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This was probably middle school.
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What do you think about it? I think that the ability to study by yourself is probably the most valuable thing one could get from school and most kids usually don't. Your setup would suggest that demanding that a kids know how to study by themselves is going mainstream...?

Your answer - middle school - I find it extremely young for this, which is extra interesting.

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IMHO, my kid was assigned way too much homework. One year I eventually told her to do some amount per class (I think it was 45 minutes) and then be done with it so that she would have time for sports and family stuff. She was spending 4 or 5 hours every night on homework and this was in 4th grade.

That year I sent an email to her teacher to let them know that I'm the one responsible for her not doing all the work and if that's a problem, we need to talk. It wasn't a problem.

The one class that was flipped was a relief because she could breeze through the lesson much faster than would normally be spent on it in class and the amount of time on exercises was limited to the class time slot.

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