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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Talk with the headmaster/teachers.  It is better for the kids to do homework themselves without parental help.  Better for everyone.

Signed ... a teacher & parent![/quote]

It's MY KID. If MY KID asks for help from me, then MY KID should get help.

While I get your concept, you are going on the premise that all teachers can teach. I have three teenagers, one college-aged, one senior, and one 8th grader. I'm here to tell you that all teachers cannot teach. Some should not be teaching at all. So I will continue to help MY CHILD when he/she asks for help.[/quote]

You can stop screaming at me.  I don't claim that kid belongs to anyone else.

Our school explicitly states that homework is for the kid and if they can't do it they are to talk with the teacher the next day - no shame in it.  Of course, a little guidance here and there from a parent is fine.  But if parents significantly coach the kids on homework, how can the teachers know whether their lessons are successful and the kids are learning as a result.  It is not rocket science.

As for your claim that there are rotten teachers out there - have you spoken with them?  With the headmaster?  I think a lot of times, the parents don't understand why the homework was given or what it is intended to do, and a brief chat with the teacher would clear up a lot. Feedback from parents to teachers is essential if homework is becoming stressful.  That is definitely not what the teacher wants.

Stop feeling persecuted and start talking with the teacher and helping the kid become independent.[/quote]

The argument that if you send your child to school with incorrect homework or partially done and the teacher will somehow realize they are not getting to the student and they need to change the lesson plan is a false one.  Lets say there is a class of 28 students (being modest) and half of them come to class with the incorrect homework or its partially done.  Do you really think the teacher is going to have time to go over the assignment the next day or the day after when they have a structured lesson plan to get through?  I stated earlier todays teachers do not have the luxury of creating their own plans and meeting with children who need the extra time to get through a tough lesson.

Case in point--- my child had math homework where they had to find the perimeter of an object.  My wife and I told our son how to do it but he insisted we were wrong and the teacher was right.  He went to school with the work done the way we told him (although mad as hell).  Another kid in his class also came to school with the same  homework where his parents told him the teacher was wrong.  Guess what--------the teacher was wrong!!!!  Now if both set of parents didn't help their kids, the kids would have had the homework wrong and learned how to find the perimeter the incorrect way.  So you have to help them.  My son writes reports the teacher doesn't even grade.  So how is he to know or we as parents to know how he is doing?  You know how----because my wife and I help him write.  Both of us are well educated and highly skilled parents so we know how to write correctly.  If I leave for the teacher, he wouldn't know how to write.  Your claim that its not rocket science is from an adults point of view.  To a child it is rocket science hence the reason they are having issues and need help.[/quote]

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