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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actual APS teachers post on AEM that they don’t have time to *really* grade their students’ writing assignments. But go on telling us how rigorous your school is.[/quote]

Hahhhaha.  What writing assignments?  My kids have never written more than about a paragraph. [/quote]

Maybe some of you have kids in some kind of remedial English?  Being serious.  Not our kid’s experience at all.[/quote]

My kid is at DHMS, never gotten less than an A in anything, never does homework, doesn’t write more than a paragraph, is in intensified everything and accelerated math.  I understand that our experience isn’t universal.   But it is true for us, and it is a frustrating situation.   [/quote]

This is weird and sounds like a DHMS issue.  Not our experience at Swanson.  [/quote]

It sounds like a PP issue.

I had one kid already go through DHMS and another one there now. They both had homework - one completed most at school, the other preferred to socialize so had 20-60 min/night at home, plus reading. Plus some bigger projects. Both also have had many multiple writing assignments. There is also more writing than I'd expect in other subjects - history/civics, math (!), health, science. They have been doing 5-page paragraphs since 4th grade. 
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5-page what?   I’m the PP and I’ve had years at DHMS as well. We probably know each other.  What teacher/class gave a 5 page writing assignment?  Sorry I do not believe you or I think what you mean is unclear.

To be clear, I am not counting the incredibly stupid and wasteful nanorimo (?) thing they do in 8th grade.  What a waste of everyone’s time.

As to homework, my kids have always completed it in class or in Phoenix time.  Meaning they never do 20-60 a night or ever. I believe that your kids do.  I also believe that most kids do.  But for kids with high executive function, they don’t. [/quote]

Sorry, 5-paragraph essays. They've been doing them since 4th grade.

Off the top of my head, they've written 5-paragraph essays about identity, The Outsiders, and an informational topic. Also, long letters for civics. I'm sure there were more; I can look up when I get home if that helps trigger your memory.

One of my kids usually finished homework during school at the end of class and during Phoenix Time and the other preferred to chat with friends. They both had homework assigned.

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