0:13 IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR THE
0:17 KIDS TO START PUTTING THE
0:17 BACKPACKS ON.
0:20 ANAL NEW STUDIES ARE SAYING
0:23 THAT THE KIDS IN THE EARLY
0:25 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YEARS ARE
0:28 GETTING TOO MUCH HOMEWORK.
0:33 AS I SAID, THIS STUDY WAS DONE
0:34 BY PROFESSIONALS, NOT CHILDREN.
0:37 THEY HAVE THE TEN MINUTE
0:39 GUIDELINE IN KIDERGARTEN NO
0:44 HOMEWORK, BUT FIRST GRADE, TEN
0:45 MINUTES.
0:47 BUT THIS SURVEY THEY WERE
0:48 DOING 28 MINUTES.
0:50 I CAN'T THINK THE FIRST GRADER
0:52 TO HAVE THE ATTENTION SPAN TO
0:54 DO ANYTHING FOR 28 MINUTES.
0:56 AND A LOT OF THEM ARE JUST
0:57 LEARNING TO READ.
1:00 YOU'RE THINKING WHAT KIND OF
1:07 HOMEWORK 30 MINDS A DAY TO A
1:07 SIX-YEAR-OLD?
1:10 ST. PETERSBURG IT MORE TO BE
1:11 OUTSIDE WITH AN ACTIVITY.
1:13 IT IS A HALF HOUR IN THE
1:13 DAY.
1:16 THIS FEELS A LITTLE TO ME LIKE
1:17 THE SAME PEOPLE THAT EVERYONE
1:18 TO GET A TROPHY.
1:20 WE WANT IT SIMPLE AND WE'RE
1:22 COMPLAINING ABOUT TOO MUCH
1:23 HOMEWORK.
1:32 IS A HALF HOUR THAT BIG OF A
1:33 DEAL?
1:35 I LIKE MY HOMEWORK.
1:38 I WANT KIDS TO DO MORE.
1:38 MORE?
1:39 HALF AN HOUR.
1:43 YOU CAN COME TO MY HOUSE AND
1:46 DO HOMEWORK WITH MY TWO KIDS.
1:47 HOMEWORK IS FUN.
1:48 I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
1:51 SITTING DOWN WITH MY KIDS AND
1:52 DOING HOMEWORK WITH THEM.
1:53 BUT I GUESS THAT IS NOT A
1:55 REALITY OR SOMETHING THAT IS
1:57 POSSIBLE FOR A LOT OF FAMILY.
2:00 PART OF THE STUDY FOUND THAT
2:03 THERE ARE CERTAIN FAMILIES,
2:06 PEER FAMILIES OR ENGLISH AS A
2:09 SECOND LANGUAGE, ONLY COLLEGE
2:13 EDUCATED PARENTS FELT
2:15 COMFORTABLE HELPING THEIR KIDS
2:16 WITH HOMEWORK.
2:20 BUT IF THEY DID NOT HAVE THE
2:21 EDUCATION, EVERYBODY HATED THE
2:22 HOMEWORK.
2:22 IF YOU THINK ABOUT TEN
2:24 MINUTES THAT WOULD BE ABOUT A
2:28 ONE PAGE, FIRST GRADE MATH
2:29 WORKSHEET.
2:30 THAT SEEMS LIKE ENOUGH.
2:30 RIGHT?
2:32 IF YOU'RE DOING 30 MINUTES OF
2:34 HOMEWORK, YOU'RE DOING LIKE
2:35 SPELLING AND MATH AND YOU CAN
2:36 SEE WHY THE TEACHERS THINK THIS
2:38 IS A GOOD IDEA.
2:41 SOME PARENTS WANT IT.
2:42 THEY FEEL LIKE THE HOMEWORK
2:44 MEANS THAT THE KIDS ARE
2:44 LEARNING.
2:49 I THINK THE MATH HOMEWORK
2:52 CAN HELP.
2:53 BUT WRITING OUT 20 WORDS, I
2:55 DON'T THINK THAT DOES ANYTHING
3:00 BUT WASTE TIME TO BE HONEST.
3:02 MY CONCERN THEY ARE DOING
3:03 ADDITIONAL HOMEWORK THAT THEY
3:04 ARE NOT DOING IN THE CLASS.
3:06 THAT WOULD BE A BIT OF A
