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Originally Posted by yads
My sister is currently in grade 9 and is also on the national rhythmic gymnastics team. What that means is that 5 days a week she is at Talisman centre training for 3+ hours and that doesn't include national and international competitions. Yet she still finds time to do homework and gets marks in the 90s in every subject. She also has lots of friends and finds time to hang out with them.
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Good for her. (And I mean that.)
However the system that may work for one kid may not work for another. That was always my problem with the school system; it focuses on one way of educating- and if you cannot conform then too bad. And to me that is what this is about more than anything, making education systems diversify their approaches so that no kid gets left behind.
One thing I have haerd in this thread is some teachers saying "I never give more than an hour of homework." Well, if a kid has 6 subjects; and maybe is a little slow in one or two he will have 6-8 hours of homework.