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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is a 7th grader now and I was worried about this too. But most days he comes home on the bus (home around 2:30 and relaxes until evening activities start. He does travel baseball fall and spring, winter basketball, and music lessons year round. Don't underestimate how tiring that early start is! They shouldn't have to go from 6 am wake til 9 pm bed nonstop. Between 2:30-5:30 my son plays video games, plays basketball with neighborhood friends, or just watches tv. Practices his instrument, practices baseball skills, etc. Cleans up his room, empties the dishwasher, etc. on less busy days.

If you have a kid that doesn't do extra activities outside of school, the after school clubs are a great option. They have sports, book clubs, dungeons and dragons, writing, study hall, etc. All sorts of things. And if your child stays for both sessions (2:30-3:30, 3:30-4:30) there is a bus that they can take home most days.

[b]He hasn't had one second of homework that he didn't get done at school[/b], but I think some kids do have homework to do as well. [/quote]

Really? Even math? Mine has math most days at least. Plus I make him read. Sometimes he has to finish up a longer term assignment or study for a quiz or test. [/quote]

I should qualify this by saying that his teachers give assignments, but he gets them done in class or during advisory period. He's in all honors classes including Algebra and has had straight As all year. He's just a very organized kid and has always worked quickly. I do know that some of his friends at his school have homework and I've heard them talk about studying for tests over their online video game chats, but my son says they go over everything in class and he doesn't need more studying than that. Which his grades bear out. He reads every night before bed. [/quote]

My DD is similar, in that she usually finishes all her work in school. When she does bring home work, it's usually something that needs clarifications (she has some bad teachers). They don't go over anything in class, usually just give out study guides, so she'll look them over the day before the tests, to make sure she hasn't missed anything. It will probably take her some time to go through everything ahead of math SOLs and finals to make sure she hasn't forgotten stuff from the first part of the year.

Next year, I'm sure she'll have to do more work at home. I'm told that 8th grade Civics class is a 2-3 hours of homework per night class, and since the science SOLs cover materials from 6th - 8th grades, she should spend more time reviewing that stuff.[/quote]

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