momschicklets Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 I'm teaching 10th graders and using TOG, and our days are lasting between 5 and 6 hours. Does that seem like too much? I'm not getting any complaints or anything, but it does seem like a long haul :tongue_smilie: Just wanted to compare....not that I should be comparing :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Mom4 Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 If you are finishing the whole day's work in 5-6 hours, that sounds pretty good to me. DD18 figured last year on needing about 6 hours a day (actually 30 hours a week) to get it all done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jibaker103 Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 I am using TOG with 8th and 11th grade boys. Our school day is 8 am to 4 pm with an hour for lunch and two 15 minute breaks which puts at about 6.5 hours for getting everything done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiaTia Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 About 25 hours per day? Which is bad 'cause I think the Earth only takes 24 to turn about once. DD just asked if I could come up with an eighth day in the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorMom Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 About 25 hours per day? Which is bad 'cause I think the Earth only takes 24 to turn about once. DD just asked if I could come up with an eighth day in the week. :lol::lol: I have felt this way ever since the 20th of August when we started school.... sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Till the work gets done. ;) They can make that happen fast, they can make it take forever. Their choice. 6 hrs sounds about right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMCassandra Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 We are pretty WTM-purist here, and we generally go 8-4 with a break for lunch. But typically no homework in the evenings, unless you have been dawdling during the day ; ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 It's too early to say for sure yet here. Essentially, as justamouse said, it takes until it's done. We're only on our fourth day of school today and still finding our feet in terms of schedule. Today, the first normal day of the year, we started reading aloud over breakfast a little after 8:00 and he finished the last thing on his list a little before 4:00. He took about an hour for lunch and a couple of short breaks to shake off drowsiness and re-focus. Adding it up, it looks like a little under seven hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justkeepswimming Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 About 25 hours per day? Which is bad 'cause I think the Earth only takes 24 to turn about once. DD just asked if I could come up with an eighth day in the week. :iagree: And dd isn't a dawdler either! It just takes forever to get it all done! :willy_nilly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicheleinMN Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Till the work gets done. ;) They can make that happen fast, they can make it take forever. Their choice. 6 hrs sounds about right. :iagree::iagree::iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueridge Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 We're going from 9-12, an hour break, then 1-3 or so. She does have books and things to read in the evening, some as homework and some as leisure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 We go from 10-4 with about an hour of break. Sometimes we stop early, like if his brain falls out. He does reading in the evenings. He has a definite overdone point, which has increased about an hour for each year of school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanvan Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 We go from 10-4 with about an hour of break. Sometimes we stop early, like if his brain falls out. He does reading in the evenings. He has a definite overdone point, which has increased about an hour for each year of school. I'm finding this to be the case with my Ds also (may be true of me, too). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa B Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 around 8-10 hours (M-F only) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessicalb Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 About 6-10 hours Monday through Thursday with some reading and a bit of review on the other three days. It just depends. If we have things like drama class or labs it pushes the day out a lot farther. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4wildberrys Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Till the work gets done. ;) They can make that happen fast, they can make it take forever. Their choice. 6 hrs sounds about right. :iagree: This is my policy too. DS is a HORRIBLE dawdler---so he frequently takes all day.....and time at night too :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldberry Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 About 7-8 hours Mon-Thursday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAR120C Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 About 25 hours per day? :iagree: LOL!! I know we're doing too much this year... DS has two major science projects, plus other outside commitments... and then we do about 2 hours per subject for math, science, history + literature (together) and foreign languages. So about eight hours a day, 8am to 4pm or so, and a few more (2-3?) on average for projects. So really it's like 10 hours. But if he keeps up the pace during the day, he rarely has weekend homework other than reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I'd say it averages about 6.5-7 hours a day plus outside reading. (And that could be two more hours...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magic Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 He does school work from 8-3 with a brief lunch break in there. He has cross country from 3:30-5, after practice he finishes up whatever he did not get done earlier. He is also working as a plumber's apprentice. If he works during the day, he does some school before leaving for work and then finishes up at night after practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hsmomforlife Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 :iagree: And dd isn't a dawdler either! It just takes forever to get it all done! :willy_nilly: I'm not sure who would be suicidal first...dd or me if it felt like that on a daily basis.:eek: I DO know that he would never get out of bed in the morning if that's the feeling he had to face, and I wouldn't blame him. We would be :driving: for an outdoor :chillpill: to avoid the :banghead: !! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaOz Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Till the work gets done. ;) They can make that happen fast, they can make it take forever. Their choice. 6 hrs sounds about right. Yes :iagree: It varies from child to child. My 10th grader is frequently finished way before lunch - sometimes even mid-morning. She is very focussed and organized and she just gets the work done. My 11th grader, however, can just potter along all day working on things. She's happy doing it that way, whereas that would drive my 10th grader batty. They're sooooooo different ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BibleBeltCatholicMom Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 It takes all day all week! M-R we're at it 8-12, 1-4, and about 1-1.5 hr in the evening (algebra with dad). Fridays about 8.30 to 11. Several hours on the weekend. Why? Because we study three, Three, THREE, languages: latin, Greek, and German plus all the other wonderful things we do (writing, math, science, la, history, logic). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renaissance Mom Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 around 8-10 hours (M-F only) :iagree:Here, too, with my 14-yo R daughter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachermom2834 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 around 8-10 hours (M-F only) This is how it goes here. We do end up working on the weekend because of days other activities interfere with getting that many hours in. I wish it wasn't the case but I just don't see any other way. I don't feel like our load is too heavy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 I teach 4 girls, ranging from 8th-12th grades, and we have school for 5.5 hours, 4 days per week. I usually feel like we're rushing through some things, and an additional 30-45 minutes (or maybe an hour) would be better. I do assign homework, which brings the total work time to between 6 & 6.5 hours per day for the 4 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 I feel like a slacker. Ds only takes 5 hours. He is a very fast reader though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieZ Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 My 10th grader has about 6 hr/day of schooling, not including her music, which is another 2 hrs. My 8th grader has a very similar schedule. Add on a couple extra hours each week of extra studying for tests or projects that are more time consuming than typical. They each routinely work at school 7 AM - 5 PM with an hour lunch and an hour or so of goofing off mixed in. If they goof off more, then they end up schooling LATE in the evening and/or on the weekends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiddenJewel Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Yes :iagree: It varies from child to child. My 10th grader is frequently finished way before lunch - sometimes even mid-morning. She is very focussed and organized and she just gets the work done. My 11th grader, however, can just potter along all day working on things. She's happy doing it that way, whereas that would drive my 10th grader batty. They're sooooooo different ;) What subjects and material is your 10th grader using? What time does she start? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaOz Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 What subjects and material is your 10th grader using? What time does she start? She is using: Math: nearing the end of Algebra 1 and then moving on to Algebra 2 LA: Our Mother Tongue, English From the Roots Up and SL LA. This usually requires a writing assignment each week. She is also working on writing a novel. I require at least an hour a day of assigned literature reading most of which comes from her SL LA work. I've also recently added Abeka's World Literature for a different perspective. History: SL Core 200. She writes about the history readings in her journal - sometimes this is more than one written report a day. Science: Building Blocks of Science Music: Violin and piano Art: Artistic Pursuits We have an hour quiet time in the afternoons which is mainly for reading, but as she sometimes finishes her assigned reading in the morning she will use this time for sewing projects or other things she wants to do. She does usuallly start early (about 6:30) because she likes to have her math done before breakfast and she doesn't like to hang around waiting for everyone. After that she comes up for breakfast, morning jobs, and our together morning time, then goes back to work at about 9ish. I've sometimes wondered if I should give her more work, but then I decide that I shouldn't penalize her for being extremely organised and focussed (and maybe driven...) so I encourage her to do other projects instead. She loves to cook and sew so she gets to do more of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaOz Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 (edited) What subjects and material is your 10th grader using? What time does she start? She is using: Math: nearing the end of Algebra 1 and then moving on to Algebra 2 LA: Our Mother Tongue, English From the Roots Up and SL LA. This usually requires a writing assignment each week. She is also working on writing a novel. I require at least an hour a day of assigned literature reading most of which comes from her SL LA work. I've also recently added Abeka's World Literature for a different perspective. History: SL Core 200. She writes about the history readings in her journal - sometimes this is more than one written report a day. Science: Building Blocks of Science Music: Violin and piano Art: Artistic Pursuits We have an hour quiet time in the afternoons which is mainly for reading, but as she sometimes finishes her assigned reading in the morning she will use this time for sewing projects or other things she wants to do. She does usuallly start early (about 6:30) because she likes to have her math done before breakfast and she doesn't like to hang around waiting for everyone. After that she comes up for breakfast, morning jobs, and our together morning time, then goes back to work at about 9ish. I've sometimes wondered if I should give her more work, but then I decide that I shouldn't penalize her for being extremely organised and focussed (and maybe driven...) so I encourage her to do other projects instead. She loves to cook and sew so she gets to do more of that. She runs a kid's group at our church as well and she puts a fair amount of time in prep for that. Edited September 16, 2012 by LindaOz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAIMOM Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I'm teaching 10th graders and using TOG, and our days are lasting between 5 and 6 hours. Does that seem like too much? I'm not getting any complaints or anything, but it does seem like a long haul :tongue_smilie: Just wanted to compare....not that I should be comparing :D I just started using TOG with my 10th grader this year and we are finding it takes us 6-7 hours each day to complete work using TOG for history and Lit. The reading required is substantial. I would say you are on track for the grade she is at and the curriculum you are using. Especially when you add in Math. DD has Pre Cal this year and is finding it takes 1-2 hours for the math alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 We will definitely be at 5-6 hours for my 9th grader, and it's looking like it will be 6 more often than 5. We school August through May, but take a fair amount of time off throughout the school year, so we probably wind up with just a couple of weeks above the standard 180 days of school. Otherwise, the days would be even longer! dd does math at night with her dad, but generally no other homework other than the occasional history video and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelly in VA Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 We are also using TOG, and we "school" from 9-3, M-F, with a lunch break and a snack break. My teens always have some reading/work to finish up in the evenings, and depending on the dawdling/whining level, that can be anywhere from 1-4 more hours of work. Their choice. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphus Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Ds takes Russian and band at the ps, block schedule so some days home at 830, some at 1030. Finishing keystone algebra, my own lit and a keystone creative writing class, my own us history (maybe ap test this year, still thinking), life science via keystone, home school band. Usually working until 3-4 and maybe "homework" too. He writes a paper a week for history and English, and it's been tough going, but the year just started so hopefully he will tighten up his skills and need to spend less time on this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandra in va Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 We work a good 6-7 hours during the day and still need time (1-3 hours) in the evening and on weekends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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