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Originally Posted by OKgrannie  Pick another project. Homework assignments are strictly up to the teacher's discretion. If the teacher is doing a bad job, such as assigning too much homework, administrators will let him know. It seems you believe you are too clever to waste your time doing boring homework...here's something you need to understand: When you have graduated to a real job, it won't be exciting all the time either. There is no job that doesn't have its boring moments. If students knew what they needed to learn, and knew how to learn what they needed, we wouldn't need to spend all that money on schools, so just buckle down and do it. |
Furthermore, I honestly don't think any of you know how hard it is to find a good teacher! Throughout my schooling career i have had 3 teachers that I will remember fondly forever. They all assigned homework, none of them counted it in a grade score. The worst teachers I ever had assigned homework and sat back waiting for the kids to learn from the book themselves. Because I got it, I had to become a surrogate teacher for a lot of other kids, so on top of teaching, i had to do the work myself. I understand most of this is due to other problems with the education system, however, if those problems were fixed I would be more than happy to do the appropriate level of homework.
Perhaps a refinement of terms would be appropriate. I have no problem with homework, BUSY work is what I hate.
Also, I may be wrong, but it seems that a lot of you oppose a lack of homework, because you had to go through the same thing. Even though I don't have kids, I think that one of the goals should be an understanding of the changing times.