Over work laod in schools for childerns

Ah. . .yes. . .I know this too well. My son had a teacher who gave my son so much homework he had little time for anything else. . .even eat or shower. He is in and advanced math class and the teacher insisted her students work harder because they were very capable. I ended up exchanging words with that teacher, probably was the only parent in the school to speak to her as sharply as I did. I don't mind homework. And I don't mind a lot of homework. I don't mind teachers who challenge my son. I mind it when he no longer has time to go outside and throw a basketball around. I mind it when it is 11:00p.m. on a school night and he still isn't finished with homework and still hasn't had a shower. She told me it was about better time management. . .I told her I agreed with her. . .that my son's time had to be managed so that he could not only do homework, but also go out play, do household chores, and eat and take care of himself. Needless to say, the next school year she wasn't so bad. And my son had time to be a kid again!