Maybe today’s Navy is just not very good at driving ships

Re:Maybe today’s Navy is just not very good at driving ships by valuearb on Monday August 28, 2017 @11:34PM (#15121906)

I'd be far more okay with standardized tests if the requirement also banned homework until at least Junior High. Otherwise it's a race to the bottom to see which schools can suck up as much of the children's and families home time to help improve the schools scores.

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Re:Maybe today’s Navy is just not very good at driving ships by cgmg on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @01:05AM (#15122202)

How would you propose that students practice learning and studying on their own, outside of a classroom setting, without homework?

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Re:Maybe today’s Navy is just not very good at driving ships by valuearb on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @01:19AM (#15122255)

I don't propose that children do any of that. That's what high school is for, and 4 years of "practice" is more than enough.

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Re:Maybe today’s Navy is just not very good at driving ships by quicklyfrozen on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @02:37AM (#15122536)

Some of the reason schools start homework so early is that parents demand it. I've seen parents complain that a first grade class isn't academic enough because the teacher didn't assign enough homework.

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