Anonymous
09/28/2023 19:42
Subject: I only want my child to get 30 min max HW per day
Homework isn't going to influence your life long term. I work with the most amazing artists, designers, creatives, thinkers, and they didn't waste their precious time slaving over worksheets and writing pointless essays. A few didn't even go to college (GASP) and rake it in now. Yes if you want all APs and to go to a top school sure, slave away. But life experience, co-ops, internships, networking, street smarts go a long way IMHO.
Anonymous
09/28/2023 19:18
Subject: I only want my child to get 30 min max HW per day
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This all could be alleviated if teachers just stopped giving kids so much homework.
Kids are arriving knowing far less than they used to. A lot of the assigned homework is leftover classwork because we spend 20% of class introducing very basic info that kids used to be taught at home.
This is the real issue. American children are mostly receiving a subpar education except for the most affluent. They are consistently outperformed by children from other developed nations. Reading levels have stagnated for years, and in some places dropped. Math scores have dropped. And now parents are asking for no homework…in high school?!
Elementary and many middle schools have already adopted to no homework, but the reality is learning hours have been cut short and teachers struggle to get through standards.
I do think HW assignments should be high quality work where actual learning and real practice is happening. Some teachers in regular level, but even honors classes, assign BS assignments like “write in a journal” “make a flip grid” or “interview a classmate.”
Those are a waste of everyone’s time.
Anonymous
09/28/2023 17:57
Subject: I only want my child to get 30 min max HW per day
Anonymous wrote:This all could be alleviated if teachers just stopped giving kids so much homework.
Kids are arriving knowing far less than they used to. A lot of the assigned homework is leftover classwork because we spend 20% of class introducing very basic info that kids used to be taught at home.
Anonymous
09/28/2023 17:31
Subject: Re:I only want my child to get 30 min max HW per day
Anonymous wrote:Is he in high school?? If so, with that max he's going to do great in college
You can’t compare high school with college. No undergrad program has 8 hours of class 5x/week. In the University I teach, every course is designed on a 2 hour of autonomous work per hour of class rate. So students only have 6-7 hours of class per week. Of course they have to spend a lot of hours studying. Not in high school.
Anonymous
09/28/2023 17:27
Subject: I only want my child to get 30 min max HW per day
Anonymous wrote:That's fine, but please don't email me, a HS teacher, at the end of the quarter when his grade reflects his lack of submitted work.
You can't have it both ways, OP. Just keep it in mind.
I went through this circle with a mom for most of last year.
Email I received the first week of school from her: We do not permit or participate in homework. The hours spent in school during the day are more than adequate. Any work or learning that can't be accomplished during that time is a failure on your part as a teacher. I do not work after my 5 PM quitting time and my son will not work after his 4:18 PM quitting time.
Cool. That's your choice. I support personal choices. Just know, your son will receive a 0 for each assignment not turned in.
Email I received the day report card grades were released, with the 9th-grade Dean and Principal copied: Please explain in detail why Son's grade is a D. His test score average is 92. His quiz average is 98. His quarter grade should be an A, not a D. Please correct this ASAP. An error of this magnitude is unacceptable.
What I wanted to write: Oops! Looks like you didn't do your math homework as a teen either! 92 + 98 + 0 = 190. 190 / 3 = 63. 63 = D.
What I wrote: I agree, Mrs. Mom, Son's grade should be an A. However, just because you informed me that Son doesn't do homework, it doesn't mean that the homework average isn't factored into his overall grade for the quarter. Son's grade is correct.
I have friends who are teachers and they are constantly bullied by parents to adjust their grades even though they didn’t do the work. The entitlement is unreal.
Anonymous
09/28/2023 17:23
Subject: I only want my child to get 30 min max HW per day
Anonymous wrote:That's fine, but please don't email me, a HS teacher, at the end of the quarter when his grade reflects his lack of submitted work.
You can't have it both ways, OP. Just keep it in mind.
I went through this circle with a mom for most of last year.
Email I received the first week of school from her: We do not permit or participate in homework. The hours spent in school during the day are more than adequate. Any work or learning that can't be accomplished during that time is a failure on your part as a teacher. I do not work after my 5 PM quitting time and my son will not work after his 4:18 PM quitting time.
Cool. That's your choice. I support personal choices. Just know, your son will receive a 0 for each assignment not turned in.
Email I received the day report card grades were released, with the 9th-grade Dean and Principal copied: Please explain in detail why Son's grade is a D. His test score average is 92. His quiz average is 98. His quarter grade should be an A, not a D. Please correct this ASAP. An error of this magnitude is unacceptable.
What I wanted to write: Oops! Looks like you didn't do your math homework as a teen either! 92 + 98 + 0 = 190. 190 / 3 = 63. 63 = D.
What I wrote: I agree, Mrs. Mom, Son's grade should be an A. However, just because you informed me that Son doesn't do homework, it doesn't mean that the homework average isn't factored into his overall grade for the quarter. Son's grade is correct.
I think you are perfectly right in your response.
However, I think you might want to reconsider your policies for the future. For this kid the homework would have been busy work and pointless. I think schools should say that homework counts that much if it helps your grade but if you have mastery of the subject you can be excused. There must be a way to automate that in the grading system so you don't have to calculate each child's grade twice.
Anonymous
09/28/2023 16:34
Subject: I only want my child to get 30 min max HW per day
Anonymous wrote:I'm a middle school teacher. The only homework I assign is to finish work that wasn't completed in class (often due to phone usage or goofing off with friends).
I had a parent last year tell me that their child would not do any work at home. Well, that child also did no work in class. Parent got mad that the kid had a 0% due to doing no work in class or at home.
This. My kids rarely have any homework. They do it all at school.
Anonymous
09/28/2023 16:14
Subject: I only want my child to get 30 min max HW per day
I'm a middle school teacher. The only homework I assign is to finish work that wasn't completed in class (often due to phone usage or goofing off with friends).
I had a parent last year tell me that their child would not do any work at home. Well, that child also did no work in class. Parent got mad that the kid had a 0% due to doing no work in class or at home.
I had a parent last year tell me that their child would not do any work at home. Well, that child also did no work in class. Parent got mad that the kid had a 0% due to doing no work in class or at home.
Anonymous
09/28/2023 16:12
Subject: I only want my child to get 30 min max HW per day
Anonymous wrote:That's fine, but please don't email me, a HS teacher, at the end of the quarter when his grade reflects his lack of submitted work.
You can't have it both ways, OP. Just keep it in mind.
I went through this circle with a mom for most of last year.
Email I received the first week of school from her: We do not permit or participate in homework. The hours spent in school during the day are more than adequate. Any work or learning that can't be accomplished during that time is a failure on your part as a teacher. I do not work after my 5 PM quitting time and my son will not work after his 4:18 PM quitting time.
Cool. That's your choice. I support personal choices. Just know, your son will receive a 0 for each assignment not turned in.
Email I received the day report card grades were released, with the 9th-grade Dean and Principal copied: Please explain in detail why Son's grade is a D. His test score average is 92. His quiz average is 98. His quarter grade should be an A, not a D. Please correct this ASAP. An error of this magnitude is unacceptable.
What I wanted to write: Oops! Looks like you didn't do your math homework as a teen either! 92 + 98 + 0 = 190. 190 / 3 = 63. 63 = D.
What I wrote: I agree, Mrs. Mom, Son's grade should be an A. However, just because you informed me that Son doesn't do homework, it doesn't mean that the homework average isn't factored into his overall grade for the quarter. Son's grade is correct.
Perfect response.
Choices have consequences.
Anonymous
09/28/2023 16:10
Subject: Re:I only want my child to get 30 min max HW per day
Our now adult kids didn’t do 3 hours a night but an hour or two in HS was a must even if they had afternoon sports. We had a no TV during the week rule and it was before screens were everywhere. They all did well academically, have great careers and are very well rounded. 30 min per day in HS is nothing! My grandkids in ES do that much and they don’t complain.
Anonymous
09/28/2023 16:07
Subject: I only want my child to get 30 min max HW per day
This all could be alleviated if teachers just stopped giving kids so much homework.
Anonymous
09/28/2023 15:54
Subject: I only want my child to get 30 min max HW per day
That's fine, but please don't email me, a HS teacher, at the end of the quarter when his grade reflects his lack of submitted work.
You can't have it both ways, OP. Just keep it in mind.
I went through this circle with a mom for most of last year.
Email I received the first week of school from her: We do not permit or participate in homework. The hours spent in school during the day are more than adequate. Any work or learning that can't be accomplished during that time is a failure on your part as a teacher. I do not work after my 5 PM quitting time and my son will not work after his 4:18 PM quitting time.
Cool. That's your choice. I support personal choices. Just know, your son will receive a 0 for each assignment not turned in.
Email I received the day report card grades were released, with the 9th-grade Dean and Principal copied: Please explain in detail why Son's grade is a D. His test score average is 92. His quiz average is 98. His quarter grade should be an A, not a D. Please correct this ASAP. An error of this magnitude is unacceptable.
What I wanted to write: Oops! Looks like you didn't do your math homework as a teen either! 92 + 98 + 0 = 190. 190 / 3 = 63. 63 = D.
What I wrote: I agree, Mrs. Mom, Son's grade should be an A. However, just because you informed me that Son doesn't do homework, it doesn't mean that the homework average isn't factored into his overall grade for the quarter. Son's grade is correct.
You can't have it both ways, OP. Just keep it in mind.
I went through this circle with a mom for most of last year.
Email I received the first week of school from her: We do not permit or participate in homework. The hours spent in school during the day are more than adequate. Any work or learning that can't be accomplished during that time is a failure on your part as a teacher. I do not work after my 5 PM quitting time and my son will not work after his 4:18 PM quitting time.
Cool. That's your choice. I support personal choices. Just know, your son will receive a 0 for each assignment not turned in.
Email I received the day report card grades were released, with the 9th-grade Dean and Principal copied: Please explain in detail why Son's grade is a D. His test score average is 92. His quiz average is 98. His quarter grade should be an A, not a D. Please correct this ASAP. An error of this magnitude is unacceptable.
What I wanted to write: Oops! Looks like you didn't do your math homework as a teen either! 92 + 98 + 0 = 190. 190 / 3 = 63. 63 = D.
What I wrote: I agree, Mrs. Mom, Son's grade should be an A. However, just because you informed me that Son doesn't do homework, it doesn't mean that the homework average isn't factored into his overall grade for the quarter. Son's grade is correct.
Anonymous
09/28/2023 15:37
Subject: Re:I only want my child to get 30 min max HW per day
Anonymous wrote:We left public school because they never had homework. It was so unrealistic. To get straight As and do nothing.
How does your child feel about that one?
Anonymous
09/28/2023 15:34
Subject: Re:I only want my child to get 30 min max HW per day
We left public school because they never had homework. It was so unrealistic. To get straight As and do nothing.
Anonymous
09/28/2023 15:33
Subject: Re:I only want my child to get 30 min max HW per day
Is he in high school?? If so, with that max he's going to do great in college .
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