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Jagger · 11-20-2009, 06:19 PM

I haven't read this entire thread but, as a parent of four, I can actually understand where these parents are coming from, to an extent.

My eldest was given a ridiculous amount of homework in grade two. We're talking homework taking three hours or so every night. Talk about weepy. It was terrible. We had to go to the school to fight this too. Turns out that every child in that class were having issues with this but most parents were too passive to do anything about it. The principal had to get involved and the teacher ended up giving only about half hour to an hour's worth every night. That's realistic, the other was not.

11-20-2009, 06:19 PM	#96
Jagger First Line Centre Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Red Deer now; Liverpool, England before Exp:	I haven't read this entire thread but, as a parent of four, I can actually understand where these parents are coming from, to an extent. My eldest was given a ridiculous amount of homework in grade two. We're talking homework taking three hours or so every night. Talk about weepy. It was terrible. We had to go to the school to fight this too. Turns out that every child in that class were having issues with this but most parents were too passive to do anything about it. The principal had to get involved and the teacher ended up giving only about half hour to an hour's worth every night. That's realistic, the other was not. __________________ "It's red all over!!!!"