<p>How common is it for schools to give summer homework?</p>
<p>I have none this summer (unless I'm missing something) and haven't had any since 7th grade (just free summer reading). I am a rising junior. I certainly feel fortunate, but just how lucky am I?</p>
<p>very lucky</p>
<p>Everyone at my school from 5th grade up has summer hw. Not strenuous, more obnoxious.</p>
<p>I never got any in middle school, but in high school I always get summer work. Usually 4-5 books, and some writing assignment. Last year I got a really heinous amount for AP U.S. History actually, even for me, and I don't really mind summer work.</p>
<p>I am currently procrastinating my english assignment :P</p>
<p>Some SLCs give it at my HS, and some don't. And it varies between the SLCs. </p>
<p>Like mine just had to finish our Professional Portfolio, it really wasn't that bad.</p>
<p>OP i hate u lol
some of the APs in my school give out summer assignments
unfortunately i have the ones which do >.<</p>
<p>so thats why all you guys get 5s...</p>
<p>Nah. The summer work is just busywork - most of the studying I do is through good old fashioned cramming. ^_^</p>
<p>Honors English classes at my high school give it, and also honors or AP history classes.</p>
<p>I only have to read two books, any of my choice, for summer homework.</p>
<p>My school never gives summer homework, not even required summer reading.</p>
<p>our high school set up a policy 2 years ago mandating all students have summer work in their social studies and English classes. Everyone pretty much crams to do all the work the last 3-4 days of summer</p>
<p>I'm a rising junior and am not that fortunate.</p>
<p>AP english: read- Beowulf, Grendel, Literary theory (some book), History of Britain I)</p>
<p>Spanish- 10 page packet</p>
<p>Intro to calc- 8 page packet</p>
<p>AP Bio: read 4 chapters, notes, answer questions, tested on the chapters first 2 days (this is the hardest, the tests are very difficult so i've heard)</p>
<p>Chem: 3 chapters w/ notes +questions</p>
<p>US history II Ap: 1500 word essay</p>
<p>I read beowulf and grendel, but havent done anything else yet.</p>
<p>^OMG, get started now!!! How much time do you have? It looks like you're screwed!!!</p>
<p>i just have a certain book to read, which is actually a pretty good book. i think it's horrible that some schools assign so much, like packets and multiple essays and things like that. i mean, really, you go to school for the majority of the day during most of the year, you go home and stay up late doing just homework, and as your classes get harder, your weekends start to be consumed. and then schools try to take up a huge chunk of your summer!?!? how is anyone supposed to have a life past middleschool?</p>
<p>absurdity...</p>
<p>wow..I'm working on AP Euro homework right now. But I know many schools that do not distribute summer homework like yours. I will sa, however, that in a way I'm fortunate to have it. The work really prepares for the year and puts me into that "study mode."</p>
<p>pretty darn lucky. I didn't even know that there were schools that DIDN'T have at least summer reading until this past summer when I met some people in florida. my school has like 4 intense books each grade (each year is at least 1000+ pages, no joke, and NOT in large-print editions) & the AP's have a lot of work. Ie, my AP USH has three chapters in AmPag, not horrific, but then again we only get our textbooks like two weeks before school. The spanish classes at my school are like notorious-they have students answer over a 1000 questions to be graded, as well as learn some grammar on their own. I didn't believe it until I saw it-at least 10 questions each for at least a 100 spanish exercises.</p>