a few questions:

what was your homework experience like when you were at school?

and, do you think that children get too much homework?. not enough?

when I was at school, the homework situation wasn't too bad. I'd get given a subject, and told this is due the next time we do such and such, so if I had history on monday and then didn't have it again until thursday, I would have 3 evenings to do it which isn't bad (somewhere in those 3 evenings, you'd find time to do a small peace of homework)

what I really don't agree with (something that I never had to deal with) are the teachers that give the children homework, and expect it in by the next morning. they have all ready spent the day learning, and are probably tired and just want to eat, chill out for a bit, then go to bed, they don't want to get home from school and start working again

that: and where is their free time to see friends and chill (weekend, but some teachers give kids stuff to do over the weekend also)

so what are your thoughts, and what was your personal experience

[Miss Laura]

In primary ages 5-12 you're routinely given homeworker the next day be it reading, pulling or maths. Although I always had tears at homework time as I had a learning disability and it was tough.

In secondary 12-18 years I found it to be decent. As much as I hate homework I'm not academic. My parents left me alone especially when it came to revision for exams. I had a routine for exam prep and I spent most of my time revising in the school library or my bedroom.

I don't know if kids have it harder or easier than i did as I don't have kids and my Nephew is only 8 and in Primary 3 at school. His is mostly writing, reading, spelling and maths

[lizardlady]

The point of giving homework due the next day is to give the students a chance to practice what they learned that day or prep them for a subject the next day. Practicing new material helps retain the info.

I'm a dinosaur so homework was done by chiseling stone tablets. We had daily homework due the next day, plus more long term projects.

RV, I don't see any harm in a reasonable amount of homework. In the districts near me students have plenty of time to come home, have a snack, play for awhile and still get homework done. Everything I just said applies to "regular" classes. Students in advanced classes can expect more homework. Some of those students can have hours of homework each day.

[WovenGalaxy]

Yes, I think children and teens get too much homework. At least back when I was a kid, and in that particular school district. It was a very academic school.

I just did it. Grades were important to me for some reason. I also took dance classes after school. That was more fun.

It makes sense to me that part of why I fell apart my senior year was that I barely had any academic classes and I quit dance. Being busy and active really helped my mental health. Its something I'm glad to know though, despite the unfortunate lesson.

[*Beth*]

I didn't have much homework when I was growing up. The largest amount was when I had to study for a test or research/create a special project.

My own kids, on the other hand, had hours of homework each night and week-end. They were both in accelerated classes, for which I was very proud of them, but sheesh. Way too much homework. It would cut into our normal family time and I wondered if they were having the experience of being just kids.