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Show Thursday, September 1 1, 2008 OR E M TIMES Page 3 NEWS, STORIES AND EVENTS FROM YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OVERHEARD IN OREM How do you feel about the amount of homework your children have to do every night? How many hours each night do they average? Is it too little or too much? Why? 55? .an . --i iITf "This is going to sound awful but I haven't seen any homework but that doesn't mean it hasn't been there. My one eighth-grade daughter is in dance and she does her work at the studio. Her grades reflect that she's doing her homework. I have a junior at Timpanogos High and she has a job where she can take her homework to work. Their grades reflect that they're doing do-ing well. As and Bs are pretty good to me." I Daurene Turpin "I have seven children and so sometimes it feels burdensome. burden-some. But I think that's what we need to do to compete in a worldwide economy. My kids are ages 4 to 19. They average aver-age about a hour and a half a night, which doesn't seem like a lot until it comes to getting to their extra auricular activities." activi-ties." I Lori Schade "Too much. My third grader has 45 minutes a night. My seventh sev-enth grader has minimum of one hour. And my 10th grader, though he's in AP math, has a lot of math. He says it takes him hours to do it. He's considering con-sidering dropping the class. He understands it, but it's very time consuming. My third grader, it's just a real struggle and so much work. It's like we're doing homework right from the time they get home from school until bedtime. It's homework, dinner, and bed." I Susan Fisher "This year it's actually good. In past years it wasn't quite enough I have two fifth graders and a second grader. They have about 30 minutes of paperwork and 30 minutes of reading. The more they do with me I can see what they're doing in class and I can help them. If you can master some of these basic skills you can be set for life." I Ruth Agla "I taught for a couple of years. It's a hard issue because kids are different. For some. 15 minutes is fine, while some others need an hour. I gave out packets where I tailored assignments for students and parents. Some did half the packet, some did the whole thing. If a kid leaves school and knows the concepts, yes, then homework is extra practice." prac-tice." I Alicia Dclgado I homeschool my kids. So I do what I want to do. They are in first grade and kindergarten. We try to get it done throughout the day so evenings are for family time." Amy Wager I have a fifth grader and a third grader. I feel like it's right at the limit where I wouldn't want any more. It's not crossing the line of being too much but very close." Josh Harmon "I feel it's adequate. Even my fifth grader has half an hour of reading. It's no more than half an hour. It's age appropriate. My kindergartner has about 15 minutes of reading and that's about all." I Kimberly Johnson "I feel pretty good. It's a lot more than I had. No, it's good because it reinforces what they are learning in school and helps me to know where they are at. I don't think my parents knew where 1 was at as far as homework." I Liz Atuaia 1 J- A CLTB COST US y WS4 3) mm Fast Phone Quotes No salesman will visit you. Fast quotes from your rough measurements. Final measurement done at time of order. Visit our showroom! CALL (801)-222-3350 (Have your measurements ready!) FREE ESTIMATES! SHOWROOM 35 East 400 South Springville Hours: Mon-Sat 8a. m to 6p.m. Capelli proa cts 'O'' crca f w Professional Grade Blow Dryer & Ceramic Flat Iron Special Retail Customers Only Must Present This Coupon Expires 9-30-08 b liplai Prue UM Sale Price $59.00 Save 36 I , , "MJvfi. t ' www.martinscoilisionrepair.com j I) '..' satisfactionX1.: . 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