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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I think most of the posters have been referring to homework in the early grades.[/b] I hate the busy work and so we have selectively completed homework over the years . Oldest DD is now in middle school and always does her homework. Same with my 5th grader. Starting in 4th grade, when the worksheets disappeared, we found most assignments to be reasonable. In the early grades, the kids turn in a packet and it's never reviewed in class. My kids had no problem transitioning to completing homework when the time came.

A few of our early teachers (including 3 different K teachers) told me they only assigned homework because it was required. No grades ever suffered from skipping assignments. [/quote]

The only times I can think of when my kids were getting ridiculous quantities of busywork as homework were in 1st grade, and it was coming from inexperienced teachers.

I would never complain about my kids' grades for any reason (and my kids have lost points occasionally for things I think are unreasonable, but that's life and my kids need to get used to it). But I'm not going to push a six-year-old to spend half an hour filling a page with mindless crap.[/quote]

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