mean teacher

[SarahBeth9394]

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I've won school science fairs w/o parent help...

And 'mostly' work is what adult life is, you kids got it easy speech is what killed me.

My parents' attitude about projects influenced mine...

"I pledge my honor as a student that I have neither given nor received any unauthorized aid on this assignment" - the honor pledge way back in high school. Parents were not intended to help at all.

And you my friend are the exception to the rule.

 

[fuzziebutt]

Birdboy, every one of us that have been to school had a mean teacher, and we had to just suck it up and wait for the year to be over. It's your turn now!!

 

[Ferrret]

If you don't like how your school is teaching classes, why not get involved in the school PTA program or talk to the teacher and voice your concern?
Once you get into university you get hours upon hours of 'busy work' to do for your classes. Teachers are given less time to cover more material so homework is getting to be a longer task. Throw in that many schools are having larger and larger class sizes and the homework and lacking lessons will only get worse. I personally don't agree with preparing kids for the next standardized test rather than teaching them things they will use throughout their life.
If you want your kids to have a positive outlook on homework, try to give them a reason to think of it as a good thing.

One friend's mom used to read her book report books for her just so she could hand the project in on time. Her mom's excuse? My friend couldn't read well enough to finish the project on her own. Well, how the heck is she going to learn if you never give her the chance! The same parent would also write essays and finish their homework.

Having a dyslexic parent and having helped dyslexic students with their readings I can understand her mother's point. Some people simply cannot read well enough to finish a book on time for a class. Writing their essays and doing their homework for them isn't right and that should have been pointed out to the teachers, but reading to them can help them get their work done on time rather than falling behind and having to repeat the class.​

 

[Kaitie09]

Just wait till college! I am currently designing 50 completely different logos that are due Wednesday, and have already put 12 hours of html coding into a band website for my web design class. Oh yeah, this is only the 3rd week of the semester too!

 

[SillyChicken]

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The repetition I was bringing up was repetition that gets to the point of busy work. Reinforcement is good until the child has done it so many times they not only know it but resent it because it's a waste of time. My kids had so much busy work in elementary school it built a resentment against homework. Luckily they have done well in school.

You sure they didn't pick up on some of that resentment by your behavior toward all the work and methods the teachers employed?

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

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Having a dyslexic parent and having helped dyslexic students with their readings I can understand her mother's point. Some people simply cannot read well enough to finish a book on time for a class. Writing their essays and doing their homework for them isn't right and that should have been pointed out to the teachers, but reading to them can help them get their work done on time rather than falling behind and having to repeat the class.

Reading to her would have been fine. This lady would actually read the book herself and do the project, while *maybe* explaining the book enough so that her daughter could explain the project to the class.

 

[PaulaSB12]

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No too much homework is a sign of teachers being pushed into giving too much homework. We talk about kids being obese then stick them in front of a desk with homework. I have seen people talking 5 hours a night for some kids all this is going to do is put them off learning.

 

[mommissan]

Get used to it. I'm all "grown up" and I still have "homework".

That's not a mean teacher. That's just life. Think of it this way; now you'll appreciate your free time sooooo much more!

 

[PaulaSB12]

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Why is free time thought of like that, defered til you have got you diploma, then the degree maybe to have free time after a masters. In other words put it off and put it off until it gets to the point that the only time you will get free time is when you are too old to enjoy it. From what I can see its hours of homework in the week then more at the weekend and even some in the holidays, when you get to the point that kindergardeners are being given homework its going too far. The constant over demand of time for the kids to do more and more homework is going to burn them out. If you have burnt out teenagers what good is that going to do for the workforce? Cut back on the homework and send them out to play rather than sit them down and watch the obesity rates rise because they are too busy to do anything but homework.

 

[birdboy508]

im in fifth grade so i dont have to stay in her class all day just for math but i had 5 pages of homework and 3 pages were from her.