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[quote=Anonymous]Math homework in primary school and secondary school took 5 minutes if I even bothered to do it.  My parents didn't do any school homework for or with me.  But, we worked at a much deeper level in mathematics and science.  It was fun.  My parents taught me mathematical concepts in the manner Sol Khan teaches on his videos.

I barely did school math homework or took any of the math books home.  It was a pure waste.  I never used any school textbooks.  I simply did problems and also enjoyed making up and creating my own problems.  Math was a contact sport.  It meant getting in the game.  Not with stupid math picture books by Pearson or worksheets.  The teacher gave up asking for my math homework when she realized I had the top marks on every math test and always could always get him/her out of a jam in classroom explaining a difficult problem.

I know, I was extremely lucky to have parents who were excellent communicators with the young and could explain difficult concepts and problems in simple and clear terms I could understand.  They, nor I did not bother with the math homework assigned in elementary and middle school. It was simply unimportant.  What was much more important to my success was acing AMC, Mathcounts, AIME, and USAMO.  My parents' lessons and that extracurricular activity made school math -- well superficial and downright elementary.  That approach had nothing to do with school math teachers or math.  In fact, I could ace the end of year math tests for every grade from K-12 (at the beginning of the school year) without going to class or doing any specific homework for the math classes.

I am using the same approach with my children.  The results are the same.  They simply have fun solving harder and harder problems (like puzzles and games).  Give me one good reason to get oversight from an elementary school math teacher over problem solving with my children?  I have no clue where they are in their math curriculum and it has never mattered to the children.  [/quote]

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