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

[Anonymous]

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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.

Nice try. MCPS uses semester grading for classes that matter.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Can you try to not lose sight of the fact that high school students are doing college level work and, occasionally, scoring high enough to get credit from some colleges?

You are criticizing MCPS because less than 50% of of it's high school AP students can demonstrate subject understanding at the same level as a college students?

Take a step back and appreciate the forest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Can you try to not lose sight of the fact that high school students are doing college level work and, occasionally, scoring high enough to get credit from some colleges?

You are criticizing MCPS because less than 50% of of it's high school AP students can demonstrate subject understanding at the same level as a college students?

Take a step back and appreciate the forest.

You think a teacher with a BA from Towson is teaching college level courses? They are dumbed down for profit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Can you try to not lose sight of the fact that high school students are doing college level work and, occasionally, scoring high enough to get credit from some colleges?

You are criticizing MCPS because less than 50% of of it's high school AP students can demonstrate subject understanding at the same level as a college students?

Take a step back and appreciate the forest.

Don't pay attention to the troll. She is a private school parent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Can you try to not lose sight of the fact that high school students are doing college level work and, occasionally, scoring high enough to get credit from some colleges?

You are criticizing MCPS because less than 50% of of it's high school AP students can demonstrate subject understanding at the same level as a college students?

Take a step back and appreciate the forest.

You think a teacher with a BA from Towson is teaching college level courses? They are dumbed down for profit.

I imagine some of the MCPS students that score 5s on their AP exams get there all on their own.

And I imagine some of them get a little support and direction from their teachers... even the teachers that went to Towson

[Anonymous]

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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

This. It allows teachers to do administrative work. Which is messed up. Classroom learning time should not be taken away so teachers can tend to planning & communications.