Okay, let me begin my rant. At my old school, we would, on a daily basis, have at least one assignment in almost every subject. Which means, that at the age of 8, I had to stay up till 1:00 in the freaking morning to finish my homework! That, I think is unacceptable. Maybe, once a month we could have that much homework, but not every night like I used to! However, two years ago, I switched schools. Now, my homework, at most, takes 3-4 hours. I haven't had stay-up-till-1'oclock-in-the-morning homework in a few years. Since then, I have begun to realize that homework is good for you, in small amounts. It allows you to retain the information you already learned in school. Most subjects, I really didn't need homework to learn the material, but in Algebra 1, well, I'm glad for the extra practice!