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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do any of you remember having HOURS of homework a day as a teen in high school?  No because we didn't.

Why is it fair to push and push and push these kids.  They go to school for 7 hours.  Practice sports or extracurriculars for 2-3 hours more.  Then we expect them to be excited and want to come home and do 2-3 hours of school work.

Teen years are supposed to be fun.  There needs to be a better balance.  I understand their attitude to be honest[/quote]

Yes. I remember homework in HS and I graduated in 1989. I remember writing essays, writing reports, completing math homework, completing lab reports, and a whole host of other work. I had plenty of homework in HS.

And I played 2 sports. And I worked. And I found time to hang out.

I tend to be more surprised that people think that the schedules today are insane because they look a whole lot like mine except that I had to go to the library to do research since there was no internet at the time. [/quote]

Graduated 1992. Took top classes and the beginning of college credit courses. I had at most 1 hour of HW a night because we all had study hall as a mandatory period.

My varsity practices were 2:30-4:30 (bell was 7:01 to 1:58)

I also worked at the mall and did one 5-9pm shift a week during season and 2-3 off season.

We never had varsity commitments on weekends or breaks. We didn’t have 3.5hrs of practice each day and Sat practices of there isn’t a game. We didn’t have travel sports that take up 5+ weekday hours and 3 out of 4 weekends a month.  We didn’t have “take as many courses during the school year and add a few for summer school to get ahead. We didn’t push for a ton of clubs and leadership positions to college resume build. And we didn’t have 3-4 AP’s s year where each teacher specifies an hour of homework a night.

It’s not the same.  
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