Easing homework stress for high-gear students (Palo Alto says no homework on weekends, breaks)

San Jose Mercury-News ^ | 8.25.03 | Nicole C. Wong

[LiberalSlayer99]

I just shake my head when I read stuff like this. The public schools are seriously failing the majority of students in this country...so what do the libs in the NEA come up with? Less homework.

My son started in a new parochial school...at orientation, we were told to expect 10 minutes of homework per grade level. By the time he's a senior in high school that's 2 hours...which doesn't seem so unreasonable to me. Build up the homework slowly...teach the kids to study (with the parents help, of course), and they'll be well-prepared for college.

These libs seem more concerned with the kids' feelings than with preparing them for life after school... Where you work 8-10 hours a day...and you sink or swim.

[ladylib]

When I went to high school in the mid-60's, we were told to expect 3 hours of homework every night. Ten hours is ridiculous and probably counterproductive -- but if these students and parents feel they have to do it to get into good colleges, fine.

I'll bet their teachers (probably educated in the 70's and 80's -- the pits in public education)never pulled that many hours on homework.

[Whateducation?]

Unfortuneately, I do not find this shocking. The intentional dumbing down of our students will continue, and our nation will end up with a populace of uneducated people. Some of the key words to look up regarding this issue are "Goals 2000," "Outcome based education" and the "school to work program." Anyone with children should know exactly where this is headed. Good luck.