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[b]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.[/b]  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]

I just can't believe how parents are just willing to relinquish their role in helping educate their children and just leave it to the school and teachers to do so. Is it any wonder why kids are doing so badly in school with this sort of attitude?

Sure, it is the easy way out and then when kids don't do well at school and in standardized tests, let's blame the school, the quality of teachers and the need for more funding. How about parents playing a role in helping their kids maximize their academic potential?[/quote]
Plus 1M.  The parents with the attitude that it is the teacher's responsibility to ensure their kids learn are selfish and are really shirking their responsibility.[/quote]

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