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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I often see lots of complaints about homework in MS/HS about it being optional, which I don’t understand.  Homework is meant for the student not a grade. It’s for student practice, catch-up, to be prepared to engage in class with the learning/teachers/peers, to allow students to determine if they are comfortable with the material and if not seek help/guidance.

Some will say that if it’s optional, students will just not do it.  Maybe true maybe not, but that is the student/family choice.  The same way folks are choosing supplemental classes and extracurriculars, they could choose to do the HW.[/quote]

LOL I truly wonder if you grasp human behavior, psychology and how incentives work. If it is optional and there's no penalty for not doing, 90% of people will opt to not do it.

And I will tell you that 90% of kids don't do optional homework. What would be the point? The teachers don't even look at it to provide feedback, even if you're willing to forego a grade for it.[/quote]

PP’s point was that if they can skip the homework and get an A on the test, why should anyone care?   They have accurately assessed the worth of the work. [/quote]
DP.. do you have teens?  [b]Many don't care about skipping HW even if they are not getting good grades in class. [/b]

For those who want good grades, yes, they need more practice, particularly in math.

I bet some think parents should  supplement if they want more work for their kids because it's not the responsibility of the school district to provide that extra work, yet at the same time, decry parents who supplement because it's "unfair"?

Parents wouldn't have to supplement if the schools did their dam* job. But, of course, "equity".[/quote]

This bolded sounds like a motivation problem and misunderstood expectation of how learning and education work.  All of which sounds like something parents should work on with their teen.[/quote]
lol... ok sure.    There is a huge achievement gap in the county (country really). Don't you think schools have already tried to get parents involved?  They can't get the parents involved to close the achievement gap, let alone make their kids do HW or even not cut class or behave in school.  [/quote]

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