I have fond memories of doing homework in grade school. I loved the writing composition notebook where you had to practice cursive writing. The spelling book had fun lessons about the history of words, such as the word ‘sandwich’ came from the Earl of Sandwich putting meat between two pieces of bread so he could hold it in one hand and play cards with the other.
Kids in my area get out by 230. The buses are lining up at the school at 215. The older kids are hitting the library computers by 305. If you want to get on a library computer, be there early or the kids will be playing games till dinnertime.
I guess you never had any homework in "relevance."