S/O too much homework: how many hours does your kid have per night?

[Anonymous]

On average, with grade and name of school? (Why I ask: I want to know which high schools to avoid for my own kids if I want to avoid excess homework....)

[Anonymous]

My kids aren't HS age yet, but this is a good question. I plan on specifically avoiding certain schools b/c of the workload. I don't see any reason why a 14-18 year old should spend 7 hours in school them come home and have an additional 5 hours in homework. It's crazy.

[Anonymous]

Aim low, it's the new American way.

[Anonymous]

No, PP, this is called aiming high: giving your kid a childhood and resisting pointless busywork. But if your child's in a school that piles on the busywork, please tell us where, so the rest of us can avoid it.

[Anonymous]

HATE the excessive HW load. My HS sophomore daughter has 4+ hours of HW every night. She's at a public magnet science & tech school. She aims for 6 hours of sleep every night but sometimes falls short; I'd prefer 7-8 hours of sleep for her, but that's not going to happen.

[Anonymous]

Yep, there's lots of homework at TJ.

[Anonymous]

Sidwell. 10th. Four to five hours per night. HATE it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:HATE the excessive HW load. My HS sophomore daughter has 4+ hours of HW every night. She's at a public magnet science & tech school. She aims for 6 hours of sleep every night but sometimes falls short; I'd prefer 7-8 hours of sleep for her, but that's not going to happen.

+++ 1,000 Langley. hate it. 5 1/2 hours sleep. And NO, NO Screens or telephones so don't assume.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aim low, it's the new American way.

You are clearly completely ignorant about how useless homework is. Might want to read something about that before you post stupid comments.

[Anonymous]

Please folks, give grade and school too.

[Anonymous]

Burke, 11th, 2 most nights, occasionally more

[Anonymous]

Langley. Minimum five.

[Anonymous]

Walter Johnson, all AP classes. !2th grade. Average is 3-4 hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aim low, it's the new American way.

You are clearly completely ignorant about how useless homework is. Might want to read something about that before you post stupid comments.

Are you seriously arguing that students:
1. Should never write papers outside of class time?
2. Should never read novels outside of class time?
3. Should never read a history textbook, monagraph, or primary source document outside of class?
4. Should not work on practicing their grammar or vocabulary in a foreign language?
5. Should not practice math or physics problems sets outside of class?

[Anonymous]

Are you seriously arguing that students:
1. Should never write papers outside of class time?
2. Should never read novels outside of class time?
3. Should never read a history textbook, monagraph, or primary source document outside of class?
4. Should not work on practicing their grammar or vocabulary in a foreign language?
5. Should not practice math or physics problems sets outside of class?

I completely agree with this. I think the issue is when the student feels pressure to take an AP class in each subject area when they aren't the sort of student that can handle being under extreme amount of stress and doesn't have really great time management. If you are taking an AP class, and you aren't expected to do an average of an hour out of class per class period, then I would argue that it isn't really "college level." I mean how do you learn calculus without practicing? How do you learn how to write without being assigned papers? How do have a high level literature class without reading multiple novels? Maybe parents should chill out about trying to get their kids into super competitive colleges if that isn't the right fit for their student.