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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]The homework load at so many schools is ridiculous. I have started sending back extra work that says "she worked X productive minutes on this and can complete it another night if needed."
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Good grief.  You are well on your way to being one of the parents that college professors are now complaining about.  At some point your child has to learn to buck and deal with what he or she is given--even if it seems excessive or unfair.  I can't imagine telling an employer that enough productive minutes have been completed.  IMHO, parents like you are not doing your children any long-term favors.  [/quote]

I'm not the quoted poster, but would just like to note an interesting experience I had when my DD was in 5th grade.  One of her classmates was her teacher's son (he was in another section).  The 5th-grade teachers were all seasoned vets and my DD's teacher was one of the best teachers my kids have ever had (I have 3, all now in HS and college, so that's saying a lot.)

At the beginning of the schoolyear, many 5th-grade parents -- from all 3 sections of the grade -- commented among ourselves that the HW load was quite heavy, but nobody seemed to want to complain and be the PITA parent.  Then, over the next few weeks HW lightened to a manageable amount.  When parent-teacher conference time came around, I mentioned to my daughter's teacher how much I appreciated the teachers' recognition that an adjustment was needed.  "Yes," she said, "this is the first time one of us has had a child in 5th grade."

BTW, as for handwriting, yes, parents should address the problem, whether it stems from the child's attitude, lack of time, an OT weakness, or all of the above, but let's not make too much of it.  My middle son, a college freshman, has handwriting that looks like a 4th-grader's work.  Wait, I should say his handwriting looks like that of a 4th-grader with really bad writing.  We did all we could to address the problem to no avail.  He's now a college freshman and just made the Dean's List at a top 5 US News school.         [/quote]

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