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The main benefit of homework is instilling the habit of working to a deadline without direct supervision, instead of giving in to distractions.
by robotresearcher 11y ago
The main benefit of homework is instilling the habit of working to a deadline without direct supervision, instead of giving in to distractions.
- Mz 11y agoYou can get similar benefits by giving kids chores at home. Bonus: Chores at home are typically more meaningful than homework. Homework is often "make work." But the trash actually needs to be taken out for reasons of basic sanitation to protect your health and quality of life. So you aren't teaching kids their lives and labor so do not matter that we can have them simply piss their lives away on make work.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoSo I guess maybe my schools were too easy on the homework - I managed to slip through doing as little as I could, electing for self-driven learning instead (known to me as "whoa, this thing is cool!" when I was a kid), and the end result is that I absolutely can't do bullshit work on a deadline without direct supervision. It makes me feel at the same time both smart and totally unfit for the contemporary workplace.
- robotresearcher 11y agoMe too, my friend. I've spent too much time here this week because I have something important I'm putting off. Sigh.