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[quote=Anonymous]This kind of stuff drives me nuts about Americans. Everyone pays lip service to the value of education, and wanting to improve performance so we're not in the toilet compared to the rest of the developed world, but then they pull their kids out for a week to go to Disney and tell them they don't have to do their homework because the parent has decided it's not worth doing, without even talking to the teacher to determine whether there's value the parent doesn't appreciate (you know, because they're not a trained educator). I talk to my cousins in Europe about what their kids are doing in school, and this shit just doesn't happen. Yes, there are other differences in the educational systems, but at the end of the day, the parents have more respect for schools, teachers, and the educational process, and don't undermine it at every turn.

So yes, my kids do all the homework. Even if I look at it and am not sure what they're getting out of it, they do it. Not because I'm raising unthinking robots, but because I'm teaching them to understand that you don't get to choose not to do something just because it's not fun and interesting.[/quote]

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