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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My K child never had homework last year.

That said, I absolutely had homework as a kid in the DMV from 1st on up. By about mid first grade, your child should be able to read most of the instructions. That said, helping a child with homework is something you need to be prepared for from now[b] until they graduate.[/b] This was always the norm around here, and I never knew anyone whose parents made excuses not to. [/quote]

By about 9th grade the math curriculum will have surpassed my current math capabilities.  I went to RM and took B/C Calc my senior year.  That was some 25 years ago.  I haven't used it since.  No way will I be able to help my HS Senior with that homework.  I also took AP Chem--couldn't calculate a mole today if my life depended on it.   That thermal dynamics I learned in AP physics--nope, can't help you there either.  I could read an english or history essay for substance and grammar though.

My parents did not help me with my homework in HS.  If I didn't understand a concept, it was my responsibility to let the teacher know and schedule time to review the material with them.  If that meant missing lunch, that's what I did or if I had to miss PE to sit through the class lecture again, then I did.  But counting on mom and dad to explain those concepts was not an option.[/quote]

This is interesting, if inadvertent, commentary on the usefulness (or lack thereof) of a lot of what we learned (or rather briefly memorized in many cases) in school.[/quote]

Actually, I think she learned a lot - she learned how to get her work done independently and without mommy and daddy.[/quote]

That can be learned in the process of learning things that will actually be useful in her life. Not all the stuff that we (adults) forgot and didn't use, and that they will have the same experience with also. That was the point being made.[/quote]

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