Anonymous
Post 12/05/2025 15:02     Subject: Homework is Hell
Anonymous wrote:My children come home everyday after school tired and overworked. They still have hours of homework ahead of them...what happened to childhood? Wondering what your thoughts are?

What can we do to free our children??!!!?


You can choose not to sign your kid up for an extra-homewoek magent program!!!
Anonymous
Post 12/05/2025 15:01     Subject: Homework is Hell
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:AP Seminar English 10
AP Precalc or Calc
AP Gov/History
AP Spanish after 4
AP CS Principles or A
AP Physics C or Bio double period or Bio double period




AP Physics C is a beast of a class. Any kid who manages to complete that one with all As and a 5 on the exam without studying must be exceptionally bright.


Sorry, I meant Physics 1
Anonymous
Post 12/04/2025 22:05     Subject: Homework is Hell
OP here,

Just to be clear, my son is in the IB program at RM. So far straight A's!
Anonymous
Post 12/02/2025 13:57     Subject: Homework is Hell
Anonymous wrote:AP Seminar English 10
AP Precalc or Calc
AP Gov/History
AP Spanish after 4
AP CS Principles or A
AP Physics C or Bio double period or Bio double period




AP Physics C is a beast of a class. Any kid who manages to complete that one with all As and a 5 on the exam without studying must be exceptionally bright.
Anonymous
Post 12/02/2025 13:54     Subject: Homework is Hell
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My 10th grader doing all AP classes does not have hours of homework.

My other kid, now in college, took the entire afternoon and evening to do his homework, in elementary, middle and high school. He had a processing speed measured at the 4th percentile, with inattentive ADHD and autism.

If your kids are taking hours to do homework, OP, and they're not doing 6 AP courses at the same time... you need to worry about processing speed and possible ADHD, because the two are often closely linked. They might need a diagnosis to get a 504 and extended time.



How can your sophomore be doing all AP classes? That doesn't sound credible. At our school, I don't think it would even be feasible, since there's no AP English class available in tenth.

My junior is doing all-but-two as AP. Some days, homework isn't bad but keeping up with the AP science and AP calc class takes a lot of study (not homework) time. Put that on top of prepping for the SAT and playing a sport and my kid is pretty burned out.


+1 Tenth grader is taking "all APs" and doing a limited amount of homework-I'd love to hear the name of this mythical school that has a 10th grader with every single class as AP yet the kid doesn't receive much homework and is doing exceptionally well according to their parent. Perhaps we can all send our kids to this gem of an MCPS HS that has rigorous coursework but where kids magically pick up knowledge by osmosis without studying or spending time to complete assignments.
Anonymous
Post 12/02/2025 13:51     Subject: Homework is Hell
AP Seminar English 10
AP Precalc or Calc
AP Gov/History
AP Spanish after 4
AP CS Principles or A
AP Physics C or Bio double period or Bio double period


Anonymous
Post 12/02/2025 12:19     Subject: Homework is Hell
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My 10th grader doing all AP classes does not have hours of homework.

My other kid, now in college, took the entire afternoon and evening to do his homework, in elementary, middle and high school. He had a processing speed measured at the 4th percentile, with inattentive ADHD and autism.

If your kids are taking hours to do homework, OP, and they're not doing 6 AP courses at the same time... you need to worry about processing speed and possible ADHD, because the two are often closely linked. They might need a diagnosis to get a 504 and extended time.



How can your sophomore be doing all AP classes? That doesn't sound credible. At our school, I don't think it would even be feasible, since there's no AP English class available in tenth.

My junior is doing all-but-two as AP. Some days, homework isn't bad but keeping up with the AP science and AP calc class takes a lot of study (not homework) time. Put that on top of prepping for the SAT and playing a sport and my kid is pretty burned out.


DP. Some schools offer the English 10 version of AP seminar. And kid could be in AP precalc (which I actually easier than honors). But yeah for most this is unlikely.
Anonymous
Post 12/02/2025 12:12     Subject: Homework is Hell
Anonymous wrote:My 10th grader doing all AP classes does not have hours of homework.

My other kid, now in college, took the entire afternoon and evening to do his homework, in elementary, middle and high school. He had a processing speed measured at the 4th percentile, with inattentive ADHD and autism.

If your kids are taking hours to do homework, OP, and they're not doing 6 AP courses at the same time... you need to worry about processing speed and possible ADHD, because the two are often closely linked. They might need a diagnosis to get a 504 and extended time.



How can your sophomore be doing all AP classes? That doesn't sound credible. At our school, I don't think it would even be feasible, since there's no AP English class available in tenth.

My junior is doing all-but-two as AP. Some days, homework isn't bad but keeping up with the AP science and AP calc class takes a lot of study (not homework) time. Put that on top of prepping for the SAT and playing a sport and my kid is pretty burned out.
Anonymous
Post 12/02/2025 06:05     Subject: Homework is Hell
My 11th grader has several hours of homework with nearly all of her classes being APs. Her friends who are also in AP or IB classes report having a lot of homework and stress. In elementary school and most of MS, there was not much homework at all, but in high school, she has been studying for hours.

I don’t see this as different from other smart kids her age who are taking a tough load of courses, and I wouldn’t call it homework hell. I have friends with kids in Fairfax and Falls Church and they are also studying a lot.

Unless your kid is young Sheldon or taking very easy classes, studying for hours is going to be part of life for most of high school and college.
Anonymous
Post 12/02/2025 05:39     Subject: Homework is Hell
My second grader in an immersion program has 5-7 hours for the week. It’s a bit much, but we signed up for this so we don’t say anything. We’re just grateful when the teacher gives it to us the Friday before occasionally.
Anonymous
Post 12/02/2025 05:21     Subject: Homework is Hell
I am going to assume that most of this is probably “honework” because class time was used inefficiently. The work has to be completed some time and if you don’t focus in class that means you do it at home. That is how it is for my 9th grade students. I tell all my students that I am guaranteed to get 45 minutes of work from them a day, where that work happens is up to them.
Anonymous
Post 12/02/2025 00:14     Subject: Homework is Hell
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My 10th grader doing all AP classes does not have hours of homework.

My other kid, now in college, took the entire afternoon and evening to do his homework, in elementary, middle and high school. He had a processing speed measured at the 4th percentile, with inattentive ADHD and autism.

If your kids are taking hours to do homework, OP, and they're not doing 6 AP courses at the same time... you need to worry about processing speed and possible ADHD, because the two are often closely linked. They might need a diagnosis to get a 504 and extended time.



Spare us your dime store diagnosis. The teachers of my kids’ classes have said they assign a lot of homework in high school. That some kids in a massive school district have lots of homework and that their experience isn’t identical to the two kids you parented does not mean that their experience was false or that they have a learning disorder if they spend time studying.

And just because your child is enrolled in “all AP classes in the 10th grade” and isn’t studying doesn’t make your child an exemplar. There are plenty of kids enrolled in AP classes who don’t prepare well and don’t do well on the independently evaluated exams at the end of the year.


+1 Having a lot of homework in high school or even middle school does not mean a kid has ADHD or Autism. Both my kids had homework ramp up in 8th grade and that has continued for their time in high school (both took difficult classes.)
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 23:56     Subject: Homework is Hell
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My 10th grader doing all AP classes does not have hours of homework.

My other kid, now in college, took the entire afternoon and evening to do his homework, in elementary, middle and high school. He had a processing speed measured at the 4th percentile, with inattentive ADHD and autism.

If your kids are taking hours to do homework, OP, and they're not doing 6 AP courses at the same time... you need to worry about processing speed and possible ADHD, because the two are often closely linked. They might need a diagnosis to get a 504 and extended time.



Spare us your dime store diagnosis. The teachers of my kids’ classes have said they assign a lot of homework in high school. That some kids in a massive school district have lots of homework and that their experience isn’t identical to the two kids you parented does not mean that their experience was false or that they have a learning disorder if they spend time studying.

And just because your child is enrolled in “all AP classes in the 10th grade” and isn’t studying doesn’t make your child an exemplar. There are plenty of kids enrolled in AP classes who don’t prepare well and don’t do well on the independently evaluated exams at the end of the year.


PP you replied to.

I know a lot more than you, sorry. Also, I am trying to help OP. There is no way, even with a crazy teacher who assigns way more work than usual, that any middle schooler should have hours of homework. Just no way. The only time it happens is when a child has low processing speed. So I am telling OP: please get help now, before the kid starts struggling in high school, or getting depressed over their workload.

Finally, do not attack my child for no reason. She's a straight A student who gets 5s on her AP exams (she had AP exams already in 9th grade). I wrote about her to illustrate that my kids embody the two extremes of functionality.







You’re ignorant if you think that your two kids enable you to make a universal conclusion about the amount of homework students across a massive school district, with disparities in rigor across schools and individual teachers.

And you’re delusional if you think that getting a 5 in one or two AP classes in 9th grade means that your child will automagically get 5s in all of their 10th grade APs. If you bothered to look at the data for MCPS student performance across APs exam scores, you wouldn’t be so sure to be bragging about your kid who has just completed MP1.
Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 23:30     Subject: Homework is Hell
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My 10th grader doing all AP classes does not have hours of homework.

My other kid, now in college, took the entire afternoon and evening to do his homework, in elementary, middle and high school. He had a processing speed measured at the 4th percentile, with inattentive ADHD and autism.

If your kids are taking hours to do homework, OP, and they're not doing 6 AP courses at the same time... you need to worry about processing speed and possible ADHD, because the two are often closely linked. They might need a diagnosis to get a 504 and extended time.



Spare us your dime store diagnosis. The teachers of my kids’ classes have said they assign a lot of homework in high school. That some kids in a massive school district have lots of homework and that their experience isn’t identical to the two kids you parented does not mean that their experience was false or that they have a learning disorder if they spend time studying.

And just because your child is enrolled in “all AP classes in the 10th grade” and isn’t studying doesn’t make your child an exemplar. There are plenty of kids enrolled in AP classes who don’t prepare well and don’t do well on the independently evaluated exams at the end of the year.


PP you replied to.

I know a lot more than you, sorry. Also, I am trying to help OP. There is no way, even with a crazy teacher who assigns way more work than usual, that any middle schooler should have hours of homework. Just no way. The only time it happens is when a child has low processing speed. So I am telling OP: please get help now, before the kid starts struggling in high school, or getting depressed over their workload.

Finally, do not attack my child for no reason. She's a straight A student who gets 5s on her AP exams (she had AP exams already in 9th grade). I wrote about her to illustrate that my kids embody the two extremes of functionality.





Anonymous
Post 12/01/2025 23:19     Subject: Homework is Hell
Anonymous wrote:My 10th grader doing all AP classes does not have hours of homework.

My other kid, now in college, took the entire afternoon and evening to do his homework, in elementary, middle and high school. He had a processing speed measured at the 4th percentile, with inattentive ADHD and autism.

If your kids are taking hours to do homework, OP, and they're not doing 6 AP courses at the same time... you need to worry about processing speed and possible ADHD, because the two are often closely linked. They might need a diagnosis to get a 504 and extended time.



Spare us your dime store diagnosis. The teachers of my kids’ classes have said they assign a lot of homework in high school. That some kids in a massive school district have lots of homework and that their experience isn’t identical to the two kids you parented does not mean that their experience was false or that they have a learning disorder if they spend time studying.

And just because your child is enrolled in “all AP classes in the 10th grade” and isn’t studying doesn’t make your child an exemplar. There are plenty of kids enrolled in AP classes who don’t prepare well and don’t do well on the independently evaluated exams at the end of the year.