On Tue, 17 May 2011 19:18:36 +0100, News
wrote:

In message , Mark
writes

Ours get too much homework now that must be done on the computer so
such a scheme would not work here I think.

Hmm. I tend to agree. Ours (10) has quite a lot of homework, some of
which must be done on the PC. I cannot help thinking, though, that he
has less hours at school than I did at that age, but I did not have
homework at primary school. Moving 'teaching time' from the teachers to
the parents? Perhaps I'm just an old cynic ...

Ours didn't get much homework at primary level (although they took
ages doing it[1]). They get a bit more to start with at secondary but
they get a /lot/ when they start their GCSE courses[2].

My kids get about the same amount of school time as I did IIRC.

[1] Trying to avoid doing it actually.
[2] I think the school should gradually increase the amount of
homework, rather than suddenly.
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