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Sparx - I hate it.

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probablycouldbetter · 14/05/2023 17:30

So I no longer have it in me to battle my child to sit still and do their maths homework.
I have decided to just do it myself.
Yes, I know how sparx works and how it will give more difficult tasks if I complete it.
But if it isn't completed child gets detention.
I struggle with this, I don't think it's fair and I actually think the whole thing is really messed up.

I can't make a complaint because... I am a teacher at his school (a different subject obviously.
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TeenToTwenties · 28/10/2026 15:36

How does this 'have to get 100% work'?
I thought the days were gone when children were given detention just for not being academically capable?

DD used to have some sort of online stuff for maths, we had to print it out she just couldn't do it online.

If she had to re do things on repeat she would never have finished because she would get more tired and make more errors.

Brickiscool · 28/10/2026 15:37

Why isn't your child AI ing the answers to Sparx like 99.9 percent of kids who are set this terrible homework?!

Stompythedinosaur · 28/10/2026 16:03

I hate Sparx, but I think it's absolute insanity for the parent to be doing the homework. The teacher will think your dc understands when he doesn't. You're doing him no favours.

Let him choose between doing it or dealing with the consequences at school?

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