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Originally Posted by PolySciGuy  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. |
Please..we have all been there, done that. We have all had good teachers and bad teachers, and some of us have been good or bad teachers. If you were qualified to judge what is busy work and what is necessary home work, you would be the teacher instead of the student. The teacher is the AUTHORITY, so you must follow directions even if you think you know better, just as when you graduate to a real job, you must follow the boss's directions even if you think you know more. You will go farther if you just do it without whining.