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Poll: Homework Elimination: yea or nay?
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Anonymous
| Then don't do it. The child might get lower grades. If you're in public and do not plan to apply to private, WTFC? (Who the F cares?) |
Anonymous
| My son's K teacher said he adheres to the county's homework policy. 10 mins per grade. She said that if my son's homework takes longer than 10 mins, stop doing it. I told him my son already loves to read so he said that I could fill out the reading log and little by little allow him to fill some of it out. He said it takes some kids longer to fill out the reading log than it does to actually do the reading. In a private school where I used to work, the new head got rid of homework except for daily reading up until 3rd grade since the studies show it has no benefit. Parents complained big time! I thought they were crazy. I used to hate homework when I was a kid esp in spelling b/c I could already spell all of the words. I wish my teacher gave us a pretest. If homework had meaning and purpose, I'd be all for it but so much of it doesn't. If you can solve 5-10 addition problems w/ no mistakes, why the need to solve 2 worksheets of them? |
Anonymous
REally? I'm pretty sure education is exempt under child labor laws. Otherwise, wouldn't all work done in school be inviolation of the laws? |
Anonymous
| I don't mind the homework. I just mind the amount. I think the estimates of how long things should take are way off. My kid's "30 minutes a night" routinely takes an hour because he is a slow, painstaking writer. |
Anonymous
True. The teachers make their estimates based on how long it would take for kids to do things at school, because that is where the teacher sees the kids work. But children tend to be much more focused and on task and work much faster at school. Their estimates are way off. |
Anonymous
| My son is way more on task at home where there aren't 20+ other kids to distract him. |
Anonymous
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My son is eleven and does 4 hours of homework a night, but that's usually 5-6 hours with not focusing (which is understandable after an 8 hour day).
Typical night, Spanish worksheet, 2 pages of math (pre-algebra), an English assignment (easy if it's just a sheet, but sometimes a writing assignment), lab report for science and taking notes on science book (usually 5 -8 pages of reading), fill out a study sheet for history, and then studying for 1-2 subject tests a night. More if he has a project. We haven't gone to bed before 10:30 in 3 weeks, and he's up by 6 every morning, so he has a little time to study whatever test he has that day (or prepare for whatever presentation he has to make). |
Anonymous
| 11:21 Public or private? Is there a discussion about this at your son's school? He has that many tests, one or two a day? |
Anonymous
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As a teacher I think appropriate homework gives students a chance to reflect on their learning or time to practice skills so they move toward mastery more quickly. As a parent I appreciate the opportunity to see my child working on school tasks. I also find that discussing homework with my child gives me an opportunity to know more about what is happening at school and what my child is learning/struggling with.
I agree that homework for the sake of homework is silly and that students shouldn't all be given the exact same assignments, just like they shouldn't all have the same exact assignments during the school day. As for homework increasing the "divide" between students who have supportive parents and those who don't, many of you would be surprised. I have taught in schools with 60% or higher FARMS rates and had less trouble with students completing homework than when teaching in very affluent neighborhoods. (even after adjusting and assigning LESS homework to the more affluent kids) Homework sometimes gives kids who need it something constructive to do. For those of you who want less homework, consider discussing the issues with your child's teacher and if you are in the position to do so, consider looking for a schooling situation that better matches your philosophy. If your child realizes you don't think homework is important though, be prepared for them to agree and not put much effort into completing it in a timely manner. |
Anonymous
Wow. That is truly an enormous amount of homework for a kid in 6th or 7th grade. Does he have any time for afterschool activities? Sounds like he doesn't even have enough time for sleep. |
Anonymous
| i say yeah eliminate homework |
Anonymous
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9:43
Through high school graduation? Think about that for a moment. College is built around homework and independent study! |
Anonymous
You don't think most high school graduates will be able to figure out how to study on their own when they get to college? Does every new experience require years of 'practice' in order to be able to do it? College is built around heavy drinking, too. Should they be getting drunk every Thurs night thru HS? Its not like they don't READ, WRITE and TAKE TESTS in High School, homework or not. What do you think they do in class all day? Shouldn't their teachers be teaching them how to read critically, write carefully and thoughtfully and study what they are learning? |
Anonymous
| 3:28 I'm not following, how is homework an issue in high school? Maybe there's too much homework but no homework does not seem the way to go. And by the way, students do not do that much reading and writing during the day in high school. There's instruction, discussion, lecture, labs, etc. Some schools do not even have study halls. I think the time management issues around homework take years for most students to develop, and asking college freshman to do that on top of everything else and when they're in school with students who've already developed these skills seems misplaced. |
Anonymous
| Personally, I'd like to see things go the other way -- less time in class, more time for independent study as kids get older. From what my middle school kids describe, there is a lot of screwing around that happens during class. Sometimes when my kids get overwhelmed with homework, I just let them take a day off to sleep in and do their work at a more leisurely pace at home. |