[GSlob]

Well, the schools in other countries [and I am talking civilized countries - say, Japan] apply homework way more liberally than the schools in the US. If there have been mass complaints about the lousy education Japanese schools provide, the complaints must have been made in Japanese, which I do not read, for I've completely missed them. But we have some resident FReepers with the necessary linguistic background, and maybe they could help.

[Alberta's Child]

If there have been mass complaints about the lousy education Japanese schools provide, the complaints must have been made in Japanese, which I do not read, for I've completely missed them.

I have a relative who is one of the most highly-respected members of his profession (in a scientific field), and he's studied foreign education programs extensively over the years as part of his work. His views on the Japanese education model are quite scathing. It's not too ridiculous to suggest that he would have sent his kids to school in Baghdad before he ever let them attend a Japanese school.

[wintertime]

GSlob,

Do you have enough confidence in your anointed educational philosophy that you would impose this on other people's children by threat of armed police, court, and foster care action? Would you threaten to sell your fellow citizen's home or business at sheriff's auction to fund it? ( Real bullets in those guns on the hip)

If you were running a private school, I would fully support your right to demand tons of homework from your private students, however, I do **not** support the imposition of this educational philosophy on other people's children.

By the way, my homeschooled children rarely did more than 2 hours of formal schooling each day, yet they were admitted to college at the ages of 13, 12, and 13. They were completely finished all general college requirements and calculus 3 by the age of 15. The two younger earned B.S. degree in mathematics from our flagship state university by the ages of 18. One recently finished a masters degree in mathematics at the age of 20. This child stood shoulder to shoulder with those Asians who were in their mid to late twenties.

Gee! Imagine that!... All this accomplishment and never having more than 2 hours of formal studies a day.

By the way, my kids are just ordinary homeschoolers. Hey! They haven't won any national bees or been a New York Times best seller.