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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] Lawsuits, have to move to private, "giving another year of your life for this...!" So much hyperbole and drama. My goodness.

If your kids need to do the practice assignments to understand the concepts, then tell your kids to DO the practice assignments! [b]Not everyone does need to do a lot of work outside of the class[/b].[/quote]

Are you a teacher? I am. I want all the students to do the work during my class. I put an enormous amount of work into my lesson plans and the quizzes I give in class give me feedback about what the students are learning and information about what I need to reteach or if I need to reteach. At Madison, where kids now regularly fail the quizzes, I wouldn't be able to do this. Groups of kids that decide they don't want to work sit around and talk and have a serious impact on everyone else in the class.

[b]What do you think these kids are doing if they decide they don't need to do the work in class?
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My kids tell me that class is less interesting now, no one is prepared to have interesting conversations about the topic because they haven't done the work, kids talk and look at their phones, ect.... I said this earlier.

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PLEASE read more carefully!  I said "not everyone needs to do a lot of work OUTSIDE OF THE CLASS"  (i.e. homework).   Of course, it is the teacher's job to engage the kids IN class, and it is the kids' job to participate IN class.    [/quote]

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