I also believe that these massive homework burdens kids get sent home with nowadays — multiple hour assignments even for the young? They exist because NO ONE IS DOING ANY TEACHING OR LEARNING DURING SCHOOL HOURS! teachers claim it is to “reinforce” what happened during the school day — not a reasonable proposition. The kid forgot it in 3 hours? The bottom line is the teachers know nothing is happening in the school, so by assigning excessive homework, they can transfer blame to the parents for failing to complete the required assignments. Excessive homework really should be criminalized.