It's been a long time since I was in school, but I remember doing homework as early as kindergarten, definitely 1st grade. I still remember a huge dinosaur research project in 1st grade that we had to do with encyclopedias - remember those things? hehe We were writing essays and reports at that age as well (with rocks and slate). Let's just say that was a long time ago...
My nieces and nephew barely have any homework (1 in HS, 1 in Jr HS, and 1 in 6th grade). My sister struggled through school and did the bare minimum and even she thinks the kids need more homework. Same school system we went through as kids, too. It's shocking to me how wildly different it is from school to school. I don't envy any of you ladies. It's difficult to know how much is too much and how little is too little. I hope you can all find balance.
xoxo
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