Just had a flaming on my Facebook page as I have so many friends who are teachers. It seems that you just can't ever criticise the teaching profession! Maybe here???
Anyway, my DS is in Year 6 and we're well into SATs mania (I went through this with my other DS two years ago and it was an eye-opener). Teachers lose all fucking reason about everything except the SATs.
SATs talk at and from school is relentless. DS and friends very bored. I know from experience it's going to steadily get worse until May. Luckily not too much SATs related homework so far but I think that's about to change.
I don't mind homework - good preparation / discipline and if it's comprehension/maths problems then that's good too as they're important skills.
However, DS has been sent home with practice books and a homework schedule covering the next 5 months. Each week they are supposed to do their allocated tasks unaided then the parents are supposed to mark the work and write a note to the teacher to say what the child needs extra help with.
WTF? Shouldn't the teacher be identifying weaknesses?!! He's bloody been there over 6 years - they've had plenty of time. I'm incredulous and will be refusing to do this. If that means he won't get the work marked, then no point in doing it.
In reality, he's likely to find it all manageable and I'm not aware of any weak areas (quite the reverse - he's been bloody bored to death for years, as was his brother).
I know schools are under pressure etc etc, but I just think 'fuck off' at the request that I mark his fucking work!
I am, admittedly, very weary (and cynical) about primary school bollocks having been doing this for the past 8 years now. Can't wait to get him out of there.
I will, of course, be (reasonably) polite when I tell the teacher I won't be doing any of this.
Anyone else going through similar at the moment?
AIBU?
AIBU to think this school has the wrong approach?
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