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NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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She also started a parent group with 75 members that’s asking the district to allow students to keep Chromebooks at school rather than take them home.

Seems like such a good idea to leave that at the school. I had a relative who was a teacher, she rarely ever assigned homework. She always said it was her job to teach them in those 6 hours, and the rest of the day was theirs. She did have a weekend workshop for kids that needed tutoring, and after class hours, but in general, leave school at school and be a kid.

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lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I wish my teachers had that attitude. I got sent home with hours of homework almost every day. I particularly remember my raging bitch of an 8th grade math teacher who would assign 100s of problems a night and give you zero points if you didn’t do all of them. My mom even backed me up on arguing about that shit. If I couldn’t get it done during my study period and lunch hour I didn’t do it. I had better things to do with my time after school.

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- spongebue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  “it’s only an hour of homework!”
  
  -Each of your 6 teachers
  
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  - lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Then they act like I have a learning disability even though I’m acing all the tests and it’s literally just doing the bare minimum of homework that’s fucking my grades up.
    
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WindyRebel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
She’s (the relative) lucky she can do that. Some districts or schools have homework policies. As I am finishing up my master’s for elementary education, if I can get away with NOT assigning homework then that’s what I will do. They are kids and need their mental breaks as well. There’s research that shows homework doesn’t correlate to better learning or growth. It’s just busy work and play is really good for kids’ minds.

If anything, I will encourage them to read and tell me what cool thing(s) they are reading about the next morning!

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- NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  I wish you luck I really do. If the parents insist the kids rest of day is structured I hope they get sports, or the scouts, or maker spaces, or library, or something worthwhile.
  
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