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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So HS students are spending this much time on homework with no electronics/texting/IM/etc. distractions? If so, that's ridiculous and not something I'm willing to subject my kid to. If it's this many hours but with a lot of electronic distractions, that's different.[/quote]

Yes, my HS junior is spending that much time (5-6 hours) with no distractions.  She sits in a study with no computer, just a desk facing a wall covered with peaceful posters & a shelf with candles (we created a homework area for her years ago because of her distractibility) and no electronics.  She doesn't text/IM anyway (not an electronics person; she doesn't have Facebook or other social media accounts).

Right now her only distraction is our dog (admittedly, our dog is very cute).

As a breakdown, a typical night might be:

AP World History - 1 hour - summary outlines, readings, analyses
AP Calculus BC - 1 hour - problems
AP Chemistry - 1 hour - problem sets
AP Physics - 1 hour - online instructional videos and analyses
AP Language - 1 hour - writing

And then language and band, but if she's lucky, not much HW for those subjects.
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I'm the PP who asked about electronics. If your daughter doesn't text or use electronics, she's unusual for a junior in HS, and more power to her. How does she do homework for all those subjects, including "online instructional videos and analyses," with no computer? [/quote]

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