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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see this is an older thread. This school year 25/26 all grade levels have mandatory homework.  In middle school it does count as part of their grade and there is A LOT of it.
We came from a "no homework" elementary school and this transition is HARD.[/quote]

Ask your child what they are doing during class and advisory. The kids who are bringing home homework tend to be kids with anxiety, learning issues, or ADHD and need more time to process and work OR they are goofing off in class and advisory. It tends to be one or the two. Most teachers leave time for kids to do homework in class so that the kids can ask questions and get help.

DS rarely brings home homework, he is in the AAP program with solid As. We ask him to spend 30 minutes reviewing notes in classes that are not his preferred classes to help him establish the habit of studying at home since we know he will need to do that in HS. Most of his friends don’t bring home homework. His friends with IEPs always have homework and it takes them forever to do it, not because it is hard but because they are easy to distract and get frustrated easily. [/quote]

You truly sound insufferable and incredibly ableist. Since you probably don't know what that means - it means you look down on and discriminate against people with disabilities, including learning disabilities and ADHD. Take a moment to re-read what you wrote and think about what an a---hole you are.

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I love posts like this. I am an adult with LDs and ADHD who was the kid who had hours of homework and worked with tutors. Most of my friends had no homework or were able to complete it in minutes. Different kids have different abilities, that is life. You don’t drop homework requirements so that kids like me don’t have to do homework. You find ways to help them and their parents understand that if the kids is going to be in honors classes or AP/IB classes that they will work harder because of how they learn.

His friends get their work done and do well in classes but their process is different and they get frustrated more frequently. That was me, I get it. They are figuring it out and doing well in school. Just like I did. Holding kids to the same academic standards is not abelist or discriminatory, it is what you do to take those classes and learn that material. Is it frustrating? Yup. Is it a part of school when you learn differently? Yup. 
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I'm sorry but you seem to be missing the point over and over again that some teachers give homework that children cannot do in class and this has nothing to do with whether they are learning disabilities or ADHD. But go on thinking your son is superior to everyone else. It's fine.[/quote]

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