Anonymous
Post 08/27/2013 19:00     Subject: 1st day of school - homework about homework
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I teach at the college level, and in one of my courses, organization is paramount to success (with regard to digital tiles and the software we use). Given the ineptitude/unwillingness/lack of success students have had with this in the past, you'd better believe I'm adding some homework about organization to my syllabus this semester.

In short, I think it's just fine.


College? OMG fail them. I've been organizing myself forever and can't believe the handholding some students get. You can tell who is reading the syllabus and who is not too.


You don't realize that parents are calling the college shots?

Parents call the schools to complain about Billy's grades. They attend conferences with them. They fight their childrens' battles.

My friend, who WAS a professor, left, as she just couldn't stand the enabling and helicoptering.
Anonymous
Post 08/27/2013 18:58     Subject: 1st day of school - homework about homework
really, OP?

You're complaining about a metacognition process?

huh - let's see . . . WHO is the one who organizes the backpacks at night and sets the general routines? Is it . . . YOU? And even IF your kid is doing it by him/herself now, it's only Pavlovian behavior.

Have you ever asked your kid to do a think aloud? to explain WHY s/he has been doing X in the same way for years?

incredible. . . .

and far from bright, OP
FAR from bright

Anonymous wrote:First day of 3rd grade.
Homework: a couple of pages about organizing one's future homework (and routine in the morning, preparing backpack at night, etc).
Right...
On one hand, it's useful to reinforce these things.
On the other, sigh. Just more busy work. The children don't need to write 2 pages about all this.

Great start to the year?
Anonymous
Post 08/27/2013 10:36     Subject: 1st day of school - homework about homework
Anonymous wrote:I teach at the college level, and in one of my courses, organization is paramount to success (with regard to digital tiles and the software we use). Given the ineptitude/unwillingness/lack of success students have had with this in the past, you'd better believe I'm adding some homework about organization to my syllabus this semester.

In short, I think it's just fine.


College? OMG fail them. I've been organizing myself forever and can't believe the handholding some students get. You can tell who is reading the syllabus and who is not too.
Anonymous
Post 08/27/2013 10:13     Subject: 1st day of school - homework about homework
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP, I blame the 2.0 curriculum, the teacher's union and Starr for this terrible event. I only hope you can recover.


You forgot to blame Obama and/or Fox news. And Miley Cyrus.


No, not on the MD Public Schools forum. (Aka the MCPS forum.) Here it's either it's all the fault of Starr, 2.0 (which is Starr's fault), and the teachers' union, or it's all the fault of the illegals.
Anonymous
Post 08/27/2013 09:42     Subject: 1st day of school - homework about homework
Anonymous wrote:Disagree. This is smart. There are plenty of organized families where the parents are the ones who keep things organized. This gets the kids thinking that it's THEIR OWN responsibility to manage their school work. Teaching kids how to be good students is never a waste of time.

And if it provides an opportunity to practice their writing or achieve some other educational purpose, why not? (Maybe the teacher will use it to assess her new pupils' writing abilities.) Must they write about what they did on their summer vacation instead?


+1000. My 3rd grader struggles a lot with taking responsibility for her own stuff and we parents are very organized but it's like talking to a brick wall. I would love it if my DD got an assignment like this, as well as reinforced messages/assignments every week.