<p>Wow, that is a lot of work per night for 9th grade, tons of work. I didn’t go to a HS that offered IBm we had AP (I also have no idea how the one posters kid took 20 APs in HS, that’s crazy). My school offered AP classes but I don’t think there were that many, and if there were, you couldn’t fit them all in your schedule… Again my school didn’t have IB, but I think I took a decently heavy schedule and I turned out just fine</p>
<p>anyway that is way too much work. Either this is just a ridiculous schedule that is crazy hard for 9th grade, or she is stuggling and having to take a long time doing stuff. Either way if she wants out, let her.</p>
<p>As to her knowing what’s best, that might not always be true. I took all the honors classes and AP classes basically because I felt I had to. I mean they were interesting and it worked out, but there was also that feeling in the back of your head that you were obligated to. </p>
<p>If she can get all A’s, and doesnn’t burn out in only her first semester of HS, then go for it. But, in summary… that is a lot of work.</p>
<p>At this stage right now, the amount of time your daughter spends on homework might be a little too high. But its not too high to set off alarms.</p>
<p>However, this will prepare your daughter for the intense workload that’ll come in 2 years. If you think its too much now, wait until she hits full-IB (or full AP) course load junior and senior year. That’s when things start getting really hairy. But if she wants to succeed through this, she has to do what she needs to do. That’s the only way.</p>
<p>And if she enjoys what she is learning in her rigorous courses, that’s a big plus to her.</p>
<p>I was a former pre-IB student. I’m a current full-time AP student. I’ve gone through all of this, and taking from personal experience, there was a lot of workload associated with taking the most rigorous courses offered at my high school. But in the end, it was well worth it.</p>
<p>There is no earthly reason for a child who is in school 7 hours a day to be spending 4 hours a night on homework on a daily basis. I don’t know of any adults who routinely work 11 hour days. If you are doing truly creative work, it’s impossible. If you are doing mindless drone work, maybe, but then, why bother? I suspect there is an inefficiency problem if a student needs 4 hours every night to get routine work done (it may be different during project completion crunch times).</p>