How do you talk to a teacher when she gives to much homework?

Answer 1

First - be honest, is it you or is it the amount of homework? Do you use your time well? Are you watching tv? On the phone? Not working on it?
If it really is too much tell him/her how long it is really taking you - without your interruptions or procrastinating.

Answer 2

Define too much...is it three hours a night for a second grader or a high schooler. Also, is any of the work classwork the student didn't complete in the allowed time?

Secondly, look at your schedule. Is your child in too many after school activites? Does he go from school to sports to music to home for dinner at 700 with bed time at 830?? If so, then it is time to cut back on the activities since any homework would be too much for a schedule like that!

Finally, if the teacher is giving so much homework that even if your child wanted to be involved in other things, he couldn't OR if the level of homework is causing your child to have stress headaches, refuse to go to school, is not allowing your child down time to decompress, then it is time to talk to the teacher.

Many school districts have MINIMUM amounts of homework required to be sent home for each grade level, including weekends and school breaks. Find out what the district guidelines are for your child's grade. If you feel that is excessive, you need to talk to the school admin as well as the teacher. Plus, talk to the other parents and/or PTO...my bet is you'll find out you're not the only one upset and frustrated.

If it is all from the teacher, then ask the teacher to rank the homework by items that MUST be done and items that are meant to reinforce older lessons. Ask if , when your child has clearly mastered that lesson, you can choose to save that work for last or skip it completely. Ask if the teacher could send home the next weeks homework assignments the Friday of the week before. This will give your child a chance to get a bit of a jump on the assignments.

However, if none of this works or the teacher is unwilling to change, as a parent you always have the right to decide when enough is enough. Notify the school of your problems, your attempts at resolutiong with the teacher and your decision to not complete all the homework assigned. Ask to have a letter outlining all of the above in your child's record. Unfortunately, this decision will impact your child's grades, but there are times when the grades have to take a back seat to the chold's emotionally health.

Answer 3

Well, how much is too much? I am not sure of your age? I don't know your specific situation.

According to a recent study, about 10 minutes per grade level per night is what is expected for grades 1-12, maximum of 2 hours. This is total, not per subject.
So , 6th grade might expect about 60 minutes 10th grade 100 minutes etc.
However, sometimes a teacher thinks something will take about 5 minutes, but it may actually take a longer time , especially if you don't understand it.
Is this teacher giving a lot of homework in one subject, or does the teacher cover several subjects? You might keep a chart for two weeks of assignments and amount of time it took to do assignments. Have several people in the class do the same thing, so you can get an average.
Then armed with information, make an appointment to talk to the teacher( a few people could go with you, but not the whole class). Use an "I " message such as, " We get overwhelmed with homework when an average of ____ hours are assigned each night. Would you consider cutting down on homework or giving us more study hall time in school to get it done?" Politely explain your concerns.
If there is no change, you may want to contact the principal. Grumpy parents sometimes get their attention, but sometimes they make things worse. I encourage you to try and take care of this yourself. However, you may want to explain to your parents what you are doing and why. They may have some good ideas on how to word what you say. Also, if the teacher takes exception to what you say and contacts your parents, you don't want them to be blindsided. Talk to them first so they know your side of the story and can support you if the teacher calls them. Good luck... wish I had had the guts to try this when I was in high school.

Answer 4

Hi,
First thank her for encouraging your child to learn. The ask her if the work load is due to your child not being able to complete the daily assignments? Then ask her is the assignments based upon weekly completion. If she answer no, make the suggestion that your child might need longer time to complete his/her work because they also want to understand every assignments they send home. It is important to remember that you get better result with honey than you do with vinegar. In most special ed classes you have mixed ability students and the teacher still has to cover a certain amount of curriculum by June. Offer to come in and help the class so you yourself get the feel of your child's learning environment. Every teacher appreciate a helpful parent and one who wants to be involved. Become proactive in your child's learning and you will teach them education is important and they can be successful.
I hope this is helpful. From a teachers point of view.

Answer 5

maybe if you got off of here, sat down and did it, it wouldnt feel like so much. aslo, if it is an AP class, you will get more homwork, so if you dont like it, suck it up, or drop the class.... that is about all that you can do, they give you homework for a reason, and if you ask her to cut back, she cant.. she has it planned for all year, and it would proablby cause problems.....

Answer 6

You cannot talk individually.You can talk as a class.
Clamly tell her the difficulties you face because of the heavy homework.
You can give her some suggestions..

Answer 7

My teacher will telling me to f-ing get over it and suck it up since I'll need to be doing that in the real life anyways.

Answer 8

If you are a student, I'd discuss the issue with your parents. Let them do the talking for you.

Answer 9

no way ! i love homework ! well if i don't have time 4 doing homework ! well might as well i have to do it.b4 detension and it's pretty long...oh! yea! suspented surely!

Answer 10

hmmm......I think there is not such thing as "too much homework"......You should manage your time better.