Kids are given unreal amounts of schoolwork to be completed at home these days and family time is limited or non-existent for many. Children have become puzzled while parents are pulling their hair out. An example of such cumbersome homework being given out is that of Molly Benedict, a sixth grader in San Francisco, California who has enough homework to last her until the next morning as well as mind boggling algebraic math problems that stump both of her parents.

School board officials and teachers are being attacked, harassed and questioned about the validity of the horrendous hours some students spend on homework every night. The average grade school student spent 85 minutes on homework per night in 1981, and the average student now spend

There is and always has been a powerful drive to keep kids in school and doing their best, especially in middle and upper class societies. The majority of wealthy or well off parents expect their child to become college bound. Therefore, the more knowledge kids gain at an adolescent age, the better.

My evaluation of this matter leads me to believe schools do not have a handle on homework strategies that indicate what the subject matter is really teaching the children. The government needs to step in and make rules to be abided by for all students across the United States of America.

The underlying question still remains. How much is too much? Is 20 minutes enough or is it too short of a time to learn anything?

Homework becoming more and more severe may cause students to boycott school, and parents to blame their government. Heavy homework could effect drop out ratings causing too many people to be on the lower end, minimum wage employment level. If this continues over a long period of ti

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