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It's a legit question, although I will say my son is a minority and has fairly dark skin . One has to wonder.. if there are kids who are behind does that slow down the rest of the class? heck that is the reason that half my neighborhood sends their kids to private school and why everyone on here talks about "the good pyramid" and "bad" schools. [/quote]

OP, I say this as a former first grade teacher and parent of two college graduates.

I gave almost no homework other than "to read" every night when I was teaching school.  Kids who are in school all day need to play when they go home. Period.

My own kids had almost no homework in first grade other than "to read".  One was an outstanding student--the other was a good student.  Both succeeded in high school and college.

As for drawing on the back of the paper, that is not an unusual option for a child to do when he finished his work.  When I taught, I gave the kids several options to do when they finished their work--ranging from reading a book, doing another worksheet, drawing on the back of the paper, etc.  When the teacher gives a group assignment, all the kids are not likely to do the paper in the same time frame.  There is [b]VALUE[/b] in this: learning to work quietly; being respectful of others who are not finished yet; entertaining themselves; etc.  Also, the teacher is probably working with small groups during this time and wants the kids to be considerate of her time with other children.

Now, if your son is doing hours of "drawing on the back" that is a problem.  Likely, it is only five or ten minutes.  That is not unreasonable.

Sounds to me like your son is doing just fine.  And, remember, hours of homework is not necessarily a good thing.  At least, that is my opinion.  Ten minutes of homework used to be the benchmark for first grade.  I think that is about right.
  
 
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