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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^^NP - That is a very smug comment.  It is also very presumptuous of you to assume her child is watching TV and is on the computer. I also have a child at Basis and I understand what the poster is saying although I don't think DCUM is the place to say it.  Every child comes in with a different needs and skills. The science is taught so quickly that my DC often has not grasped the material in order to do the homework.  We have bought a science book off of ebay and that provided some help but we are finding that the teacher is also introducing concepts beyond the book.  Hence we have also resorted to quizlet and Answers in order to assist with getting the work done in a timely manner.  No one at the school recommended this but as I use it to check his homework, I recommended it to my DC to assist him in correcting the answers I have identified as in error.  I have also downloaded numerous different explanations of concepts with which he was having difficulty with during homework or quizzes and had him review it.  So far it is working and he got 100 on his last science test (not quiz).  I'm assuming at some point I will also be assessing Khan Academy for reinforcement. Homeword for my DC's science class is 50% of the grade and you get 50% off if you do not turn it in in the beginning of class when the teacher walks around to collect it.  I have not complained although my child's organizational skills are not the best and he has received numerous 50s when I know the homework was done because I checked it.  It is teaching him maturity and responsibility.

I hope this helps the OP.[/quote]

Wait a sec. I am honestly curious about this.  That seems an awful lot of parental effort going in to your child's 6th grade academic work. I went to many presentations on BASIS where they insisted that one of their core philosophies was that parents should not be so involved. It should be up to the student to monitor their own work habits and academic needs. And the student is supposed to take initiative and come to the teacher with problems.  I thought that is why they don't put homework online: so it remains fully the students responsibility to use the Cj.   How do you square that core philosophy with the lengths you are going to to provide materials and re teach the science class?  What is going on in class?  Is this a problem with the teacher or the curriculum or is it a specialized circumstance with your child?[/quote]

My child is in 5th.  I think the science teacher is good.  She is showing him that he is responsible for stepping up and learning the material however he gets it done (in preparation for the three science claases next year.)  I am not going to let my DC flounder while he gets adjusted to the new workload and new material that he has never been exposed to.  The same people that are arguing that you should not be so involved will be the ones that when your child does poorly will blame it on TV, computer time, poor parenting, low socio-economics, etc.  It may be that it is more a function of children not fully understanding the relationships of independent variable vs dependent variable or quite understanding what golgi bodies, nucleulus  and about 10 other terms related to cell do that I don't even remember.  I make my child do the work and figure it out but I am showing him where he can get additional resources that he must look up himself.  I hope/expect by February my role will be greatly diminished. [/quote]

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