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Anonymous wrote:This is the time to load up on EC’s and get that experience! Having little homework and a chance to get great grades without is a godsend!

How about actually learning though? Is that the true godsend?

Homework does not equal learning.

My recent JR great had a lot of homework in 11th and 12th. My current JR junior has a lot of homework. Both took/take lots of AP classes. 9th and 10th, when they had no/fewer AP classes were pretty easy for both of them.

The amount of work in the upper grades was/is not overwhelming for either of them; I'd say that with ECs etc it's a great balance--busy but doable.

Homework is: reading books or poems or the chapters in the textbook, taking notes and preparing questions that will be discussed in class; writing essays; practicing math problems based on concepts taught in class; researching for papers. How is that not learning?

My point was that not having a lot homework doesn't mean kids aren't learning. Homework can be busy work. Teachers can be efficient in class and not feel like a lot of outside work is helpful.

Adjusting to high school and finding activities that interest you is learning. 9th grade is a weird time for a lot of kids. Giving them some space to mature and grow is appropriate.

"Homework does not equal learning" is as pointless as "School does not equal learning." The bottom line is that this setup is alarming for 9th grade. Most kids have some homework starting in elementary school.

That’s a dumb analogy. School is necessary. Homework is not. Homework certainly has its purpose, especially in more intense and advanced classes. Being thoughtful and age-appropriate about when and how to assign homework is good.

9th graders at JR have homework, just not much. It’s not like there’s a no-homework rule. It’s just a light load, and many of us find that perfectly appropriate and have watched our kids adjust well to heavier homework loads in 11th and 12th grade, and then in college.

If you read the OP's post it says the student is getting NO Homework in 9th grade. The insipid "Homework does not equal learning" is paternalistic and pointless and now you are backpedaling and laying on the caveats. The lack of accountability and expectations is a vicious cycle, although JR is not alone in lowering standards. Parents are also complicit because they want the easy A's and are rationalizing the poor education their child is getting.