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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can a current Magnet Gunctions/Precalculus family post an example of one homework problem, to give a sense of what it is?  And how many problem there are like that per week?

Also, Blair/Magnet does 4x2 block scheduling, with each class every second day, right?
So when someone says "X hrs , Y pages, Z problems per night of homework", do they mean every night, or half the nights? [/quote]

My kid is in precalculus and didn’t have much to do during the week this week but probably spent six hours yesterday working on his precalculus homework. It was 35 problems, plus 40 minutes of watching a video and taking detailed notes (about six pages of notes which had to be submitted as a photo, so watching the video took much longer than 40 mins).  He usually breezes through everything so I was surprised at how much time he had to spend on each of these problems but also thought that 35 tough problems was a lot.[/quote]
"35 tough problems" is oxymoronic; we can conclude that almost all the problems must be very easy. If a question takes 5 mins to work out, it's easy by definition.[/quote]

I don’t think you understand what an oxymoron is. Nor do you seem able to understand basic math if 35 problems in six hours means 5 mins per problem. As it was kid spent more time Sunday (couple of hours maybe) finishing the last five so it was more than six hours total anyway.[/quote]
There is no way that most of those 35 problems are tough. Maybe you meant to say tedious, or boring, or time consuming, which explains why your kid had to spend that long on them. A tough assignment would have 5-10 problems, maximum.[/quote]

Except when it’s part of the magnet program. Yes, there were 35 challenging problems. I don’t understand why you think you are better than everyone else. [/quote]
It's not that at all, it's more of you should try to prove your case when you make the above claim. Others asked you to give examples and you've refused. At this point in time your statement is misinformation and I don't want others to come to the wrong conclusion. I'm telling you that a 35 problem packet means that most of the questions are straightforward and routine. It's just quantity.[/quote]

This whole conversation is stupid. 1hr, 3hrs, 6hrs. Easy, hard, routine, challenging.

Every student has a different level of ability, speed, preparation, interest, and other demands on their time. Instead of all these out of context opinions on the course, people need to see it and decide for themselves. [/quote]

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