Do AS and NT school kids get too much homework from school?

[Mr Allen]

IMO they do.

My 10 year old nephew and 7 year old niece live in London, England and go to junior school, where they get literally loads and loads of homework every night, like I said they get too much IMO.

Do you agree that kids are made to do too much school work in their own time?

I didn't start getting homework till secondary school, and even then I didn't always do it unless it was set from one of the few teachers I actually liked.

 

[FreeDiver]

I absolutely hated any amount of it. Not because I didn't want to do it. But because after being in school all day and putting up with the bullying. I just wanted to put school behind me for the rest of the day. Hometime was my time and I didn't want to bring anything home from that dreaded place.

 

[Progster]

First of all, homework does not need a capital letter - only proper nouns, names and the first word in a sentence need to start with a capital letter.

I voted other, because it depends on the subject and the teacher - some students say that a specific teacher gives too much homework for a specific subject such as maths.

I didn't mind homework so much, as long as it was for a subject I was interested in.

 

[AGXStarseed]

When it came to homework, it depended on what type it was, how the teacher wanted it to be done and the subject.

Worksheets that just needed filling in were usually okay, homework involving research was problematic as I didn't have a computer with internet access at home so I had to go to the library for that (hoping that a computer was free for me to use), writing essays really bugged me (especially if it had to be handwritten) and having to build anything was a total no-no for me.
In the event I had homework that involved me having to make something like a mosque for R.E or a Mott and Bailey castle for History, etc. my family had to help me out/build it for me.
The only thing worse than homework was when I got into High School, made my 'choices' over what subjects I wanted to study and then started receiving coursework; that was tough and I had to spend a lot of time in the ASDAN room with the staff helping me out to get it completed.

In regards to if kids receive too much homework, I agree with Progster; it depends on the subject and the teacher.

 

[Mr Allen]

First of all, homework does not need a capital letter - only proper nouns, names and the first word in a sentence need to start with a capital letter.

I voted other, because it depends on the subject and the teacher - some students say that a specific teacher gives too much homework for a specific subject such as maths.

I didn't mind homework so much, as long as it was for a subject I was interested in.

Thanks for the English lesson, not that it was needed.

I edited the title, so as not to upset butt hurt Grammar Nazis.

 

[tducey]

Option 1. To me there should be reduced homework in that only what doesn't get finished in school during the day is all the homework there should be.

 

[NothingToSeeHere]

I think children get way too much homework, I don't think primary school children need any at all, let kids be kids! I remember how stressful I found homework as a child... crying over it every night, and I was a top achieving student!