More talk about homework
The previous post has a quote in it from a teacher who was writing in response to a post I wrote. Here’s some of the high points of that post, then I want you to think back to all we’ve discussed here, then give me your thoughts and opinions…because I know you have some…surely!
First I started with this, “I’m going to start by saying that I hope no one is easily offended as we all have our opinions. My opinion when I graduated with my B.S. was that kids had homework and they did it. In my world, I came home, did my homework, did my "thing" and went on about my merry way. So, yea, homework was basically what I deemed to be the child’s job.”
Then, moved on to a question, “Is right to force our children to come home and work a second job of "school. Why can’ their second job be to play? Because in reality, that should be a child’s first job: playing.”
From there we made it to more of my own opinions, like “My idea isn’t that all homework is bad, my thoughts are that too much homework simply increase the difficulty in motivating a child to learn. And, when you read it over and over and over again that "doing homework has absolutely no affect on a child’s academic success" it’ a tough argument for you to justify the idea that homework still exists in the quantity that our kids bring home.”
I started to discuss how my son wants to come straight home and do homework. I want him to come home, play a while, have a snack and then do homework. It’s craziness. Then I was introduced to Angela Norton Tyler and she gave me information like, “Another issue that falls into the homework category is "what kind of homework completion child do you have". There’s a link on Angela Norton Tyler’s website to the quiz.”
And, here, here’s a set of links to offer a little support for my big mouthed opinions…
">’>Our School Policy on Homework
Time for us to take the Homework Quiz for Personality
Quotes from the book from actual parents
Thoughts on The Case Against Homework
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