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Except you read all the comments in that article and the people from Finland all say they do have homework. While not as linkbaity perhaps it should be retitle

by Zelphyr 13y ago

Except you read all the comments in that article and the people from Finland all say they do have homework. While not as linkbaity perhaps it should be retitled, "Finland has an excellent education system."

yason 13y ago
School sucks in Finland too, it just might suck a bit less than in some countries. - A finn
- cesarbs 13y ago
  Care to elaborate?
- Jhsto 13y ago
  I feel sad about hearing this, since it's like we take too many things for granted. We do not have tuition fees and we get school meal and good, usually motivated teachers which respect the students aswell for free. I study in upper class secondary school and my peers seem to have no idea that they could educate themselves here and get high salary job aboard. Instead, they rather play video games all day and get drunk during weekend without committing any homework. This of course doesn't apply to everybody, but those who do make me feel like we do not deserve our education.
sp332 13y ago
I also doubt that the average US 5th grader has 50 minutes of homework every day.
- MattGrommes 13y ago
  I don't know what the actual average is but as a parent of middle-schoolers that sounds right. I've always fought my kids' teachers to keep them from wasting too much time doing homework but if I didn't they'd probably have at least this much. A friend of my wife had to email her son's 6th grade teacher the other day explaining that the son was sent to bed early and could "only" spend 4 hours on the homework that _day_.
  - nissimk 13y ago
    US party line seems to be 10 minutes per grade: http://www.nea.org/tools/16938.htm http://www.nea.org/tools/16938.htm But many parents report that their kids require far longer to complete the assignments. When my son had more than 15 - 20 minutes of homework in 1st grade (5 repetitions of "write a sentence in Spanish that includes the following word") last year we told him to stop and we sent a note to the teacher. I have a friend whose kid takes 2 - 3 times longer than his classmates to finish his homework. It's hard to tell if it is helpful or not for him, but he's definitely not happy about it and he's still a small kid.
- deleted 13y ago
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- pflats 13y ago
  10 minutes per grade level is actually the rule of thumb that's taught in many education programs and is advocated by the NEA (a national teachers' union). Some longitudinal research has borne this out. Whether it actually happens or not, I don't know. Research: http://rer.sagepub.com/content/76/1/1.abstract http://rer.sagepub.com/content/76/1/1.abstract Press info on research: http://today.duke.edu/2006/03/homework.html http://today.duke.edu/2006/03/homework.html
- SystemOut 13y ago
  I don't doubt that. Especially if you include assigned reading time. I have a 4th grader and they're expected to read 30 minutes a day out side of school and keep a log of that. Some teachers require them to write at least a paragraph each night explaining what they read. Add to that the normal math and/or writing worksheets and you can get to 50 minutes pretty easily.

by Zelphyr 13y ago

yason 13y ago

School sucks in Finland too, it just might suck a bit less than in some countries. - A finn

cesarbs 13y ago
Care to elaborate?
Jhsto 13y ago
I feel sad about hearing this, since it's like we take too many things for granted. We do not have tuition fees and we get school meal and good, usually motivated teachers which respect the students aswell for free. I study in upper class secondary school and my peers seem to have no idea that they could educate themselves here and get high salary job aboard. Instead, they rather play video games all day and get drunk during weekend without committing any homework. This of course doesn't apply to everybody, but those who do make me feel like we do not deserve our education.

sp332 13y ago

I also doubt that the average US 5th grader has 50 minutes of homework every day.

MattGrommes 13y ago
I don't know what the actual average is but as a parent of middle-schoolers that sounds right. I've always fought my kids' teachers to keep them from wasting too much time doing homework but if I didn't they'd probably have at least this much. A friend of my wife had to email her son's 6th grade teacher the other day explaining that the son was sent to bed early and could "only" spend 4 hours on the homework that _day_.
- nissimk 13y ago
  US party line seems to be 10 minutes per grade: http://www.nea.org/tools/16938.htm http://www.nea.org/tools/16938.htm But many parents report that their kids require far longer to complete the assignments. When my son had more than 15 - 20 minutes of homework in 1st grade (5 repetitions of "write a sentence in Spanish that includes the following word") last year we told him to stop and we sent a note to the teacher. I have a friend whose kid takes 2 - 3 times longer than his classmates to finish his homework. It's hard to tell if it is helpful or not for him, but he's definitely not happy about it and he's still a small kid.
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pflats 13y ago
10 minutes per grade level is actually the rule of thumb that's taught in many education programs and is advocated by the NEA (a national teachers' union). Some longitudinal research has borne this out. Whether it actually happens or not, I don't know. Research: http://rer.sagepub.com/content/76/1/1.abstract http://rer.sagepub.com/content/76/1/1.abstract Press info on research: http://today.duke.edu/2006/03/homework.html http://today.duke.edu/2006/03/homework.html
SystemOut 13y ago
I don't doubt that. Especially if you include assigned reading time. I have a 4th grader and they're expected to read 30 minutes a day out side of school and keep a log of that. Some teachers require them to write at least a paragraph each night explaining what they read. Add to that the normal math and/or writing worksheets and you can get to 50 minutes pretty easily.