6th grade Homework

[Anonymous]

Grade 6. In whatever they call accelerated math right now (AIM7? AMP7?) + HIGH. No work needing to be done at home except bits of documented practice time for music. Always has all As + 1 B at any given moment (which course has a B changes from time to time, often due to not hitting "submit" on a completed assignment). I'm sensing weakness on the math front, though.

A teacher friend told me block scheduling can affect work patterns, that with those longer class sessions it is sometimes a very logical choice for teachers to use some of that time for the students to just do work, hence less homework.

I'm fine with it. I think middle school is a vulnerable enough human stage that I'd rather DC come out with a healthy sense of self and some real academic and extracurricular interests. Plenty of time to learn more stuff in HS. (I teach college, so I see the outcomes every day. My wish list for what they could do better in college isn't going to be too seriously impacted by MS homework.)