Parents Complaining About Too Much Homework
Ugh, I was listening to the Eyeopener this morning on the way to work and there is a meeting of parents tonight in Lakeview I believe who think that schools are giving out too much homework. I cannot find a link to a story but this is from the Eyeopener website.
"Tonight a group calling itself the homework reform movement of Calgary is meeting to discuss whether too much homework is being assigned to school children."
I am sorry, but these parents need a nice warm glass of STFU. Homework is part of being a kid, and yes, it sucks ass, but it sucks ass for everyone. The lady that they interviewed said that they had spent the last Mothers Day and Fathers Day studying for tests. The last time I checked, these days fell on a Sunday. So now not only are you encouraging your kids to not do their homework with all of your complaining, you are showing them how to procrastinate.
They also interviewed an ex-teacher who wrote a book and she was of the opinion that Jr. High school students are at they age that they should not have to do homework because they should be enjoying life. She backed this up with the reasoning that when the 4 o'clock bell goes at work apparently everyone gets to go home...
I don't know where she got these rose coloured glasses but I will take 2 sets please. Everyone is done their work day at 4? This is your reason why kids shouldn't do homework? Even the ever polite Jim Brown was pointing out the flaws in this arguement.
Am I just being a ######? Should kids leave school and not have to think about it until they return the next day? WTF will this do to them when they have to transition to post secondary where 4-5 hours of homework is not uncommon?
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