What’s happening with the lives of fifth-graders these days? Too many of my Saturday Course students have lives that are completely filled with homework, sports, music lessons, and all sorts of other activities. I suppose most of those have been going on for decades, but the homework burden seems to be increasing every year throughout the 16 years that I’ve taught Saturday Course. Is this just my imagination? Is this the result of No Child Left Behind? Should fifth-graders really be overwhelmed with homework obligations?

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