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[quote=Anonymous]This is really dependent on the kid and the classes they are taking.  At our kid's school, homework was very manageable through 10th and has really ramped up in 11th.  Some kids can through homework quickly and other kids with the same classes need more time.  I'm thankful that our kids' school strongly encouraged them to limit the number of highest-level classes.  Maxing out on AP classes seems to be the arms race in public schools, but one more really hard class would have been too much for our kid.

The one thing I am hearing from friends with kids in the same grade at the school is that kids really need to prioritize their extracurriculars in 11th.  Maybe that's good for maximizing their impact for college applications, but on a more practical level, 11th really does seem to be the grade where it is not possible to do it all.

But to answer OP's question, it's 2-3 hours a night, but done at a pretty rapid clip because our kid often cannot start before 9pm due to extracurricular commitments. They try to take advantage of any free time during the school day to get a start on homework.[/quote]

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