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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Homework seems so insidious to me. With my middle schoolers each discreet task doesn't seem so big (10 math problems -fine), but with7 subjects it adds up! Are the teachers not coordinating on this, do they not realize how long it actually takes? And the $64,000 question is: do the child free teachers understand how busy and full home life is, especially with multiple kids in the house?[/quote]

Short answer? No. The principal of the high school my daughter went Freshman year was under the impression that the 2.5 hours of homework average the county recommended for high schoolers was per subject. I made him add up the number of hours of homework per class based on that rule, plus the number of hours the average kid spends on the bus and in classes. Then I had him add the number of hours they were recommending the kids sleep as per their happy posters on the wall. He came up with 26.5 hours. I then asked him where he was buying his time portal for the schools, as I wanted to get one myself.

There was total silence in that auditorium full of parents, then one by one hands went up, with parents asking how he came to this conclusion and what he was going to do about it.

I moved my kid to private. Problem solved...for us.[/quote]

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