# Kids have too much homework! Hasn’t this argument been around forever? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 17, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-have-too-much-homework-hasn-t-this-argument-been-around-forever/942326 "2021-05-17T22:58:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 82
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-have-too-much-homework-hasn-t-this-argument-been-around-forever/942326/82 "2021-05-19T16:01:41Z")
Not to junior mod or anything, but I’ve started a thread > [@How \*should\* college admissions work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-college-admissions-work/942479): > > Continuing the discussion from [Kids have too much homework! Hasn’t this argument been around forever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-have-too-much-homework-hasn-t-this-argument-been-around-forever/942326/67): I think it’s obvious that the current system of college admissions is broken. It’s created a vicious-circle escalation among colleges to offer more non-academic amenities at ever increasing cost. It’s created a vicious-circle escalation among students to out-do one another. And high schools as well, with grade inflation and non-academic activities. None of these things are a problem in modera… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-have-too-much-homework-hasn-t-this-argument-been-around-forever/942326)._