Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "The no homework debate: Kat Timpf vs. Tyrus" video.
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6 hours a day, 5 hours a week should be PLENTY to cover the required course work. Maybe junior or senior year, they should have college-prep work in a semi-college format, where the class meets 3 days a week, with 6 hours out of class required, with 2 of those hours in the classroom, transitioning to the 2-hours-out-for-every-hour-in that is the expectation for college math, for example.
In high school, they spend a whole year on courses that receive one semester in college, meeting 3 times per week, with an expectation of 6 hours of work outside of class for the average student. College Algebra can be easily covered with little or no homework in one year. Sneak in the trigonometry in one semester, with a fair amount (but less than college amount) of homework, and the student has an idea of the level of effort required at the next level.
Fact is, we cover stuff in high school at a snail's pace AND send kids home with a pile of homework, and they still don't come to college with the skills they need. It's not a homework or not-homework question. It's a question of what they're doing in the classroom.
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