![]() ![]() ![]() In my day if a kid was breaking down in tears over their work, you had a problem on your hands and met with them immediately to address it and fix it. And I know you can fulfill your curriculum without this crazy excess, I did it for years. In middle through high school they more or less had to come home, start their homework, and do it until they go to sleep.Įven with the youngest kids there’s plenty of consternation and crying and frustration and burn out. Three or four hours a night by third grade. Now my grandkids have over an hour in first grade. And 5-8th grade was about an hour, hour and a half. 4th grade it was closer to 30-45 minutes. ![]() Then my kids had about 20-30 minutes a night in 1-3rd grade. This lasted until high school and then I had between 2-3 hours of work a night with a bit more around finals. When I was growing up, we’d have maybe a crossword puzzle or a chapter to read, a worksheet. It’s been happening slowly over a long period. I don’t know when homework got so out of hand. Using the simple past ('did you do your homework') in situations that actually call for the present perfect ('have you done your homework', because the enquirer wishes to know if the person's homework is now done) is especially common in American English. ![]()
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