I loved school. It was full of scallys and we had a laugh, but we did a lot of sports and some teachers taught us a lot. I had a great Maths teacher and Biology teacher, my Physics teacher was crap and my Chemistry was ok, but I loved learning so I did ok. I wasn't given homework until I got to secondary school and we did fine. In contrast, my youngest hated school by the age of 6, the others were in their teens by the time they hated school. They didn't really get a lot of homework until league tables were in full force and my youngest was getting it at age 4. I used to try to make her do it, until I remembered I hadn't had to do any at her age and I'd loved school. I tried on and off to get her to do it, but after she lost about 4 homework books in a couple of months and I found homework shoved in the bin, I eased up! Now she is 9 and loves school. She does lots of after school activities and some homework, but I don't stress her out anymore. She is smart, she will get where she wants to be in her own time so stuff the homework and the league tables. I think it's more important to learn how to be happy and learn the stuff that inspires you, instead of having shit you have no interest in, being shoved down your throat.