Every night the girls are loaded down with homework, most nights til 9:30 or 10:00... sometimes later. Emma only does gymnastics 1 day a week from 5:00-6:00. Ellie has Lit club after school for an hour once a month. They really don't have time for extracurricular activities with their homework load. They get off the bus at 4:00, have a snack, make their lunches for the next day, and then get started on their homework! Sometimes they work straight through dinner (eating dinner while they are trying to finish their homework. One night Emma (12 years old) was supposed to stay up and watch the inaugural address and write a paper on it and turn it in the next day! Childhood is such a short window of time. I wish teachers would realize that and leave the schoolwork at school and let the kids play outside and have free time and family time after school. Argh!!! Our kids need a balanced life!
Ok, I vented! Emma is working on an art project here. She made a pair of glasses out of yarn and glue. Ellie wrote a piece in the NOHS quarterly Literature magazine! They work so hard! I'm so proud of all their effort!
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