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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am fine with hard work and high expectations but how effective is 5 or more hours of homework? surely there's a point of diminishing returns[/quote]

This x1,000,000.

And there's a lot of evidence to back that up.[/quote]

Not really.  BASIS parent, and we spend 20-30 mins per night, no more.  DS is in distinguished honor roll, so he isn't blowing anything off.[/quote]

I'm sorry but what math level is your child in?  30 problems of Algebra II or pre-calculus can take 30 minutes a night.  BASIS is hardcore.  But from what I hear from parents of kids at TJ, we are much better off.

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Algebra II, 6th grade.  Yes, he has 30 problems each day, but has most of them complete during the class time allotted to the work.  Typically, he just checks his work in the evening, and that's it for math during the week.  On the weekends, he'll usually do an extra set to get ahead (about 20-30 additional minutes).  For history, he'll often have a handful of questions to answer (long response - style), and he doesn't seem to spend much time at all on Latin -- he just seems to "get" it during class.

Biology is often the big homework-causer, with English being a close second due to required readings.

To be fair, there is a little trick to his method.  He always stays a chapter ahead (or now 10, in the case of Algebra).  He comes to class very prepared, and it makes life much simpler.  Also, he has long read history books at bedtime for fun / relaxation, so that makes a little difference.

Grades? Overall 97.  English and Biology are the two lowest grades, which makes sense, because they are the two subjects he is not ahead in.

I know some kids really need more time than others, but I just find the reports of 3+ hours to be very odd.  Unless that includes a great deal of remediation, of course.  Then it would be ENTIRELY understandable, because Basis just doesn't slow down.[/quote]

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