It looks like my kid's teacher will not let him have a spring break after all

[Anonymous]

My junior kid has been working very hard this school year and have mostly A's. So far, two of his classes load him with busy work and projects - he has to read two hundred pages for one class, 160 for another, a paper due the day they return from spring break and one after. Plus he needs to study for AP subject test. He doesn't know yet if he'll get work from math and physics. He is pissed and extremely stressed by this last minute surprise. Now he is not looking forward to spring break after all. Anyone else's stressed out for their kid?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My junior kid has been working very hard this school year and have mostly A's. So far, two of his classes load him with busy work and projects - he has to read two hundred pages for one class, 160 for another, a paper due the day they return from spring break and one after. Plus he needs to study for AP subject test. He doesn't know yet if he'll get work from math and physics. He is pissed and extremely stressed by this last minute surprise. Now he is not looking forward to spring break after all. Anyone else's stressed out for their kid?

What district is this? You can't do that in Arlington.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like what we had in HS. I don't recall anyone significantly traumatized.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like my junior year. I just blew it off.

[Anonymous]

Nope. My DS is a Junior and he has relatively little homework. I'd say he usually spends about 20 minutes a night. Never more than an hour and weekends are mostly free.

[Anonymous]

Schedule 1 hour a day with him to sit and work together and work through it. In all seriousness, I would sit both of you at the table and write on a piece of paper - for the next 25 minutes I am going to ..... set the timer and be done. Take a 10 minute break, write task at hand, do another 25 minutes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Schedule 1 hour a day with him to sit and work together and work through it. In all seriousness, I would sit both of you at the table and write on a piece of paper - for the next 25 minutes I am going to ..... set the timer and be done. Take a 10 minute break, write task at hand, do another 25 minutes.

For a junior in high school??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My junior kid has been working very hard this school year and have mostly A's. So far, two of his classes load him with busy work and projects - he has to read two hundred pages for one class, 160 for another, a paper due the day they return from spring break and one after. Plus he needs to study for AP subject test. He doesn't know yet if he'll get work from math and physics. He is pissed and extremely stressed by this last minute surprise. Now he is not looking forward to spring break after all. Anyone else's stressed out for their kid?

What district is this? You can't do that in Arlington.

APS

[Anonymous]

This is rediculous! My kids went to FCPS and this sounds extreme. I would contact the principal. I found The guidance department to be useless.
Good luck.

[Anonymous]

I am wondering when the reading was assigned. Did teachers give plenty of time before the break and your son just delayed until he had no choice but to do it all over vacation? My children would do that and tell me it was just assigned.

[Anonymous]

Rule in fairfax is no assigments over break.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rule in fairfax is no assigments over break.

I've heard that before. I teach for FCPS and if that's a rule not all teachers adhere to it.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like my high school - but then it was the top-ranked school in France, and they didn't care at all about "the whole child".

In these more enlightened days, perhaps you can figure out is these assignments are hot off the press, and if so, what is the school's policy regarding work on vacation.

The reading doesn't sound bad at all, though. None of it does, actually. But you must still investigate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My junior kid has been working very hard this school year and have mostly A's. So far, two of his classes load him with busy work and projects - he has to read two hundred pages for one class, 160 for another, a paper due the day they return from spring break and one after. Plus he needs to study for AP subject test. He doesn't know yet if he'll get work from math and physics. He is pissed and extremely stressed by this last minute surprise. Now he is not looking forward to spring break after all. Anyone else's stressed out for their kid?

What district is this? You can't do that in Arlington.

APS

My son is a junior in Arlington. He never discusses his work with me, but quarter finals are this week so I can't imagine that he will have any work over spring break.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rule in fairfax is no assigments over break.

I've heard that before. I teach for FCPS and if that's a rule not all teachers adhere to it.

2 kids in FCPS, feel like that's urban legend more than anything.