What do you think of the workload this teacher gives their students?

Question

http://www.schoolnotes.com/39157/jbaumgartner3.html

In case you didn't know, I dropped out of high school, because it was not for me and I hated alot of crap they taught that I had no attention of learning it.

Answer 1

i think that the work load can be really overwhelming sometimes, especially for kids who play sports. Most nights in high school i would have 2-3 hrs of homework because each teacher would give a huge amount. and most of the homework you got was the same "similar" problem over and over again ( especially in math) annoying! I used to have 7 classes and if each class gave u a 1/2 hr of home work that was 3 1/2 hrs of homework. Most of the time i did not get home from school until 6. ate dinner, then did my homework and went to bed, i hated high school. luckily college is not that demanding.

Answer 2

for grades 6 and 7 it looks reasonable.
she is asking for outlines, reading material, and a group project to be finished. Some homework from another day to be handed in (sounds like the class may be dawdling)

on that note: if we are going to keep up with the rest of the world, we need to stop coddling our students. For grades 6 and 7, a reasonable amount of homework EVERY night should be about 2 hours. That's 2 hours of solid study. Teachers today strive to train students to study efficiently, and some parents do too, but all too often, family life is such that the student is distracted by too many other activities, TV, gaming, friends and other things to properly achieve their potential. This starts in Kindergarten. By the time the student gets to grade 7, the curriculum is quite intense, and the student needs to learn fast or fall behind.
As a comparison, students in Korea begin serious studies by grade 1, and are usually at a grade 7 or 8 level of math (by US standards) by the time they are in grade 5. Similar studies have shown that European students are also accelerated by US standards.
I'm not saying that fierce study is the way to go from age 6, but certainly there has to be a balance - as well as better communication between the dept of education and parents (who need to be educated on the subject as well)

Answer 3

My daughter's worst homework year was Grade 3. It was awful. At least the teacher is well-organized and communicative. It doesn't look like too much but that depends on the other subjects and the amount of homework.

Ask her for a day off from time to time!

Answer 4

I'd say the students are lucky. It doesn't seem to be out of line at all. School might suck, but adult life will suck more if you're uneducated.

Answer 5

looks like a lot of reading and not much else. just do the questions, nobody is going to read and reread all that.

Answer 6

Looks like a lot of reading.

Suck it up...get smart...get a good education.

Answer 7

looks like a regular old homework schedule to me...

Answer 8

Its manageable.

Answer 9

Ask her to show you in practice that it is possible to be done.

Answer 10

seems like she doesn't teach nothing in class.