Two hours a night of homework for an 8 yo??!! Yikes! That sounds super painful. I am glad I guess that my kids get little homework right now. My son had been in kindy in a private school- he had like 30 minutes a night of homework, much of it stupid. It was things like, write this word ten times. Well, after writing it 3 times, he had the hang of it but they insisted the full 10 times!
Remember, one of the points of education is to instill a sense of repetition in students.
When you are assembling 18 wheelers in Detroit, you don't get to say to the manager, I already know *how* to tighten the azimuth thruster on the new Ford Avenger Caravan, I don't need to do it 1,000 times a day!
Remember, America's manufacturing strength is built on a highly trained and educated workforce.
When they emerge from their high school chrysalises students have to be ready to do what they are asked to do.
And sometimes they have to do it 1,000 times a day.
