how dya think a 6 year old does homework instead of watching telly? its becuase the parent is supervising the completion of said homework and are interested int heir childs education. if a child never hands in homework ( as opposed to a communication failure) then you know which parents doesn't give a shit.
therfore teachers imo should lay off with dress up homework and such.
my children aged 10 had to each (twins) give a 5 minute presentation on Arundel Cathedral. using props. well kids were coming home with xxxxxxwas using a projector and such. i mean purlease.!
that doesnt sound hard does it. ok research the cathedral - and try to encourage the children to each use different infromation from the other.
get flip chart paper stolen from work. stick in pictures, write up presentation and go throughit endlessly with the twins.
thats just one stupid homework.
now why not say - find out some facts about arundel cathedral and write it up?
its terribly unfair - i can make my kids sit and do homework, i can supervise them, i will look over it when its done -but i am not spending my precious evenings preparing something for some teacher who thinks we should be more involved.
many women work full time, come home make tea, do homework - me with three kids - who each need individual time fro these stupid pissin projects, at what point do i get to just sit down? god help those mothers who then atend netball and football practice.
then the teachers will give you this tripe about not spending more than an hour on homeowkr per evening or something.
i wish i could spend an hour - if teachers had their way - i would be spending three hours "interested in my childs education" per evening. well to be honest i value quality of life too. not only do i want to sit and watch telly but i may want to - oh i dunno, attend an evening class, or err, go swimming after work, or err walk along the beach.
teachers should seriously think things through.