Repetition is how people learn to remember things and improve their skills. I fail to see how that’s bad.
Gutless2615@ttrpg.network 9 months ago
Homework is a tool for repetition and drudgery. Kids are in school all day. They shouldn’t need homework.
BlueBockser@programming.dev 9 months ago
foo@programming.dev 9 months ago
People learn through spaced, interleaved, varied, low stakes practice. Mass practice after a long day of work isn’t helpful
PapstJL4U@lemmy.world [bot] 9 months ago
You just wrote bad homework is bad because it’s bad. That is not an argument against HW.
soloner@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Fr. Just do the homework in school, proctored, if it matters so much to the teacher.
Ultimately the kids will get a test, and it should include an essay section, which they obviously have to write on the spot. I don’t really think it matters how much homework they did or didn’t do or what tools they used to “cheat”, as long as they can perform come test day that’s what matters.
gohixo9650@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
do you think someone will be capable to write an essay if it is literally the first essay they ever write, since they were using AI all the previous times? This is like reading solved math equations and believing that in a test you’ll be able to solve them on the spot, without having tried to solve any by yourself before.
soloner@lemmy.world 9 months ago
No! And they’ll fail, retake the class, and learn from their mistakes. I see no problems.
sailingbythelee@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Failing a class or a year is highly disruptive all around. If a large number of students literally lose the ability to write original work come test day, is the school going to fail half the student body? No, that’s crazy talk. It would be considered a disaster by the school, the parents, and the wider society if it was widespread. Schools put rules in place to ensure that your work is your own mainly to prevent children from doing stupid things that will make them fail on test day.
Hackerman_uwu@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Homework is a way to get parents involved because there is literally no way to teach kids everything they need to learn at school.
It’s a pitifully faked way to try and get parents involved because in the end the vast majority literally don’t give a shit.
My sister is a teacher and she’s constantly on about how little time parents put into their kids education. Note that she teaches affluent kids, I’d assume this is ten times worse in homes where both parents work or single parent homes with few resources.
Gutless2615@ttrpg.network 9 months ago
I don’t know why or where you get the idea that 8+ hours a day find days a week isn’t enough to teach kids” everything they need to know in school.” I am not anti education at all. Love school. Love university. But as someone that had to leave before the sun rose and didn’t get back until long after it set thanks to after school commitments +homework, I’ll be doing everything I can to avoid subjecting my child to that. Work life balance is important for adults, and I refuse to believe it’s not also crucial for growing minds.
darth_helmet@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Homework should be reading, class should be demonstration and practice
PapstJL4U@lemmy.world [bot] 9 months ago
You don’t just get better at playing the piano by reading about it. Your cardio doesn’t increads by reading papers and 45min lecture is not enough for individual work in a 20 pupil glass.
JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I agree, if you can get a kid to read a book and actually trick them into discovering the world of fiction & non-fiction that they are interested in you have just invested in their future, there has to be no downsides to a kid wanting to read a book in bed at night rather than scroll tiktok.