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Old 11-20-2009, 09:32 AM   #69
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Originally Posted by flambers View Post

Today kids are getting a tonne of useless assignments, for example my kid is in grade 7 and his teacher has them making a Picture Scrapbook Album (takes a tonne of time at night and has zero purpose)..
I'm going to play devil's advocate here, as I sometimes like taking that position, so bear with me.

The album could be encouraging your kid to think about things like layout and design, as well as being descriptive through thinking about past events. That sort of development is important, even through the progress may not be as clear as say, understanding a math problem.
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