Let’s Talk about More Homework
Obviously this isn’t a topic I have discussed in a while, or at least 2 or 3 days anyway. And, in our neck of the woods, school is out and it is my understanding that next will bring real homework and much more of it. My thoughts are how much more disgusting could it get than to have more homework when in the here and now we had more than I thought was necessary.
One of my favorite websites, Stop Homework has a great article or ten but one in particular about a school system that is doing their part in reducing stress and by doing so they are attempting to reduce homework.
I get beside myself when I hear people talk about having a reading list for the summer. What the heck? Where I come from there was no guarantee’s whose class you were going to be in the next year and the classes weren’t uniform across the board so a kid could do an entire worth of reading only to be put in a class that requires different books. How silly is that?
Another article on the site is about a fourth grade teacher who doesn’t want to assign her students a bunch of homework but due to the nature of the system, she needs to keep her job as well. That’s pretty pitiful if you ask me. Her own education and research proves that it is totally unhelpful but she can’t make decisions for herself all in the name of keeping her job. That’s nuts people, completely nuts.
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