[josephschmoe]

My college classes gave me 1/5th the assignments my high school classes did. It was usually less than 10% of the grade. For some classes, it was completely optional.

My high school experience was the exact opposite. I had so much homework I had to do it in other classes. It was horrible. Homework is not very effective as a learning aid and is -extremely- time-consuming.

It also discriminates against working, poor and extra-curricular students, who have less time outside of the classroom, especially if harder classes have more homework. Virtually everyone in my AP classes had rich or at least upper middle class parents. The same could be said for my college because of that.