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[quote=Anonymous]I couldn't agree more.  All the literature points the same way - homework doesn't make a difference until 8th grade.  Our home life has been destroyed by never-ending homework, joint projects, dioramas, hanging book reports, essays, book reports, science projects, "set up your bedroom in Spanish", now do it again in "French", joint projects, costume projects, create flashcards, make a nest using natural materials, create a "cross" out of natural materials (in seventh grade??? WTF?) , make a poster of yourself in five athletic poses (in high school? - come on, that's third grade homework)  and joint projects.  Why do I mention "joint projects" three times?  Because every f**king foreign language teacher my kid has had likes to do joint projects with another kid in the class and my daughter, the worker bee, gets stuck with the one dud kid in the class whom we cannot even get on the phone.  He promises he will do his half of the project before break but dodges daughter in classroom then he goes on vacation.  Parents don't care.  Parents and kid go to Europe and don't even respond.  Teacher doesn't care - it's always "too late" for re-pairing.  My daughter's grade on that homework assignment is low because the dud kid wouldn't pull his own weight.  Hate joint assignments.  Hate them.  Hate all homework.  Kids don't have a life outside of school, homework, and church.  What a pity.[/quote]

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