A few days ago
Anonymous

do u think summer homework is fair?

I am fine with reading a book. Thats no problem. However, I have to read a book and give a paragraph summary on every chapter. I have to do about 100 math questions. In science, i have to answer 200 questions and read 12 chapters. then i have to find 15 articles(finished this already) on 15 science topics and write a 2 paragraph summary on each? Is this really fair? isn’t summer VACATION a vaction not work ur @$$ of just to do more work two months later?

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A few days ago
luckythirteen

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I think that much work is a bit excessive. It seems like the teachers can’t manage to teach enough during the school year and that’s their fault. My son had to do summer reading which I don’t have a problem with. However, he had to read two books and each book has a 26 page worksheet and each one counts as a test grade. He’s only going into 9th grade so that is ridiculous.
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5 years ago
Anonymous
Not really. Summer reading is different from summer homework, though. To read a book is reasonable, but I once had to write a 10 page research paper over the summer. I was a junior in high school and I’d written longer papers, and not had problems with it, but it didn’t feel fair to have to write it over the summer. I have projects to do over the summer now that I’m in college, but I go to art school and love what I do, so it doesn’t really feel like work…
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A few days ago
butmom26
That is certainly over doing it a bit. That’s too much to be assigned during the summer. I can understand why some teachers may think that summer homework is necessary. It seems, though, that these teachers forgot what it feels like to be a student.

Good Luck

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A few days ago
Anonymous
Wow…that’s a lot of work…well, it’s really not too insanely miserable…just make sure you read at least 50 -100 pages a day, and answer at least 25 a day and you should be done in no time! The key is to not do everything at once b/c you’re going to drive yourself insane getting it all done and you won’t be happy with it. Sorry; and good luck!
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A few days ago
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when were you given these assignments?at the first of the summer? a paragraph can consist of 3 or 4 sentences not much…if you had done it everyday..it would have seem like nothing…and I think all students should have to stimulate their mind with homework even in the summer,to help our kids keep up with the world..
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A few days ago
smartlady2028
You shouldn’t have to do homework in the summer. That’s Bull Crap. Summer is supposed to be fun and not for work.
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A few days ago
Paul
No, I think that is terrible.
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