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I really don't think most kids at BASIS are spending 3 hours of homework a night. I posted above (a week or so ago). My 11 yo 6th grader is spending about 45 minutes a night on homework at this point. He is also playing on his little league baseball team, doing one school club, hanging with friends from our neighborhood and has time for more Minecraft than I approve of.

A very small percentage of 8th graders are taking AP Calculus as 8th graders. Most 8th graders are in Algebra 2. Math placement depends on the child, what they are ready for and what their parents want for them.

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I'm sorry but I call BS on your post.  Kids lie about how long their homework takes, parents should not - it makes everyone else feel bad or stupid.  45 minutes a night in 6th grade?  With 30 math problems a night except on Thursdays?  Please, tell us your secret.

Especially because this year he is now taking Bio, Chem and Physics, and every class is cumulative - precomps = 1/2 of GP3 and comps = 1/2 of your grade for the year, and as far as I know this is the first year the native portion of these exams are not all going to be multiple choice.  The subjective aspect of that scares me.  But this is not high school, and I don't think either of the teachers in question are arbitrary or capricious.

So even if your child is a genius, there is no way he is pulling this off unless he is lacking/sloughing off in the organization area - and this is not 5th grade.  Disorganization may be deadly.  My kid spends an hour on each math problem set.  In advanced math, but I still don't see how it would be any different if you are in a less advanced math class.  30 problems is 30 problems.  Period.  So how long does your child spend on his problem sets or does he do them in Aero?  Again, just the simple question - what is your secret?

PS our dc in no way spends 3 hours a day on homework.  But some nights dc has spent two.  But grades matter to dc, more than they do to us at this juncture.[/quote]

PP here w/kid spending 45 mins a night so far on HW. He gets an average of 20 problems a day done in AE, which helps a lot. He is NOT a genius but is pretty focused and organized. It will, of course, get more taxing as the year goes on. This is our second kid at Basis so we know what comps require. Older kid took longer on homework than younger.

The point is, they are all different and learn in different ways. [/quote]

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