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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, Homework SUCKS! Even if you are not helping them it still SUCKS!

In middle school my son can have anywhere from 2-4 hours of homework. Teachers all plan tests for the same day, because it is logical due to end of marking period. We have weekend homework that has destroyed Sunday night family dinners. My extended family use to get together but nobody can because of homework.

My son has sports 2 nights a week. So from 5-6:30, home at 7pm. That means after a snack he is working from 8-10 on homework. Then he is up at 6am for whatever he did not get done.

I have to help him with Math because the way the teachers teach it is hard to understand. I got an email from the teacher that my son failed a math test, 8 chapters. I taught him all 8 chapters in 1 hour and he retook the test and got a 88. That is pathetic. He had no clue for 4 weeks what the teacher was teaching. They of course blame the kid for not trying when he comes for help.

They had to build a castle that looked like one they learned in history using anything they wanted. That project took 4 hours every Saturday for 4 weeks, 16 hours. If it were an art project I would get that he is learning how to work with clay or something else but what did he really learn. Patience, maybe. [/quote]

So you had no idea for 8 chapters' time that your son was struggling?  He didn't tell you?  He had no homework coming home showing it, etc?  Seems like there was a disconnect for sure but I don't think your son is without some responsibility to speak up and tell you he was struggling[/quote]

No. Parents should not hoover like a helicopter. He eventually told me but we only had 1 night to study... plus all the other homework, so he failed the test and I taught it on the weekend, in the middle of the day, when he was not exhausted or stressed.  No I don't look at his homework unless the he or the teacher asks me to. Really? You check your child's Algebra homework? His responsibility is to work it out with the teacher who made appointments with him and never showed up. It's Lame!

I would say, did you meet with the teacher at lunch? He would say he didn't show up. The teacher admitted to missing the appointments. They are overworked some are just not good at being teachers.[/quote]

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