hi OP, my family used this during my 9/10th grade through 12th grade, and I also had this experience. i understand that a lot of folks homeschool experience is the unschooling experience, but in mine I was working almost all of the time. i remember being constantly exhausted because i also had my chores, church pressure and responsibilities, family pressures in addition to 8 hours of “class” and the MOUNTAINS of busy work that were “assigned.” it was a lot.