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Schools do not teach everything in the classroom. They send the kids home with 2 hours of homework and the school expects that the parents to know how to do it
by gscott 19y ago
Schools do not teach everything in the classroom. They send the kids home with 2 hours of homework and the school expects that the parents to know how to do it.
It would be alright whatever they tought, if they could teach it in school first before sending it home but they can't because they have so much information to cover that is on the state test they often send the excess home without teaching it or without teaching it fully.
I have two kids one in 5th and the other in 6th grade. With school, homework, and activities (scouting, guitar, drums, karate, church youth group, after school activities, etc) our kids are often pulling 10 hour days.
- abstractbill 19y agoHomework often gets sent home because parents expect it, not because teachers think it's useful. My wife has tried not assigning any homework at all, or assigning open-ended homework (e.g. read any book you like for at least half an hour). The complaints from parents were overwhelming, and now she's back to assigning busy-work that she feels is useless for anything but keeping parents happy.