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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The pressure comes from parents. There are healthy and unhealthy pathways for kids to choose through all of these schools. It depends on the values and pressure they get from home.( I am a longtime Independent school teacher, administrator and parent. )[/quote]

No it’s both the school and parents. The school tells you the homework load is 3-4 hours a night, plus weekend and over school breaks. This is what some parents call “rigor”. Just doing more work is not rigor. This is high school not college.

You can prepare the student for college without 3-4 hours of homework on top of an 8-9 hour day. Remember the workload increases at the end of a semester with papers, projects and exams overlapping = little sleep, high stress and not the kids best work. Colleges do it better. 
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“Colleges do it better” partly because kids in college aren’t spending a ridiculous amount of time on sports ( unless they are athletes) after school for 2 hours, travel soccer, etc. High school kids are over scheduled beyond their academic work. [/quote]

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