[eunoia]

I remember in my high school a teacher wasn't allowed to assign more than one hour of homework a night. Or, they weren't meant to. When a person had over four hours (we had four classes per day) it was because they were not spreading it out over the days, or a teacher did something they were not meant to do.

I think even four hours of homework is excessive, though. You get tired and/or bored after one or two and aren't absorbing information well enough for it to count. Cramming works for the test, but you don't have the added benefit of remembering the information, later.

In college things are different. Mostly you have excessive time between when you are assigned homework and when it is due. Plus, you're learning about what you are going to be doing the rest of your life. Kind of important, so restrictions in uni aren't in the best interests of the students, I say.

Wish your poll had a third option. :P