tend to be kids with anxiety, learning issues, or ADHD and need more time to process and work OR they are goofing off in class and advisory. It tends to be one or the two. Most teachers leave time for kids to do homework in class so that the kids can ask questions and get help.

DS rarely brings home homework, he is in the AAP program with solid As. We ask him to spend 30 minutes reviewing notes in classes that are not his preferred classes to help him establish the habit of studying at home since we know he will need to do that in HS. Most of his friends don’t bring home homework. His friends with IEPs always have homework and it takes them forever to do it, not because it is hard but because they are easy to distract and get frustrated easily.

No. This varies greatly by the school. Some schools give projects and homeworks all the time.

My kid finishes his work, his friends don’t. They are at the same school with the same assignments. He has homework, I can see it all in SIS. He is able to get his done at school 99% of the time. There is plenty of assigned homework.

Some kids are able to complete it at school. Some try and struggle so they bring it home. Some are goofing off and bring it all home. That is the way of homework.

Some teachers and/or schools do it this way (they give classwork for that 10% homework grade like you are describing, and kids who don't finish it in class can finish it at home) while others give homework but do not provide in class time to do it. I'm not sure why this is so hard for you to understand. Every teacher and every school is different. This is absolutely not standardized across FCPS - I have a kid at one middle school and friends who have kids at other FCPS middle schools and our kids have all had different experiences with classwork vs homework vs in class group projects vs out of class group projects etc.

If it was classwork then other kids wouldn’t be taking it home as homework. I am not sure why you have a hard time understanding this. Homework is posted in schoology so kids can see it in class. Teachers are not writing assignments on the blackboard for kids to copy down at the end of class. They are posting it in schoology and they are not doing it during class.

Toss is kids finishing work in a different class and working on homework for another class because they have time and advisory and there are kids getting everything done at school. My kid has class projects, e discusses them with us, and gets his part done at school and works with classmates to finish what they need to do in advisory. He is taking two HS classes in MS. He has friends who bring home homework and others who finish in school like he does.

While I know different Teachers assign different work, I promise you that there are kids in your kids class who are finishing at school.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see this is an older thread. This school year 25/26 all grade levels have mandatory homework. In middle school it does count as part of their grade and there is A LOT of it.
We came from a "no homework" elementary school and this transition is HARD.

Ask your child what they are doing during class and advisory. The kids who are bringing home homework tend to be kids with anxiety, learning issues, or ADHD and need more time to process and work OR they are goofing off in class and advisory. It tends to be one or the two. Most teachers leave time for kids to do homework in class so that the kids can ask questions and get help.

DS rarely brings home homework, he is in the AAP program with solid As. We ask him to spend 30 minutes reviewing notes in classes that are not his preferred classes to help him establish the habit of studying at home since we know he will need to do that in HS. Most of his friends don’t bring home homework. His friends with IEPs always have homework and it takes them forever to do it, not because it is hard but because they are easy to distract and get frustrated easily.

No. This varies greatly by the school. Some schools give projects and homeworks all the time.

My kid finishes his work, his friends don’t. They are at the same school with the same assignments. He has homework, I can see it all in SIS. He is able to get his done at school 99% of the time. There is plenty of assigned homework.

Some kids are able to complete it at school. Some try and struggle so they bring it home. Some are goofing off and bring it all home. That is the way of homework.

Some teachers and/or schools do it this way (they give classwork for that 10% homework grade like you are describing, and kids who don't finish it in class can finish it at home) while others give homework but do not provide in class time to do it. I'm not sure why this is so hard for you to understand. Every teacher and every school is different. This is absolutely not standardized across FCPS - I have a kid at one middle school and friends who have kids at other FCPS middle schools and our kids have all had different experiences with classwork vs homework vs in class group projects vs out of class group projects etc.

If it was classwork then other kids wouldn’t be taking it home as homework. I am not sure why you have a hard time understanding this. Homework is posted in schoology so kids can see it in class. Teachers are not writing assignments on the blackboard for kids to copy down at the end of class. They are posting it in schoology and they are not doing it during class.

Toss is kids finishing work in a different class and working on homework for another class because they have time and advisory and there are kids getting everything done at school. My kid has class projects, e discusses them with us, and gets his part done at school and works with classmates to finish what they need to do in advisory. He is taking two HS classes in MS. He has friends who bring home homework and others who finish in school like he does.

While I know different Teachers assign different work, I promise you that there are kids in your kids class who are finishing at school.

This just shows your total ignorance. Not everyone can finish classwork in class, so teachers let students take it home to finish.

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Anonymous wrote:I see this is an older thread. This school year 25/26 all grade levels have mandatory homework. In middle school it does count as part of their grade and there is A LOT of it.
We came from a "no homework" elementary school and this transition is HARD.

Ask your child what they are doing during class and advisory. The kids who are bringing home homework tend to be kids with anxiety, learning issues, or ADHD and need more time to process and work OR they are goofing off in class and advisory. It tends to be one or the two. Most teachers leave time for kids to do homework in class so that the kids can ask questions and get help.

DS rarely brings home homework, he is in the AAP program with solid As. We ask him to spend 30 minutes reviewing notes in classes that are not his preferred classes to help him establish the habit of studying at home since we know he will need to do that in HS. Most of his friends don’t bring home homework. His friends with IEPs always have homework and it takes them forever to do it, not because it is hard but because they are easy to distract and get frustrated easily.

No. This varies greatly by the school. Some schools give projects and homeworks all the time.

My kid finishes his work, his friends don’t. They are at the same school with the same assignments. He has homework, I can see it all in SIS. He is able to get his done at school 99% of the time. There is plenty of assigned homework.

Some kids are able to complete it at school. Some try and struggle so they bring it home. Some are goofing off and bring it all home. That is the way of homework.

Some teachers and/or schools do it this way (they give classwork for that 10% homework grade like you are describing, and kids who don't finish it in class can finish it at home) while others give homework but do not provide in class time to do it. I'm not sure why this is so hard for you to understand. Every teacher and every school is different. This is absolutely not standardized across FCPS - I have a kid at one middle school and friends who have kids at other FCPS middle schools and our kids have all had different experiences with classwork vs homework vs in class group projects vs out of class group projects etc.

If it was classwork then other kids wouldn’t be taking it home as homework. I am not sure why you have a hard time understanding this. Homework is posted in schoology so kids can see it in class. Teachers are not writing assignments on the blackboard for kids to copy down at the end of class. They are posting it in schoology and they are not doing it during class.

Toss is kids finishing work in a different class and working on homework for another class because they have time and advisory and there are kids getting everything done at school. My kid has class projects, e discusses them with us, and gets his part done at school and works with classmates to finish what they need to do in advisory. He is taking two HS classes in MS. He has friends who bring home homework and others who finish in school like he does.

While I know different Teachers assign different work, I promise you that there are kids in your kids class who are finishing at school.

This just shows your total ignorance. Not everyone can finish classwork in class, so teachers let students take it home to finish.

No, I am very much aware of that. I even listed reasons why kids don’t finish their work in class. That is not really homework, that is classwork they are taking home to finish. In MS, some of those kids have that plus homework.

Kids are all over the place in their abilities. Smart kids who need more time to process and complete work are taking home classwork and have their homework and it takes them a long time. Kids who don’t have processing issues and the like, can finish their classwork and, some of them, their homework in class or advisory. The kids who don’t have learning issues and processing issues who are bringing home hours of work are probably using their down time in class to socialize or they might have processing issues that have gone undiagnosed until now because of the ramp up in expectations.

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Anonymous wrote:I see this is an older thread. This school year 25/26 all grade levels have mandatory homework. In middle school it does count as part of their grade and there is A LOT of it.
We came from a "no homework" elementary school and this transition is HARD.

Ask your child what they are doing during class and advisory. The kids who are bringing home homework tend to be kids with anxiety, learning issues, or ADHD and need more time to process and work OR they are goofing off in class and advisory. It tends to be one or the two. Most teachers leave time for kids to do homework in class so that the kids can ask questions and get help.

DS rarely brings home homework, he is in the AAP program with solid As. We ask him to spend 30 minutes reviewing notes in classes that are not his preferred classes to help him establish the habit of studying at home since we know he will need to do that in HS. Most of his friends don’t bring home homework. His friends with IEPs always have homework and it takes them forever to do it, not because it is hard but because they are easy to distract and get frustrated easily.

You truly sound insufferable and incredibly ableist. Since you probably don't know what that means - it means you look down on and discriminate against people with disabilities, including learning disabilities and ADHD. Take a moment to re-read what you wrote and think about what an a---hole you are.

I love posts like this. I am an adult with LDs and ADHD who was the kid who had hours of homework and worked with tutors. Most of my friends had no homework or were able to complete it in minutes. Different kids have different abilities, that is life. You don’t drop homework requirements so that kids like me don’t have to do homework. You find ways to help them and their parents understand that if the kids is going to be in honors classes or AP/IB classes that they will work harder because of how they learn.

His friends get their work done and do well in classes but their process is different and they get frustrated more frequently. That was me, I get it. They are figuring it out and doing well in school. Just like I did. Holding kids to the same academic standards is not abelist or discriminatory, it is what you do to take those classes and learn that material. Is it frustrating? Yup. Is it a part of school when you learn differently? Yup.

I'm sorry but you seem to be missing the point over and over again that some teachers give homework that children cannot do in class and this has nothing to do with whether they are learning disabilities or ADHD. But go on thinking your son is superior to everyone else. It's fine.