do you review homework?

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Anonymous wrote:If you have the time to check it over, check it over. It doesn't mean doing it for them. You point out the questions where they got the wrong answer or misinterpreted what was being asked, and then tell them to redo it. Anyone, including a teacher, who calls this cheating is just trying to make themselves feel better about being a lazy parent.

But you would have to read the entire text, assignment or be present for class to know whether the answer is correct or not. Usually the answers are not simple. They’re compare/contrast. Relate XYZ to ABC. What evidence in the text supports the claim of blah blah. It’s not an insignificant amount of time to leaf through all the material to find the supporting evidence. Hopefully kids can do this on their own. My kids’ teachers are very thorough and clear, and ideally parents don’t need to double check their work!

There's always an excuse.

Sounds like you’re one of those parents who sweeps in to do their kids’ projects for them and dictates how everything should be done!

[Anonymous]

If parents show their children that they think homework doesn't matter, and that what the children are learning isn't important, children will learn tha school doesn't matter. It turns schooling into a farce.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a teacher, I'm surprised by this. I want students' unchecked work so I can see what they are able to accomplish on their own. A lot of the work I do involves putting students into groups based on what they need to learn and giving them corresponding support or materials. I don't need the additional headache of great homework and bad taste grades. It's more helpful to have a consistent performer.

Have you talked to other parents? What do they think?

As a parent, I have two very different kids in terms of their academic abilities, so my approach to their HW differs. With the more competent one, I check in every so often on writing to share advice, but that's it (also, that kid will often show me their HW for feedback.) With my more challenged kid, I sometimes look it over to prompt him to put in a missing word, spell something he knows how to spell, etc. But doing it for the purpose of improving their grades, esp in 6th grade, sends the wrong message on all kinds of fronts and, again, interferes with the teachers' ability to do their jobs, in my opinion.

You should ask an actual teacher whether they want parents helping students learn.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My parents never ever knew if I had homework, so of course they never checked my homework.

Then in 11th grade I started hanging out with two girls whose parents were from Korea. I realized their parents not only checked their homework they had the teachers edition of the math textbook as well as other books. They turned in every single problem correctly. My grade in math got better when I started checking my homework against theirs and doing corrections. They also went to a tutoring program where the teacher previewed the upcoming lessons so it wasn’t the first time they saw the new math material. I also loved going to their house to study or do group projects. Their moms would make us tea and give us snacks. If we stayed up until 2 am finishing a project their moms stayed up as well (they both worked as well so it was a big sacrifice). If we needed supplies they ran to get us more tape, markers, science materials, etc.

I have now emulated that with my own kids. I check 100% of their homework and make them do corrections. I have teacher editions ti check the answers quickly. It really does pay off. My kids are in high school and junior high now and are doing great.

This is us. Kids need parental support and involvement.

100 percent agree with this. As a parent, it is really your job to be doing this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If parents show their children that they think homework doesn't matter, and that what the children are learning isn't important, children will learn tha school doesn't matter. It turns schooling into a farce.

My MS aged kids homework not mattering to me does not mean it isn’t required to matter to them. They are the ones in MS, there are repercussions if they don’t take it seriously. I already made it through MS, the joy of being an adult.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If parents show their children that they think homework doesn't matter, and that what the children are learning isn't important, children will learn tha school doesn't matter. It turns schooling into a farce.

That's a big leap. I never reviewed homework but they know I think it is very important as is school. They do come to me with questions occasionally but mostly go to tutorials if they have questions and need help. All great students - now in high school and college. I do not have the bandwidth to carry their education on a daily basis nor do I want to.

[Anonymous]

I'm glad our kids feel comfortable asking us to check their homework and proofread their essays.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As a teacher, I'm surprised by this. I want students' unchecked work so I can see what they are able to accomplish on their own. A lot of the work I do involves putting students into groups based on what they need to learn and giving them corresponding support or materials. I don't need the additional headache of great homework and bad taste grades. It's more helpful to have a consistent performer.

Have you talked to other parents? What do they think?

As a parent, I have two very different kids in terms of their academic abilities, so my approach to their HW differs. With the more competent one, I check in every so often on writing to share advice, but that's it (also, that kid will often show me their HW for feedback.) With my more challenged kid, I sometimes look it over to prompt him to put in a missing word, spell something he knows how to spell, etc. But doing it for the purpose of improving their grades, esp in 6th grade, sends the wrong message on all kinds of fronts and, again, interferes with the teachers' ability to do their jobs, in my opinion.

You should ask an actual teacher whether they want parents helping students learn.

+1 No way that response came from an actual teacher, LOL. And she even does the very thing she says other parent's should not do. That was a troll fail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think that’s a good suggestion. If you check it, you can talk through any mistakes, and it will help your child learn and therefore get better grades. The teacher probably doesn’t have time to do that level of explaining for each individual kid, so she’s outsourcing it to the parents.

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I think it's highly unlikely the teacher is going to provide feedback to help your child improve. And for us, homework is checked for completion, but not graded - so it won't affect the grade directly. It increases the grade by making sure your child actually masters the content.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My parents never ever knew if I had homework, so of course they never checked my homework.

Then in 11th grade I started hanging out with two girls whose parents were from Korea. I realized their parents not only checked their homework they had the teachers edition of the math textbook as well as other books. They turned in every single problem correctly. My grade in math got better when I started checking my homework against theirs and doing corrections. They also went to a tutoring program where the teacher previewed the upcoming lessons so it wasn’t the first time they saw the new math material. I also loved going to their house to study or do group projects. Their moms would make us tea and give us snacks. If we stayed up until 2 am finishing a project their moms stayed up as well (they both worked as well so it was a big sacrifice). If we needed supplies they ran to get us more tape, markers, science materials, etc.

I have now emulated that with my own kids. I check 100% of their homework and make them do corrections. I have teacher editions ti check the answers quickly. It really does pay off. My kids are in high school and junior high now and are doing great.

This is us too. This is how Indians teach their kids. when we came to America and realized they teach here without textbooks, tests, checking homework, standards, classroom discipline etc - we were panic stricken.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If parents show their children that they think homework doesn't matter, and that what the children are learning isn't important, children will learn tha school doesn't matter. It turns schooling into a farce.

My MS aged kids homework not mattering to me does not mean it isn’t required to matter to them. They are the ones in MS, there are repercussions if they don’t take it seriously. I already made it through MS, the joy of being an adult.

Is school just hazing that serves no productive purpose?

I can't comprehend this attitude that says, well, if my kids fail, they'll learn that they should have succeeded instead. Do you have a time machine in your house?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If parents show their children that they think homework doesn't matter, and that what the children are learning isn't important, children will learn tha school doesn't matter. It turns schooling into a farce.

That's a big leap. I never reviewed homework but they know I think it is very important as is school. They do come to me with questions occasionally but mostly go to tutorials if they have questions and need help. All great students - now in high school and college. I do not have the bandwidth to carry their education on a daily basis nor do I want to.

Where are these tutorials?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love checking my kid’s math. So much fun re-learning it!

The idea of re-learning MS math is the actual opposite of fun. I’m landing the helicopter kids, good luck out there!

If MS math isn't worth knowing, why are you sending them them to school to learn it?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love checking my kid’s math. So much fun re-learning it!

The idea of re-learning MS math is the actual opposite of fun. I’m landing the helicopter kids, good luck out there!

If MS math isn't worth knowing, why are you sending them them to school to learn it?

As an adult with a successful career I can confidently say MS math was not worth knowing and in fact I had forgotten it by the time I thankfully got to stop taking math in HS. I do not control the MS curriculum, but I understand the benefits to exposing kids to all manner of things they may not use later on. None of that means I’m going to learn MS math again so that I can check my kids’ homework.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If parents show their children that they think homework doesn't matter, and that what the children are learning isn't important, children will learn tha school doesn't matter. It turns schooling into a farce.

My MS aged kids homework not mattering to me does not mean it isn’t required to matter to them. They are the ones in MS, there are repercussions if they don’t take it seriously. I already made it through MS, the joy of being an adult.

Is school just hazing that serves no productive purpose?

I can't comprehend this attitude that says, well, if my kids fail, they'll learn that they should have succeeded instead. Do you have a time machine in your house?

It’s more like my kids need to be responsible for their own success in school to a certain extent. These are MS aged kids we are talking about, not kindergarteners. If there is homework, they need to do it, and if they don’t there will be consequences for it at school. We talk all the time to the kids about the importance of doing well in school and the impact that doing well in school will have on their future. But at what point do you land the helicopter and let them figure things like homework out themselves?