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[quote=Anonymous]Growing up, I rarely had homework in elementary school.  If we had extra assignments I would try to finish them during the day.  Occasionally I had a project or something lighter that would take 20 minutes or so.  My parents, who were from another country, were always saying "where is your homework??"  "where is your homework??" and I would say "I did it at school" or "I don't have any!"  They could barely believe me.

I think this was perfect.  I had a lot of time for play and being creative.  I built cities out of legos, had dramas with my barbies.  I got to play outside with neighborhood kids.  I even wrote books to amuse myself.  I was able to go to a top college and law school.

It's pretty clear that this homework thing is cyclical.  People demand more homework for a few years, then there is a backlash, and then there is a backlash from no homework, and on and on.  I wish people would just go with quantitative evidence, which shows that a ton of homework is not going to help elementary schoolers.[/quote]

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