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Nevernose

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16. My kid sometimes has 9 hours of homework

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Thu Jan 31, 2013, 07:01 PM

Jan 2013

She leaves for school at 5:30, gets home at three, and does a minimum of three hours of homework. At least once a week she's up until midnight doing homework. Tears are common.

What some schools are doing is actively damaging children.

I've tried to talk her into transferring to the school I teach at (and would have far less homework), but, to her, going to school with her dad every day would even worse.

I'll also point out, for those who don't think that teens have stress, which population of Americans have the highest suicide rate.

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High schools try therapy pets, 'recess,' no-homework nights to lower 'epidemic' student stress [View all] The Straight Story Jan 2013 OP

Maybe if they got back to actually teaching the subjects instead of stressing tests. hobbit709 Jan 2013 #1

I think that combined JohnnyBoots Jan 2013 #5

Seriously I had no idea what stress was either in high school malaise Jan 2013 #2

That's it. hobbit709 Jan 2013 #3

My parents hinted that we were guests in their house malaise Jan 2013 #11

Well, to be honest, I had plenty of stress at university. kentauros Jan 2013 #6

just two or three generations ago liberal_at_heart Jan 2013 #9

My parents were loving malaise Jan 2013 #10

I'm certainly no helicopter parent liberal_at_heart Jan 2013 #13

You sound like a good parent malaise Jan 2013 #14

The world has changed a hell of a lot since the 50's redqueen Jan 2013 #4

my daughter's friends are in an advanced high school degree program liberal_at_heart Jan 2013 #7

It is the same with homeschooling now as well in many ways The Straight Story Jan 2013 #8

"epidemic' student stress" ...give me a break! L0oniX Jan 2013 #12

geez just because they aren't going to war doesn't mean they aren't stressed liberal_at_heart Jan 2013 #15

My kid sometimes has 9 hours of homework Nevernose Jan 2013 #16