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I think it would relieve a lot of stress if meaningless homework were eliminated in elementary school. I can see the value of math and writing homework, but so

by russell 16y ago

I think it would relieve a lot of stress if meaningless homework were eliminated in elementary school. I can see the value of math and writing homework, but social studies drills are worthless but take as much time as English. It seems that every teacher feels the need to assign an hour a day.

jleader 16y ago
> It seems that every teacher feels the need to assign an hour a day. Some school districts (including Arcadia, California, where I live) set standards specifying how much time different grades should spend on homework "on average". For 5th grade, the standard here is 50 minutes. So the teacher "feels the need" because that's what his/her bosses say to do. From what I've heard, those standards are driven at least in part by the expectations of the parents.