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Re:My Daughter’s Homework Is Killing Me by GotAnyMegadeth on Friday September 20, 2013 @06:11AM (#6416842)
I never saw school as a place to learn facts, but as a place to learn how to socialise and how to deal with life. Learning how to get a good grade is important, but only because people think that it represents your worth as an employee. My parents/TV/books/the internet taught me most of what I know.
Re:My Daughter’s Homework Is Killing Me by tptacek on Friday September 20, 2013 @06:24AM (#6416886)
I am way, way, WAY more concerned about the ethics my kid learns than I am about whether he gets a B or an A in World History.
Re:My Daughter’s Homework Is Killing Me by GotAnyMegadeth on Friday September 20, 2013 @08:16AM (#6417192)
Agreed. Though I wasn't saying I cheated to get my grades or that they were artificially inflated, just that I avoided homework. In my school your homework grades never counted towards you actual grades, and if your homework wasn't going to teach you something, what is the point?
Re:My Daughter’s Homework Is Killing Me by emerongi on Friday September 20, 2013 @09:51AM (#6417672)
I just didn't do the "dumb" homework. Physics and math and such were interesting to me, so I was happy to do those.

I laughed so much at your comment, cause I used the same techniques.