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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 10th grader doing all AP classes does not have hours of homework.

My other kid, now in college, took the entire afternoon and evening to do his homework, in elementary, middle and high school. He had a processing speed measured at the 4th percentile, with inattentive ADHD and autism.

If your kids are taking hours to do homework, OP, and they're not doing 6 AP courses at the same time... you need to worry about processing speed and possible ADHD, because the two are often closely linked. They might need a diagnosis to get a 504 and extended time.

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Spare us your dime store diagnosis. The teachers of my kids’ classes have said they assign a lot of homework in high school.    That some kids in a massive school district have lots of homework and that their experience isn’t identical to the two kids you parented  does not mean that their experience was false or that they have a learning disorder if they spend time studying.

And just because your child is enrolled in “all AP classes in the 10th grade” and isn’t studying doesn’t make your child an exemplar.  There are plenty of kids enrolled in AP classes who don’t prepare well and don’t do well on the independently evaluated exams at the end of the year.  [/quote]

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