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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love me some worksheets !  [b]They reinforce what was taught. [/b]Growing up I played school almost daily with my friends. I did tons of worksheets. I read  books and wrote my own book reports. [/quote]

They do not, but you can continue to play with them if you like them.

-teacher who doesn’t assign any school work over any break and doesn’t make my kids do it either [/quote]

I don’t understand this and would love one of you teachers to explain please. My kid forgets their long division etc and I feel benefits from just doing then. Why is that wrong? [/quote]

No way would I waste my time. Multiple teachers have said the same thing but you still think what you want and will do them anyway. It’s your choice and it won’t kill your kids but if there’s one thing I’ve learned it’s explaining the theories of education and how kids’ brains work and why some pedagogies and practices are better than others is a huge waste of time when it comes to DCUM parents who already think they know what’s best. I or any other teacher could lay it all out and someone would say “you sound like my kid’s 4th grade teacher who was awful.” [/quote]

BUt there are also many teachers who think summer work is good.  There are schools that assign it.  You sound as though theories of child development and best educational practices are set in stone, and yet they often change.  Maybe you are right; maybe you are wrong, perhaps it depends on individual chikdren.  But you are pretty arrogant to attempt to speak for all teachers and all kids.[/quote]

As I suspected ted, you just wanted to argue it. Summer work is not good. Assigning it is not automatically good teaching. People want to believe that, so they can. I have advanced degrees and training and experience in this, it’s only my career and life's work,  but of course, that knowledge means nothing to anyone who is determined their kid needs summer packets and worksheets, so do want you want and don’t ask for advice you aren’t willing to take! [/quote]

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