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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am so appalled by your responses.  What lazy parenting!

My daughter is in third grade at a private school. Each week, we get a daily breakdown of homework.  Guess who will have the advantage as an adult?

[b]It sickens me.  Here is an elementary school with 78% FARMs and 42% ESOL run by a leader who lowers expectations for those already at a disadvantage. [/b]

And THIS is a good idea?  My daughter's not suffering over homework.  She's practicing concepts learned in school.  How can you learn math if you don't practice?  Do you think writing well just magically happens?

so disturbing on so many levels

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well your stupidity is sickening but whatever.

One of the main issues is those children are less likely to have an adult in the home to help them complete the homework or even be able to read and understand it. The extra homework doesn't benefit these kids in the long run in the elementary level.[/quote]

I'm a teacher, and couldn't agree more.  The research shows that in elem school, homework has essentially no value.  With this population, parents are much less likely to be able to help their children with homework, and the students are more likely to have no opportunity to do their homework anyway (a homeless shelter feeds into this school).  What parents CAN do is read with their kids for 30 minutes, and if they can't, the students have access to age-appropriate literature in the school media center and can read their library books at home.

My kids aren't in school yet, but I'm seriously considering being that crazy parent that sends in a note at the beginning of the year, saying that we will be "opting out" of homework.  In middle and high school, sure, it's expected and important for study habits.  But five-year-olds should be playing after school, not doing worksheets.  I applaud this principal's brave decision.[/quote]

You're one shitty teacher then, and I say that AS a teacher.  You do realize that the principal has no faith in WHAT'S being sent home, right?  (Hopefully, you do.) Furthermore, she's too lazy to train her staff (or to have someone train her staff) on alternative assessments.  You don't have to complete a worksheet to demonstrate knowledge of characterization.  A picture at the elementary level - even at the secondary level - works just as well.

As a high school teacher who taught Spoon River for quite a few years, anyone familiar with it would appreciate my assignment where I asked students to draw a dinner party where five characters were invited.  Who's the host?  What's the theme?  WHY were these characters invited?

Kids can demonstrate mastery of simple math facts through drawing, too.  Show 7-3 by using fruit.  So a kid can draw 7 apples.  And then suddenly a fawn comes along and eats three.  huh - How many are left?

There are AMAZING ways to show mastery of concepts.

I'm guessing you think these assignments are foolish, too?

But sadly, as a teacher, you can't seem to think outside the box and are no smarter than the teachers at Gaithersburg ES who have been stripped of their ability to give homework.  yes, STRIPPED!

Thanks for making the rest of us look like idiots, btw.  You seem like a real winner in the classroom and at home as a parent.[/quote]

You seem to have a lot of aggression.  Assessments are not homework, though.  The "purpose" of homework is to practice, not demonstrate mastery.  And my opinion on homework was geared towards elementary school, not high school.

I'm not going to address the rest of your comment.[/quote]

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